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Nipissing First Nation has begun a second round of voting on the proposed Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement.
Voting began Feb. 1 and will continue until the 27th, with ballots cast by mail and electronically due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This will be the second time Nipissing First Nation has voted on the agreement after not meeting the required threshold a year ago.
Work has since taken place to try to educate the community further on the agreement, which Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod said essentially replaces certain areas of the Indian Act with new legislation.
A Toronto-area charity dedicated to ensuring First Nations have the necessary know-how to operate reserve drinking water plants has tapped a dozen potential Indigenous plant operators.
The Water First charity, along with Sudbury-based Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations, said the âinternsâ from six Northern Ontario First Nations will work towards achieving operator and water-quality analysis certificates.
The $1.5-milion program flows from a partnership with Anishinabek Nation (formerly the Union of Ontario Indians) and the Water First charity, which has partnered with 50 Indigenous communities across Canada for similar projects.
âIndigenous communities do not receive adequate education, training and employment supports when it comes to attracting and retaining young people in the water science fields,â a news release about the initiative said in early December.