Jon Thompson

Deepest thanks to those who trusted us to tell your story. I’ve seen bravery of the peoples of Northwestern Ontario change this country in ways that made the impossible seem inevitable. You can’t know how much it means that you’ve allowed me make a life out of bearing witness.♥️

Woodhouse Nepinak says she wasn't consulted on PMO decision to ban media from covering her opening speech.

“It has to go through the co-management that’s in the treaties. And so yeah, at the end of the day, treaties are above this law. They have to be respected." - Crown-Indigenous relations minister Rebecca Alty on Bill C-5 cabinradio.ca/250519/news/po…

I interviewed ONDP leader Marit Stiles in Thunder Bay. She called Ontario's Bill 5 "“ridiculous power-grab legislation” that allows for "the suspension of any right, anywhere, anytime.” The nation-building infrastructure we need, she says, is social. ricochet.media/indigenous/ont…

The City of Kenora is expropriating the Kenricia Hotel. The corner of Main and Second streets is the hinge of Kenora’s commercial downtown. The city’s statement includes that “existing tenant and business agreements will be managed on a case-by-case basis to minimize disruption.”

Ontario NDP leader says Doug Ford must respect First Nations right to refuse development Marit Stiles is touring the north, warning that #Bill5 strips environmental and #Indigenous protections, while derailing local development. New from @JonSThompson: ricochet.media/indigenous/ont…

Anishnawbe Business Professional Assn’s Jason Rasevych: Bills 5 & C-5 “poison the investment climate by guaranteeing years of legal challenges, project delays & instability. No serious international investor is attracted to this level of manufactured risk” anishnawbebusiness.com/media-release/…

Ontario has announced it will hold an inquest into the death of Eduard Gallant. The 64-year-old Gallant died on May 27, 2020 from "injuries sustained while working at a mining site in Thunder Bay."

The parallels between what Doug Ford wants to do to First Nations in northern Ontario and what he sees Donald Trump as doing to him come all the way down to the construction equipment metaphors he uses. It’s really quite remarkable.

At Monday's Premiers meeting, Ontario Premier Doug Ford took this notable departure from "If I have to hop on a bulldozer myself, we're going to start building roads to the Ring of Fire," or “Take us to court, do whatever you want, we’re moving.”

Sioux Lookout has recruited Lac Seul First Nation member Darlene Angeconeb to fill the vacant council seat. This bio of hers is lifted from Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s Nikanigawbowin Council. Sioux Lookout will swear her in on Aug. 13.

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A Superior Court judge has ruled the land claim Niisaachewan, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation & Washagamis Bay are making to Anicinabe Park will proceed. Justice Lepere disagreed with Canada & Kenora's motion the claim was past the expiry of limitation period. ricochet.media/indigenous/tak…

Kenora-Rainy River NDP claims it has submitted three petitions to MPP Greg Rickford asking for the PCs to repeal Bill 5. NDP riding co-president Luke Hildebrand says they include 263 total signatories.

For Fort Frances to fight the losing battle over Point Park from 2000 to 2024 cost $5,487,705.25, an average of $219,508.21 per year. fortfrances.ca/point-park-inf…

“It was clear that they [Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers] do not understand that we are entitled to full participation and to share equally in the benefits of any projects on our territories.” - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler

On day two of Carney’s summit with chiefs, First Nations youth arriving to protest Bill C-5 are met with a Mountie blocking their path.

APTN’s senior online reporter Karyn Pugliese has been following the Bill C-5 story, even across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Quebec. That's where Chiefs all across Canada have gathered to meet and prepare for tomorrow's meeting with the Prime Minister. youtu.be/fcweNKBSAgo

“…public apathy helps them get away with ignoring or rejecting the evidence that experts from around the world, in almost every field, have amassed over many decades.” - David Suzuki

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"Our position is that the basic needs of our communities including access to clean safe drinking water is a priority and those needs need to be met first before our communities can engage in major resource development in their territories,” NAN. aptnnews.ca/?p=273269