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By Shania Tabobondung\/ Local Journalism Initiative \/ParrySound.com Alaina King, an Anishinaabekwe (Anishinaabe woman) and Parry Sound council candidate, keeps having the same dream. “In my dream, I could see garbage filling up the river. It was almost visible to the top and there were people crossing the river by walking on the trash,” King recalled. \u201cI saw children swimming in a ‘roped-off’ area.\u201d She said the meaning of the dream became clear when a 12-year-old youth offered an interpretation: adults had dumped their waste into the water believing no one would notice, leaving the next generation to clean up the mess. For her, this dream reaffirmed what she and her culture know: that it is everyone’s responsibility to create a better future for future generations. It is also what led… <\/p>\n

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By Shania Tabobondung\/ Local Journalism Initiative \/ParrySound.com Alaina King, an Anishinaabekwe (Anishinaabe woman) and Parry Sound council candidate, keeps having the same dream. “In my dream, I could see garbage filling up the river. It was almost visible to the top and there were people crossing the river by walking on the trash,” King recalled. \u201cI saw children swimming in a ‘roped-off’ area.\u201d She said the meaning of the dream became clear when a 12-year-old youth offered an interpretation: adults had dumped their waste into the water believing no one would notice, leaving the next generation to clean up the mess. For her, this dream reaffirmed what she and her culture know: that it is everyone’s responsibility to create a better future for future generations. It is also what led... <\/p>\n

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