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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); […]
Special Chiefs Assembly on Social Services
Save the Date: May 22 & 23, 2024Special Chiefs Assembly on Social Services Location: The Superior Inn (formerly Victoria Inn), Thunder Bay Details to follow.
Families With no Recourse for Death Investigations Call for Disbandment of Thunder Bay Police Service
QUEEN’S PARK, ON: Families with no recourse for credible death investigations into the loss of their loved ones are calling for the disbandment of the Thunder Bay Police Service, and a new police service to investigate these losses, in complaints […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Federal Bill C-92
THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Bobby Narcisse has issued the following statement on today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on Bill C-92, federal legislation recognizing and affirming First Nations’ jurisdiction over child and […]
Communique following the NAN Chiefs Winter Assembly, February 6-8, 2024, Thunder Bay.
This week, leaders from the 49 member Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) communities met in our traditional way for the Chiefs Winter Assembly (February 6-8, 2024, Thunder Bay). Our leaders discussed a wide range of issues including: Treaty, housing and infrastructure, […]
NAN Mourns Loss after Peawanuck House Fire
THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and the Executive Council are mourning the tragic loss of two community members following another fatal house fire in the remote Cree community of Weenusk First Nation (Peawanuck) on […]
NAN Grieves with Family of the Late Jenna Ostberg, Awaits Results of SIU Investigation
THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler shares heartfelt condolences and sympathy for the family, friends, and community of Bearskin Lake First Nation as funeral services were held today for the late Jenna Ostberg: “Today our […]