SocietyFirst Nation chiefs call for Indigenous-led search unit for missing persons in northern Ontario

First Nation leaders in northern Ontario are urging an Indigenous-led search-and-rescue pilot after five missing people were found dead in Thunder Bay this spring. Three were from Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities, and chiefs voted at their annual Keewaywin Conference to support the proposed NAN project.

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