‘Biigtigong Nishnaabeg’ Information

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Town of Marathon to Develop Commercial Port on Peninsula Harbour

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Town of Marathon to Develop Commercial Port on Peninsula Harbour

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg/Marathon, ON: – Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and the Town of Marathon have signed a legally binding Shareholder Agreement to establish the Peninsula Harbour Port Authority Corporation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement formalizes the establishment, creation, and [Read more]

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Town of Marathon Jointly Demand Action

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Town of Marathon Jointly Demand Action

BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG/MARATHON, ON – Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and the Town of Marathon jointly make the following statement on the discovery of the unmarked graves at several Residential School sites in the Western Provinces: Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Town of Marathon express deep sorrow at the [Read more]

Accommodations for Workers and Contractors Opens in Marathon

Accommodations for Workers and Contractors Opens in Marathon

Two Local First Nations and Morris Group are Partners in GMS Camps & Catering Limited Partnership MARATHON, ON: GMS Camps & Catering Limited Partnership held its grand opening of its facilities here on Wednesday September 13th.  GMS Camps is a partnership between two area First Nations, [Read more]

First Nations Communities to Train and Build a Skilled Workforce

First Nations Communities to Train and Build a Skilled Workforce

Ontario Investing in Job Training for Thunder Bay Area First Nations Ontario is investing in job training and economic development opportunities for Indigenous people in the Thunder Bay area. Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation David Zimmer visited Fort William First Nation to [Read more]

Celebrate Canada Day at Pukaskwa National Park

Celebrate Canada Day at Pukaskwa National Park

Parks Canada welcomes visitors on Canada Day Pukaskwa National Park, ON –  Parks Canada Agency Parks Canada places represent the very best that Canada has to offer. They tell stories of who we are, including the history, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous peoples. Pukaskwa National [Read more]

Parks Canada’s Sites in Northern Ontario Welcome Visitors for the 2016 Season

Parks Canada’s Sites in Northern Ontario Welcome Visitors for the 2016 Season

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Parks Canada is pleased to announce that Canada’s treasured places in Northern Ontario are open for the 2016 season. Sault Ste. Marie Canal and Fort St. Joseph National Historic Sites, Pukaskwa National Park, and Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area look [Read more]

PATHLIGHT: “Let go or be dragged”

PATHLIGHT: “Let go or be dragged”

Some of the readers of this column may be wondering why I haven’t written in a long time. There is a short answer and a long answer. For now – the short answer. What happened? What happens in life, to everyone, sooner or later, is loss. For me – and our family – the [Read more]

First Nations Social Innovation and Social Finance

First Nations Social Innovation and Social Finance

First Nation Access to Credit Webinar THUNDER BAY, ON – On Tuesday, March 22 at 1:00 pm (EDT) the Assembly of First Nations will be hosting a webinar entitled “First Nations Social Innovation and Social Finance; First Nation Access to Credit”, with speakers from Employment and Social [Read more]

Nishnaabeg Nation Mourns Elder

Nishnaabeg Nation Mourns Elder

  Herb Nabigon, a respected and loved elder of the Nishnaabeg Nation, passed away peacefully in his home on March 9, 2016, surrounded by those whom he cherished with his whole heart.  Herb is survived by his wife Annie, his two children Alana (Bentley) and Clem (Natalie) and their mother, [Read more]

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Celebrates Launch of Mkwa Timber

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Celebrates Launch of Mkwa Timber

Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (formerly Pic River First Nation) launches new forestry company Mkwa Timber to supply Terrace Bay and White River Mills PIC RIVER, ON – The Biigtigong Nishnaabeg celebrated the launch of a new forest enterprise aimed at supplying timber to local mills in Terrace Bay [Read more]

Pathlight by Annie Wenger-Nabigon, Ph.D., R.S.W.

Pathlight by Annie Wenger-Nabigon, Ph.D., R.S.W.

Originally submitted January 3, 2016 – Apologies from the Editor for the delay. “…all the patterns we build…” It is now three days past the midnight when the year of 2015 morphed into the year 2016, and here we are as if on the wheel of time again, slowly turning deeper into winter [Read more]

UPDATE : #Hwy17 OPEN at Pic River Bridge

UPDATE : #Hwy17 OPEN at Pic River Bridge

OPP are tweeting that the bridge has now been cleared, and the highway is open. Earlier 12:03 – Posters on the Northern Ontario Traffic Alerts – Alertes Routiers are saying that the Inspector is on scene. Earlier 10:30 – The road will remain closed until the MTO conducts an safety inspection [Read more]

Road Closure: Highway 17 at Pic River Bridge

Road Closure: Highway 17 at Pic River Bridge

Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway:  Hwy#17 Location:  Hwy#17 at the Pic River Bridge. Brief Description of Event:  A truck has struck the bridge and is unable to be moved. Resources are en route to remove it. Traffic is being [Read more]

Holiday Train Visiting This Week – Schedule

Holiday Train Visiting This Week – Schedule

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The CP Holiday Train will be travelling across the Northshore this week brining holiday cheer and helping collect donations for local foods banks. Above is the 2015 schedule for stops along the Northshore, for more information about the train, performers or what to [Read more]

Pathlight : The Slide into Darkness

Pathlight : The Slide into Darkness

This is the season of the darkness here in the Boreal forests of the north. Snow has begun to swirl although not in earnest, but we all know it is coming, along with the dropping temperatures and the longer nights. From now until Solstice on December 21, the shortest day of the year, we will [Read more]

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