By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source ROCKY BAY — Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (BZA) members “just want to move forward” but can’t do that until their chief steps aside, Mercedes Hardy told Newswatch on Friday. That, she said, is why she and other members started a petition for the removal of Chief Gladys Thompson. The paper petition and a complementary online petition will be presented Sunday at a BZA band meeting in Rocky Bay, Hardy said. One band councillor has told Newswatch he expects there will be “another motion to toss (Thompson) out” at Sunday’s meeting. Hardy said the petition is a last resort, but the chief has left dissatisfied BZA members with no alternative. The band office and medical centre in Rocky Bay have been closed…
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