By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source PIKANGIKUM \u2013 Most winter roads to remote First Nations in Northwestern Ontario are now open to light loads only. \u201cThe past couple of days we had it closed to heavy traffic, (and open to) just light small vehicles,\u201d Pikangikum First Nation council member Richard Keeper said Wednesday. He said a spell of warmer weather made the winter road to Pikangikum, 100 kilometres north of Red Lake, a tad iffy. \u201cBut I think we\u2019re open now because we\u2019re going to have somebody monitoring the road and they\u2019re going to be working on the road daily as the heavy trucks come in,\u201d he added. Pikangikum is not alone among northwest First Nations throttling down winter road traffic. Sandy Lake First Nation, for… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source PIKANGIKUM \u2013 Most winter roads to remote First Nations in Northwestern Ontario are now open to light loads only. \u201cThe past couple of days we had it closed to heavy traffic, (and open to) just light small vehicles,\u201d Pikangikum First Nation council member Richard Keeper said Wednesday. He said a spell of warmer weather made the winter road to Pikangikum, 100 kilometres north of Red Lake, a tad iffy. \u201cBut I think we\u2019re open now because we\u2019re going to have somebody monitoring the road and they\u2019re going to be working on the road daily as the heavy trucks come in,\u201d he added. Pikangikum is not alone among northwest First Nations throttling down winter road traffic. Sandy Lake First Nation, for... <\/p>\n