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ACHIEVING THE DREAM THROUGH EDUCATION AWARDS CEREMONY CELEBRATES MATAWA STUDENTS

MEDIA RELEASE Friday, June 7, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ACHIEVING THE DREAM THROUGH EDUCATION AWARDS CEREMONY CELEBRATES MATAWA STUDENTS THUNDER BAY, ON – On June 6, 2024, Matawa Education celebrated its student’s success at the annual Matawa Post-Secondary Graduation and Awards banquet, where 18 students received 21 awards, worth a total of $23,000.  Achieving the […]

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GINOOGAMING FIRST NATION REJECTS THE MANUFACTURED CONSENT PROPOGATED BY THE GREATER SUDBURY – WYLOO ANNOUNCEMENT OF BATTERY MATERIALS PROCESSING PLANT

MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GINOOGAMING FIRST NATION REJECTS THE MANUFACTURED CONSENT PROPOGATED BY THE GREATER SUDBURY – WYLOO ANNOUNCEMENT OF BATTERY MATERIALS PROCESSING PLANT Ginoogaming First Nation – Ginoogaming First Nation (GFN) Chief and Council are raising serious issue with the May 29, 2024 joint announcement by the City […]

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AROLAND FIRST NATION DENOUNCES WYLOO ANNOUNCEMENT OF RING OF FIRE PLANT

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AROLAND FIRST NATION DENOUNCES WYLOO ANNOUNCEMENT OF RING OF FIRE PLANT AROLAND, ON: Wyloo Canada announced late last week that it just entered into an MOU with the City of Greater Sudbury to build a battery materials processing plant in the municipality that would take minerals […]

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RAPID LYNX PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON PHASES 1 AND 2 OF BROADBAND PROJECT AND ATTENDS INDIGENOUS CONNECTIVITY SUMMIT

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RAPID LYNX PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON PHASES 1 AND 2 OF BROADBAND PROJECT AND ATTENDS INDIGENOUS CONNECTIVITY SUMMIT MEMBERTOU, NS: Further to reporting an overall 62% rate of completion of the Rapid Lynx Telecommunications (RLT) backbone network on April 30, 2023—RLT is providing […]

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GINOOGAMING FIRST NATION DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO RISING CRIME

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GINOOGAMING FIRST NATION DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO RISING CRIME GINOOGAMING FIRST NATION, ON: On May 15, Ginoogaming First Nation Chief and Council declared a State of Emergency due to an increase in violence and drug and alcohol-related crime in the community, which has […]

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MATAWA YOUTH DELEGATION RETURNS FROM INAUGURAL PARTICIPATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

MEDIA RELEASE Monday, April 29, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MATAWA YOUTH DELEGATION RETURNS FROM INAUGURAL PARTICIPATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES THUNDER BAY, ON – Led by Chief Sheri Taylor of Ginoogaming First Nation—a delegation of five (5) Matawa First Nations youth returned from the Twenty-third Session of the United […]

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MACKENZIE MOONIAS’ FAMILY SEEKING ANSWERS ABOUT HER DEATH

MEDIA RELEASE Monday, April 22, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE THAT NIGHT’: MACKENZIE MOONIAS’ FAMILY SEEKING ANSWERS ABOUT HER DEATH TORONTO, ON – It’s been four months since the tragic loss of 14-year-old Mackenzie Moonias who went missing on December 13, 2023 and was found dead at the Thunder Bay marina on […]

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