Willow Fiddler

The probe into the handling of Stacy DeBungee’s case by two Thunder Bay police officers is set to wrap up after three-week hearing

Former Toronto Police Services Board chair says panel may recommend regional policing model for Thunder Bay, which would see police work alongside the OPP, First Nations police services, civilian overseers and community groups

Cree comedian Don Burnstick has helped bring people together to process the raw emotions they experienced after Pope Francis apologized to residential-school survivors

Provincial administrator Malcolm Mercer said the Thunder Bay police board has failed to implement previous recommendations, policies and procedures, but that it also wasn’t equipped to meet expectations

Indigenous peoples are uniquely affected by systemic barriers that prevent them from obtaining an Ontario birth certificate

Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation says selecting an Indigenous police chief to lead the Thunder Bay Police Service out of crisis could help restore trust and faith in the embattled force

Jury in Thunder Bay finds that Roland McKay died from hypertensive heart disease and that his death was from natural causes; jury concludes that the circumstances of Donald Mamakwa’s death were undetermined

The event saw over 120 youth come together with elders and knowledge keepers in a series of workshops on topics such as hand-drum teachings and traditional food preparation

Patricia Ningewance believes Indigenous communities can reclaim their languages within 50 years by establishing properly funded immersion programs

Rita Fenton is working on ways to make the tipi at her Thunder Bay home permanent and accessible to help those in need

Police chief Sylvie Hauth had already been suspended by the Thunder Bay Police Services Board last year

Staff Sergeant Shawn Harrison is being demoted for 18 months for discreditable conduct and neglect of duty in investigating the 2015 death of Ojibway man Stacy DeBungee

Thunder Bay’s acting police chief says the move will create further delays that will have significant adverse affects on their investigations

In a statement Friday, the Thunder Bay Police Service Board said it has rescinded the suspension of the deputy chief, Ryan Hughes, after reviewing the results of an investigation

Grand Chief Derek Fox has been suspended with pay until its conclusion

Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s Grand Chief was suspended but refuses to accept action after being denied opportunity to address chiefs

Ontario Civilian Police Commission renews administrator’s mandate as ‘emergency continues’ in Thunder Bay Police Service board’s oversight of the service

Acting police chief Dan Taddeo said Holly Walbourne is returning to private practice

Brayden Bushby, who was granted day parole, was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2017 attack on an Indigenous woman

For more than 140 years, two children of Sioux leaders lay in a Pennsylvania cemetery far from their Dakota homes. After the Kamloops tragedy, their relations redoubled efforts to bring them back and find ways to heal