By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com GINOOGAMING \u2014 Why does Ginoogaming First Nation have security checkpoints with drug-detecting dogs? Because \u201cwe have to do more,\u201d Chief Sheri Taylor told Newswatch during the first week of the new protocol at the bridge into Ginoogaming. The First Nation has contracted a Moosonee-based company to deploy highly trained drug-sniffing canines at the bridge connecting Ginoogaming to Longlac, and at a road entrance to the south. A sign before the bridge warns that drivers may be asked to \u201cpresent identification or verify business when entering the Ginoogaming First Nation homeland.\u201d It also says they may be subject to a search, and that \u201cpolice will be notified\u201d if illegal substances or weapons are found. The community was shaken last Oct. 8 by the… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com GINOOGAMING \u2014 Why does Ginoogaming First Nation have security checkpoints with drug-detecting dogs? Because \u201cwe have to do more,\u201d Chief Sheri Taylor told Newswatch during the first week of the new protocol at the bridge into Ginoogaming. The First Nation has contracted a Moosonee-based company to deploy highly trained drug-sniffing canines at the bridge connecting Ginoogaming to Longlac, and at a road entrance to the south. A sign before the bridge warns that drivers may be asked to \u201cpresent identification or verify business when entering the Ginoogaming First Nation homeland.\u201d It also says they may be subject to a search, and that \u201cpolice will be notified\u201d if illegal substances or weapons are found. The community was shaken last Oct. 8 by the... <\/p>\n