Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation

From left: Usman Aslam of Cancer Care Ontario, Alice Muirhead of Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, manager of chemotherapy at Lake of the Woods District Hospital Corinne Coffey, KCA president Chief Lorraine Cobiness and VP of patient services at LWDH Donna Makowsky at Seven Generations Education Institute Tuesday, May 28. Ryan Stelter/Miner and News

Creating partnerships to combat cancer in Treaty 3 territory

The Treaty 3 area has higher rates of certain cancers according to Cancer Care Ontario but access to information about the disease is a problem — the Kenora Chiefs Advisory aims to break down...

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People helping People Charitable Corp

A great day for Kenora Chiefs Advisory. We feasted and celebrated our documents and relationship with our new Board of Directors for our People helping People – Charitable Corp members Hannita, Steven, Gary, David,...

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Message from the Chief

The Fednor announcement by Bob Nault is awesome and great news for our community! I need to acknowledge the long and hard work that has been put into this project over the years, special...

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June 25, 2019

Community Logo Contest

Our membership recently voted to revert the community name back to its traditional name of “Niisaachewan” which roughly translated means “down river”. As our name has reverted back, our nation’s logo needs to change...

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June 18, 2019

Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership

Since 2010, the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) has been in the process of developing a plan to “twin” (double-lane) Highway 17 between the Manitoba border and Kenora as part of an effort to...

2019 Post Secondary Funding Deadline Reminder

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May 27, 2019

2019 Post Secondary Funding Deadline Reminder

Our Post-Secondary funding application deadline is fast approaching. All interested applicants have until June 1st 2019 BEFORE 4:30pm. That day is a Saturday and so it’s best to get your application in on the...

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Chief, Erwin Redsky (l) stands with Chief of Obashkaandagaang, Marilyn Sinclair (m) and Chief Chris Skead of Wauzhushk and Chief Lorraine Cobiness of Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining. (Christina Jung / CBC)

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October 31, 2018

Treaty 3 area Chiefs sign unity agreement for Highway 17 twinning from Kenora to Manitoba

A group of First Nation leaders in the Kenora area gathered in Thunder Bay on Monday to meet with senior representatives of Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation on the twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway from...

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September 28, 2018

Ontario Gives $1 Million To Dalles

The provincial government is helping to support the construction of the Economic Development Centre of Excellence in Dalles First Nation. A $1 million dollar investment was announced by Kenora Rainy-River MPP and Minister of...

A league of their own: How First Nations in northern Ontario strengthen community through baseball

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September 21, 2018

A league of their own: How First Nations in northern Ontario strengthen community through baseball

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July 9, 2018

2018 Sturgeon Release

We’ve been working on this project for four years and this is our second release. Last year we released 12 adults, this year we released 15. This is an important fish to our community...

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January 29, 2018

Providing Support to our Youth

The first provincial office located on a First Nation was recently opened by the Ontario Government. The opening is for the new Indigenous Youth and Wellness Secretariat Office on the Fort William First Nation. Here Chief...

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October 5, 2017

TransCanada ends bid to build Energy East pipeline after ‘careful review of changed circumstances’

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September 30, 2017

Homeland Sturgeon Release

After ten years of work, our efforts to recreate a sturgeon population in our homeland has culminated in this release of twelve juvenile sturgeon. Using surgical implants inserted by staff from the Ontario Ministry...