By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter BIG TROUT LAKE – Having reliable electricity opens up many opportunities for a remote community, said Chief Donny Morris as his First Nation celebrated “energization” by the Wataynikaneyap Power transmission line. With electricity the transmission line “brings opportunities in the future,” the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Innuniwug (KI) chief said, adding that his First Nation will “work together to produce progress moving forward.” KI and neighbouring Wapekeka First Nation, fly-in communities northeast of Sioux Lookout, were connected to the provincial power grid by Wataynikaneyap Power last Dec. 14. A celebration took place Monday in KI. Morris said his Treaty 9 community was “negatively impacted by frequent power outages” prior to getting hooked up to the grid. “Access to reliable energy will lead to many improvements for…
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