By Pam Fedack, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kenora Miner & News Leah Nilson, Kim Loranger and Ashley Trent are questioning how statements made by a candidate running for Kenora’s City Council might affect their ability to represent the municipality if elected. The three say they are concerned with public statements made by Karla Treadway about residential schools, reconciliation and cultural differences, along with a range of other statements that pertain to the evidence behind claims about nearby First Nations, gender ideology and social service salaries. The majority of the comments made took place on Treadway’s podcast, The Sovereign Sphere, where she says listeners can “expect truth and light conversations about culture, politics and living free.” “I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, for the Indigenous community to trust a councillor…






