Ontario First Nation

• Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency over gang and addiction crises

  Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg Chief Louis Kwissiwa is calling for policing and mental health help from the province and the federal government.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2024
  
• ‘Language is identity’: Indigenous Ontario legislator to make history at Queen’s Park

  For the first time in its history, the Ontario legislature will allow, interpret and transcribe a language other than English and French. 

  Politics

  May 26, 2024
  
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• ‘Huge loss’: Fire destroys band office in northern Ontario First Nation

  Nishnawbe Aski Police says its crime unit is now investigating Thursday's early morning fire at the North Spirit Lake band office and a nearby abandoned home.

  Fire

  Apr 6, 2024
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• Fire that destroyed nursing station forces Ontario First Nation to evacuate patients

  Chief Russell Wesley of Cat Lake First Nation says people who need treatment for cancer, diabetes, and addiction support were among those removed from the community.

  Fire

  Mar 5, 2024
• Northern Ontario First Nations declare state of emergency over winter roads

  An organization representing First Nations across northern Ontario says it is declaring a state of emergency because warmer weather has left some winter roads unpassable. 

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2024
• 2 dead, 3 injured after house fire on Weenusk First Nation in northern Ontario

  The leader of an organization representing 49 First Nations says he is mourning after two people died in a house fire in a remote northern Ontario Cree community.

  Fire

  Feb 5, 2024
• Neskantaga First Nation works to uplift community since suicide crisis 10 years ago

  A 16-year-old girl rests in one plot, a 13-year-old in another. Suicide brought them there.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2024
• ‘I can breathe,’ summer festival helps rejuvenate Neskantaga First Nation

  Neskantaga has the longest boil-water advisory in Canada, stretching back more than 28 years.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2023
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• One dead after house fire in Ontario First Nation that lacks firefighting services

  One person is dead after a house fire earlier this week in a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation that has seen a lack of firefighting resources in recent years.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
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• Triple shooting on Ontario First Nation leaves 2 dead, Toronto teen charged with murder

  A triple shooting on an Ontario First Nation left two people dead and a Toronto teen has been charged with first-degree murder, police say. 

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2023