DECLARATION REGARDING MANOOMIN

Michi Saagig Manoomin (Wild Rice) is a sacred plant found only in the Great Lakes and Boreal Forest regions of Turtle Island (North America). Michi Saagig have over 10,000 years of history with Manoomin in our traditional territory. This sacred plant has sustained the Michi Saagig since time immemorial and...

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PETERBOROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES FIRST HEAT WARNING OF THE SEASON

Today Peterborough Public Health is issuing the first Extended Heat Warning of the season. A long duration heat event is expected Thursday, July 2 through Sunday, July 5, and potentially into early next week. Daytime high temperatures in the low thirties with overnight lows near 20 degrees Celsius are forecast,...

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A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF & COUNCIL – July 2, 2020

As a result of the community consultation and Chief and Councils’ ongoing assessment of the current situation and on the recommendation of the Lands Department, Council has approved a three-phase resumption plan to welcome back all our seasonal lessee residents. The plan spreads the returning seasonal lessees across the community...

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TRENT-SEVERN WATERWAY WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT UPDATE – JUNE 30, 2020

Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels and flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Trent-Severn Waterway. Parks Canada has launched the Ontario Waterways Water Management InfoNet on the Trent-Severn Waterway...

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IN SEARCH OF YOUR POW WOW MEMORIES

DETAILS We are in search of video and photo submissions from members of all ages, on and off-reserve, to be used to create a commemorative video of our past Pow Wows. We would love to see videos or photos of our dancers and drummers (from the past and modern-day), from...

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A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF & COUNCIL

Aaniin,   At last week’s Council meeting many decisions were made about how to safely and slowly begin reopening our community. Information that came out from this meeting was shared in a communique dated June 19, 2020, which was distributed last week and can be viewed at:

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