54 people from around Lake Nipissing are on trial for hunting and fishing violations A trial underway this week could have far reaching implications for the Indigenous people of northern Ontario and across Canada. The defence is arguing that no…
Forest spraying violates treaty: Elders
Some 21 First Nations along the North Shore of Lake Huron are preparing to take the federal government to court over aerial spraying they say is harming the environment and human health. However, the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders of…
Annual First Nations deer hunt at Short Hills
The Ministry of Natural Resources is closing Short Hills Provincial Park for four days this month, and two in December for an aboriginal deer hunt. The park will be closed to the public on Nov. 22, 23, 27 and 28,…
Fishing altercation at Colpoys Bay
First Nations police from Cape Croker kept a watchful eye Thursday April 24, on commercial anglers unloading their catch north of Wiarton. The anglers said they had gill netted both lake trout and whitefish and were seen carrying several boxes…
MNR talks with native group to re-open Springwater Park
Members of the Beausoleil First Nation plan to return to Springwater Park this spring. The Ministry of Natural Resources is talking with the Beausoleil First Nation about reopening Springwater Provincial Park as a pair of warring citizens’ groups wait to…
Fort Severn First Nation works with MNR to clean up radar site.
The Ministry of Natural Resources is turning its attention to Fort Severn as it continues to clean up Cold War-era radar sites. The early-warning system was decommissioned decades ago, but a cluster of five sites remains contaminated with toxic material and…
Grassy Narrows First Nation on alert for logging.
The Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows) is on alert for logging trucks to come in April 2014. Grassy Narrows is the home of the longest running First Nations blockade in Canada. Its original Slant Lake blockade site, about 100 km north of Kenora, Ontario, started on…
Ontario approves logging plans on Grassy Narrows territory
Grassy Narrows has rejected a recently announced Ministry of Natural Resources plans to proceed with further clearcuts in the Treaty #3 community’s traditional territory. “Premier Wynne, it is within your power to ensure that the mistakes of the past are…
KI First Nation objects to Ontario MNR moose survey
The chief of a remote First Nation says the province needs its permission to do an aerial moose survey. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris said he opposes a survey the Ministry of Natural Resources expects to conduct around KI this…