By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source BIG TROUT LAKE \u2014 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Nation (KI) and Wapekeka First Nation declared three million hectares of traditional territory \u201cpermanently protected\u201d on Thursday because \u201cwe need to do more to protect our waters, our lands and animals,\u201d KI Chief Donny Morris says. He and Allan Brown, Wapekeka\u2019s deputy chief, announced the neighbouring First Nations\u2019 position in Toronto, some 2,000 kilometres away from home. They were joined in the news conference by Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, who represents their communities in the legislature, and Wildlands League conservation director Anna Baggio. They asked the Ontario government to join them in protecting the Anishininew Aki boreal forest, wetlands and waterways from mining. \u201cThis has been a long-standing issue for the community and community… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source BIG TROUT LAKE \u2014 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Nation (KI) and Wapekeka First Nation declared three million hectares of traditional territory \u201cpermanently protected\u201d on Thursday because \u201cwe need to do more to protect our waters, our lands and animals,\u201d KI Chief Donny Morris says. He and Allan Brown, Wapekeka\u2019s deputy chief, announced the neighbouring First Nations\u2019 position in Toronto, some 2,000 kilometres away from home. They were joined in the news conference by Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa, who represents their communities in the legislature, and Wildlands League conservation director Anna Baggio. They asked the Ontario government to join them in protecting the Anishininew Aki boreal forest, wetlands and waterways from mining. \u201cThis has been a long-standing issue for the community and community... <\/p>\n