By Alicia Anderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — Drug-related violence across Nishnawbe Aski Nation territories must end. That’s what Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), Alvin Fiddler, said during Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s (NAPS) annual general meeting on Tuesday. “With that growth of our police service is also just the growth of drugs coming into our community and the violence that comes with it,” Fiddler said. The annual meeting connects police services with the chiefs of the communities they serve, so they can receive feedback. Fiddler said that despite the police force’s growth, more drugs are being smuggled into remote communities, leading to an increase in crime. “There’s a real demand on policing right now for public safety and community safety, and NAPS should be able…
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