KENORA — Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS) has persuaded one First Nation to stay on board while another community has switched to provincial police. Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation “has agreed to continue to work with T3PS to address the policing needs of its community and provide adequate and effective policing which ensures the public safety of its members,” the Treaty Three Police Services Board stated in a release issued Thursday. On the same day, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations transitioned its policing from T3PS to Ontario Provincial Police. Both First Nations gave T3PS notice in late July that they would find another police service for their communities in 100 days if dissatisfaction with service quality and reliability weren’t addressed. Rudy Turtle, then chief of Grassy Narrows, told Newswatch many of his…
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