By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Though the team was making its first appearance at a national event, Josh Roulette had a good feeling that the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Firefighters would capture a Canadian championship. Roulette is the fire chief of the six-man firefighting team that won the over-all title at the 36th annual National Firefighting Competition held Oct. 25 in Calgary. A total of eight teams participated in the event. Other competing squads represented British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut and the Atlantic region. This marked the fourth year the team from Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, located in southern Manitoba, has participated in firefighting contests, but in previous years it had some stiff competition within its own province and had not won the…
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