Youth Rally celebrates walkers to Queen’s Park

Left: First Nation youth movements held a rally at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Friday August 8, 2025 to welcome the arrival of youth walkers from Timmins, Ontario. From L-R are: Ramon Kataquapit, Okiniwak; Keira Spence, Youth Rising Together and Tristan Ashishkeesh, Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseego-stamok. ( Photo Ramon Kataquapit )

By Xavier Kataquapit Writer Grassroots First Nation youth welcomed the arrival of the Mahmo Inninuwuk Wiibuseego-stamok walkers at Queens Park in Toronto on Friday August 8, 2025. The walking group completed their 22 day and over 700 km walking journey from downtown Timmins to Queens Park at a combined rally held together with First Nation youth groups Youth Rising Together and Okiniwak. The awareness walk and rally at Queen’s Park was organized by these grassroots youth movements to show their dissatisfaction of Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C5. The youth walkers ceremoniously walked onto Queen’s Park at 1pm on Friday together with other youth leadership representatives. They were greeted with a traditional pipe ceremony led by Conrad Iahtail (Nahpaysh Miishenish Aisipi), of Attawapiskat FN and traditional drum performances. “It…

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