Jon Thompson
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Journalist @Ricochet_en. Belongs to Northwestern Ontario. Prev. @CANADALAND @CBCTBay @TVO @APTNNews. Stream “Thunder Bay” @CraveCanada. [email protected]
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3 days ago |
thespec.com | Jon Thompson
As Ontario is expected to pass its controversial Bill 5 through its third and final reading on Wednesday, representatives of organized labour say their fight is only beginning. “I think this is a watershed moment where people will recognize who is fighting for workers and Indigenous peoples: it was us. We are the heroes we’ve been waiting for,” says OFL president Laura Walton.
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3 weeks ago |
kenoraminerandnews.com | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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4 weeks ago |
pentictonherald.ca | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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4 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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1 month ago |
fftimes.com | Jon Thompson
A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement.
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Ontario launches $3B in available loans for First Nations through the renamed Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program, expands eligibility from electricity to mining and pipelines. https://t.co/38h9wXGef2
Neskantaga First Nation evacuees have been living in Thunder Bay for 5 weeks awaiting soil tests to confirm the fuel smell in their flooded health centre. https://t.co/Ezdh3R8Fyw They're now headed home because those tests showed fuel in the groundwater. https://t.co/kAiqrSc7mb
RT @DennisWardNews: Community in crisis: The closure of Neskantaga First Nation’s health centre compounding state of emergency — that’s abo…
