Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Attawapiskat residents living in squalid housing conditions will be able to move into temporary accommodations in the community’s sportsplex and healing centre.
It’s -20C in Attawapiskat First Nation.
Federal Aboriginal Affairs officials travelled to Attawapiskat at least 10 times this year, including three times in October, but it appears none of these visits triggered any concerns with the department about the state of housing on the reserve.
APTN National News reporter Ossie Michelin travelled to Attawapiskat this week.
A right to a fair education for First Nation students is on the minds of many, including the Grand Council of Treaty 3.
Kathleen Wynne is the minister of Aboriginal Affairs for the province of Ontario. Wynne said she’s reached out to her federal counterpart, Aboriginal Affairs John Duncan, who is not returning her calls.
As APTN National News reported Tuesday, an OPP officer is currently under suspension after leaving a man on the side of a highway outside Red Lake, Ont.
The Grand Council of Treaty 3 is launching a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Canadian government.
The Canadian Red Cross is expected to intervene in the crisis gripping the northern Ontario First Nation community of Attawapiskat where families live in tents, others in shacks with no running water and human waste is dumped from buckets into ditches.
