Homelessness across Northern Ontario a "crisis," according to a draft paper from the Northern Policy Institute and municipal leaders from the Northwest & Northeast are planning to make it a part of their annual conferences in Apr. & May.
cbc.ca/news/canada/th… According to Northern Ontario Services Deliverer's Association (NOSDA), there are 8,400 northern Ontarians on waiting lists for public housing units, nearly as many as the 9,322 units that currently exist. Here's how that plays out by district.

This is a thread linking news articles Sen. Lynn Beyak submitted to the Senate Ethics Officer during the inquiry.
The office's decision ordered that the letters Beyak posted to her website be removed, that she apologize and that she undergo cultural sensitivity training. An Indian Industry has emerged amid the wreckage of many Canadian reserves
By Brett Popplewell
Toronto Star
October 30, 2010
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Breaking: Neskantaga First Nation Chief Wayne Moonias announces the company that was working on the community’s water treatment plant has been ordered to immediately cease operations and leave. Neskantaga has been under a boil-water advisory for over two decades. It is the longest-standing such advisory in Canada.
I was last here in 2016 when INAC Minister Carolyn Bennett promised it would come to an end.
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TBay Police Const. Rob Steudle pleads guilty to discredible conduct.
Steudle published a number of comments to Facebook in September 2016 including this one, in response to a letter to the editor Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler penned in the Chronicle Journal. Legal counsel for Steudle and TBay Police presented joint statement of facts before the Police Services Act disciplinary proceedings.
Both sides agreed five days without pay (40 hours) would be suitable recourse, considering precedent cases.
No decision has yet been made.