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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 About 200 delegates from First Nations across northern Ontario gathered in a local hotel Tuesday for three days of discussion on an agreement with the federal government to reform First Nations child and family services in the province. \u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to get across the finish line on that agreement,\u201d Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said in his opening remarks. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is still \u201cstanding in the way\u201d but its appeal to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal could be resolved soon, he said. Representatives of NAN member nations are in Thunder Bay \u201cto talk about the implementation of the Ontario Final Agreement,\u201d he told Newswatch after his… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 About 200 delegates from First Nations across northern Ontario gathered in a local hotel Tuesday for three days of discussion on an agreement with the federal government to reform First Nations child and family services in the province. \u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to get across the finish line on that agreement,\u201d Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said in his opening remarks. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is still \u201cstanding in the way\u201d but its appeal to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal could be resolved soon, he said. Representatives of NAN member nations are in Thunder Bay \u201cto talk about the implementation of the Ontario Final Agreement,\u201d he told Newswatch after his... <\/p>\n

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