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Twinning of Highway 17 to begin this fall after historic ceremony Written by Ryan Forbes Monday, May 03 2021, 5:00 AM Shoal Lake #40 Chief Erwin Redsky (left), Washagamis Bay Chief Marilyn Sinclair (second left), Wauzhushk Onigum Chief Chris Skead (second right) and Dalles Chief Lorraine Cobiness (right) of the Four Winds partnership. Picture taken prior to the pandemic.
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The twinning of Highway 17 from Kenora to the Manitoba border is expected to begin this fall, after a sacred ceremony confirmed commitments from local communities and the provincial government on Friday.
WINNIPEG A virtual sacred ceremony Friday between four First Nations and the Ontario government confirmed consent for the twinning of the Trans Canada Highway from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Highway 673. The four First Nations involved formed the Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership in 2018, and include Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, and Washagamis Bay First Nation. “Today is a historic event, using Manito Aki Inakonigaawin as an essential part of the process,” said Grand Chief Francis Kavanaugh of the Ogichidaa Grand Council Treaty 3. “And perhaps it was the largest consultation effort ever done within a Treaty 3 territory.”
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