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Chief McLeod’s Video Updates
- December 18, 2020 – Holiday Message (COVID-19 Updates, Travel Advisory and Mental Health & Addictions Supports)
- December 18, 2020 – Community Notice: New COVID-19 Guidelines for Outdoor Rink in Garden Village
- November 23, 2020 – Community Update Video (COVID-19, Community Events, and Two Upcoming Community Votes on NFN’s Custom Election Code & the Anishinabek Governance Agreement)
- November 15, 2020 – Message for Bullying Awareness & Prevention Week
- November 13, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video re: 2nd Wave
- October 30, 2020 – Treaties Recognition Week Message
- October 9, 2020 – Thanksgiving Message
- July 3, 2020 – Community Message about Measures Being Taken to Address Criminal Activities
- May 8, 2020 – Message for Mental Health Week
- May 6, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video
- April 8, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video with Director of Health Services Kimberly Lalonde
- April 4, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video
- March 24, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video
- March 19, 2020 – COVID-19 Community Update Video
Duchesnay Creek Bridge Project Updates
- Video Progress Report: November 2, 2020 (Installation of First Girder)
- Video Progress Report: September 4, 2020 (Sub-Structure Completed)
Other News & Notices
- January 14, 2021 – Community Notice: Changes to Operations during Provincewide Stay-at-Home Measures
- January 9, 2021 – Update #2 – Garden Village Outdoor Rink Now Open with Fewer Restrictions
- January 8, 2021 – Office Closure Extended to January 25, 2021 due to provincewide shutdown
- January 5, 2021 – Notice of Potential High-Risk Exposure to COVID-19 at NFN Business
- December 31, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod looks forward to better days ahead in 2021 (Toronto Star)
- December 29, 2020 – Two Nipissing First Nation friends nominate each other as unsung COVID heroes (BayToday)
- December 26, 2020 – UPDATED: Garden Village Outdoor Rink Operations During Provincewide Shutdown.
- Click here for the FINAL 2020-2021 schedule. Please note timeslots have been reserved for east end residents (including Yellek) since the rink in Duchesnay will not be open this year.
- December 23, 2020 – Media Release from the Anishinabek Police Service
- December 22, 2020 – Holiday Office Closure Extended until January 11, 2021
- December 18, 2020 – Holiday Message & Travel Advisory and Chief McLeod’s Video Message
- December 18, 2020 – New COVID-19 Guidelines re: Garden Village Outdoor Rink
- December 17, 2020 – UPDATE: Precautionary Measures Lifted at Nbisiing Secondary School
- December 2, 2020 – Update on May 2020 Ransomware Attack
- November 27, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation protecting its elders from COVID (North Bay Nugget)
- November 20, 2020 – COVID-19 nixes in-person voting (BayToday)
- November 18, 2020 – Virtual powwow brings community together (BayToday)
- November 17, 2020 – Sara Cornthwaite creating content for the world to see (BayToday)
- November 15, 2020 – Artists adorn North Bay, Ont., hospital fence with bears and strawberries (CBC News)
- November 13, 2020 – COVID-19 Wave 2 Notice
- November 14, 2020 – Watch our Virtual Pow Wow!
- November 11, 2020 – Watch our Virtual Remembrance Day Ceremony!
- November 4, 2020 – Treaty education heading online: Anishinabek Nation develops virtual worlds (WindSpeaker)
- November 2, 2020 – Nipissing FN won’t get to host Little NHL tourney…again (BayToday)
- November 2, 2020 – LNHL 2021 Tournament Cancelled (Media Release)
- November 2, 2020 – Anishinabek Nation bringing treaty education online (North Bay Nugget)
- October 28, 2020 – Anishinaabe filmmaker returns home to Nbisiing traditional territory (Anishinabek News)
- October 23, 2020 – Start to Smart Back to School drive raises money for school supplies (Bay Today)
- October 23, 2020 – Support for Mi’kmaq shown in Sturgeon Falls (Bay Today)
- October 22, 2020 – Statement in Support of Mi’kmaq Fishers (on behalf of Nipissing First Nation’s Chief and Council)
- October 19, 2020 – Passion, love, and community prompts Logan Staats concert (Bay Today)
- October 14, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation Bineshii Business Park grows regional economy (Anishinabek News)
- October 14, 2020 – Indigenous directors explore pandemic life through short films in NFB online project (CBC News)
Featuring Cole Forrest Stevens’ short film titled Nbisiing - October 14, 2020 – Teaching Indigenous culture a passion for George Couchie (Bay Today)
- October 12, 2020 – “I’ve been fighting for this forever” – Dot Beaucage-Kennedy celebrates provincial recognition of Indigenous marriage ceremonies (North Bay Nugget)
- October 1, 2020 – Anti-stigma campaign to focus on drug use (North Bay Nugget)
- September 30, 2020 – Orange Shirt Day a timely event for Nipissing First Nation (Bay Today)
- September 23, 2020 – NFN’s Gtigewin Community Garden highlighted in National Indigenous Diabetes Association Newsletter
- September 22, 2020 – Boaters watch out for buoys during upcoming MNRF fish population research project (Bay Today)
- September 16, 2020 – FedNor investments support technology, business growth and community recovery efforts in Nipissing-Timiskaming
- September 15, 2020 – Indigenous Insight Newsletter: Census 2021 is coming!
- September 5, 2020 – Staggered re-entry planned for Nbisiing students (North Bay Nugget)
- August 19, 2020 – Reports of Tampering with Lawful Fishing Nets
- August 18, 2020 – NFN bear sighting shines light on illegal dumping (North Bay Nugget)
- August 5, 2020 – NFN Chief questions cormorant hunt decision (North Bay Nugget)
- July 16, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation Anishinaabekwe receives Honourary Degree from Nipissing University (Anishinabek News)
- July 15, 2020 – FedNor to provide $3.9M for youth, young entrepreneurs (North Bay Nugget)
- July 10, 2020 – Community Notice: Organizational Changes
- July 8, 2020 – Outdoor Fires Law Enacted
- July 3, 2020 – Community Notice: Measures to Address Criminal Activities
- May 28, 2020 – Notification of Security Incident (Ransomware Attack)
- May 27, 2020 – Proposed Outdoor Fires Law – Date of Enactment: July 7, 2020. Read the Community Notice & Salient Fact Sheet
- May 11, 2020 – NFN Fire Ban Lifted (Backyard Fires Only)
- April 17, 2020 – Notice re: Enactment Process Amendment
- April 1, 2020 – NFN awarded 2021 LNHL following tournament cancellation this year (Anishinabek News)
- March 12, 2020 – LNHL Tournament Update: CANCELLED
- March 10, 2020 – NFN looking forward to great time at LNHL tournament (My North Bay Now)
- March 10, 2020 – LNHL 2020 tournament to Proceed as Planned (Anishinabek News)
- March 10, 2020 – Little NHL tourney will go on as planned despite COVID-19 concerns (Windspeaker.com)
- March 10, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation youth intern goes to Peru (Anishinabek News)
- March 9, 2020 – 49th edition of Little NHL will proceed next week (Manitoulin Expositor)
- March 2, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation prepares to host Little NHL (Anishinabek News)
- February 29, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation lights the fires for Wet’suwet’en (Anishinabek News)
- February 27, 2020 – Statement of Support for the Wet’suwet’en from NFN Chief & Council
- February 20, 2020 – Ian Campeau unlocking language wisdom (Anishinabek News)
- February 14, 2020 – Hydro One and Nipissing First Nation mark 30-day countdown to LNHL 2020
- February 6, 2020 – Reconciliation about reclaiming language, culture – Campeau (North Bay Nugget)
- February 5, 2020 – Partnerships form to repatriate cultural items (Anishinabek News)
- February 3, 2020 – Supplies for the Soul grows again (Anishinabek News)
- January 22, 2020 – Nipissing Celebrates Researchers (North Bay Nugget)
- January 6, 2020 – Nipissing First Nation Make a Generous Donation (Nipissing Serenity Hospice)
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