By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GINOOGAMING — The bridge connecting Ginoogaming First Nation to the town of Longlac has been deemed unsafe, prompting chief and council there to declare a state of emergency. As of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Ginoogaming closed the stretch of Blueberry Street leading to the Making Ground River Bridge to all vehicular traffic on their side of the bridge, after engineering firm WSP recomended that the bridge be closed for safety reasons. “We’re cut off from the essential services like fire and ambulance and emergency services that are needed,” said Ginoogaming Chief Sheri Taylor said in a news conference by Zoom. The bridge is the only easy way in and out of Ginoogaming (formerly Long Lake 77), a small Anishinaabe community south of Highway…
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