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News and notices from our 49 First Nation communities.

Remote Northern Hospital Fights for Promised Federal Funding for new Health Campus

(Toronto, ON, May 27, 2024) – Today, Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lynne Innes, was joined by National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Assembly of First Nations (AFN); Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN); Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare, Chiefs of Ontario, and Grand Chief Leo Friday, Mushkegowuk Council,…

NAN Statement as Criminal Charges Laid Against Former Thunder Bay Police Chief, Lawyer

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum have issued this response to criminal charges brought against former Thunder Bay Police Chief Sylvie Hauth and former Thunder Bay Police Service legal counsel: “For years we have expressed serious concerns with the Thunder Bay Police Service…

NAN Mourns Passing of Former Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, expresses heartfelt condolences following the passing of former Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose:“We are very saddened to learn that our friend and colleague has left us and begun his journey to the Spirit World. Our prayers and condolences…

Chiefs Declare Winter Road State of Emergency as Warm Weather Threatens Vital Shipments

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Chiefs have declared a State of Emergency as unseasonably warm winter threatens the viability of the seasonal winter road network, a vital transportation link for the majority of NAN’s 49 member First Nations. “The winter road season should be well underway, but temperatures remain unseasonably warm, making them…

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