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Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leaders will join representatives of industry, government and energy developers in Thunder Bay next week for a three-day NAN Chiefs Energy Conference.

The Ontario government is shutting out the province’s citizens as it moves forward with a possible overhaul to the health care system, a local health coalition said.
The government is using a “created crisis” — claiming provincial health costs are unsustainable — as a justification to cut public health services in Ontario, said Sara Williamson, co-chairwoman of the Thunder Bay Health Coalition.

According to the president of Confederation College, a slowing economic climate and changing demographics in the region will not be enough to slow the opportunities that exist for the institution. During Friday’s board of governors meeting, Confederation College president Jim Madder presented his strategic report, where he stressed the importance of partnerships in the region.