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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source GINOOGAMING \u2014 Ginoogaming First Nation has a functioning temporary bridge to Longlac, but the First Nation\u2019s leadership says the community will remain in a state of emergency until they once again have a permanent crossing. Ginoogaming closed the decades-old bridge between the First Nation and Longlac and declared a state of emergency in early November after engineers determined the span was at risk of immediate failure. The temporary bridge, made necessary by the deterioration of an old span across the Making Ground River Bridge, opened to traffic last Nov. 30. The federal government promised to form a working group with Ontario focused on bridge repair and maintenance. But, according to Ginoogaming Chief Sheri Taylor, that promise has gone largely unfulfilled…. <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source GINOOGAMING \u2014 Ginoogaming First Nation has a functioning temporary bridge to Longlac, but the First Nation\u2019s leadership says the community will remain in a state of emergency until they once again have a permanent crossing. Ginoogaming closed the decades-old bridge between the First Nation and Longlac and declared a state of emergency in early November after engineers determined the span was at risk of immediate failure. The temporary bridge, made necessary by the deterioration of an old span across the Making Ground River Bridge, opened to traffic last Nov. 30. The federal government promised to form a working group with Ontario focused on bridge repair and maintenance. But, according to Ginoogaming Chief Sheri Taylor, that promise has gone largely unfulfilled.... <\/p>\n

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