By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com First Nations leaders from across Ontario held a news conference on Oct. 28 to call on the provincial and federal governments to provide funding for an airport infrastructure crisis. The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) held their event at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel. There are 29 remote airports in northern Ontario and 27 of those directly service First Nations. “Many of them were built 40 years ago or 50 years ago,” said NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler. “Over the course of their lifetime there’s been very little or no effort made to improve those airports. And here we are in 2026 to give notice again to Ontario and Canada that we need resources to improve the safety…
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