By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source BIG TROUT LAKE — Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Nation (KI) and Wapekeka First Nation declared three million hectares of traditional territory “permanently protected” on Thursday because “we need to do more to protect our waters, our lands and animals,” KI Chief Donny Morris says. He and Allan Brown, Wapekeka’s deputy chief, announced the neighbouring First Nations’ position in Toronto, some 2,000 kilometres away from home. They were joined in the news conference by Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, who represents their communities in the legislature, and Wildlands League conservation director Anna Baggio. They asked the Ontario government to join them in protecting the Anishininew Aki boreal forest, wetlands and waterways from mining. “This has been a long-standing issue for the community and community…
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