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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 4h

The announcement they wanted to make yesterday was that the province was committing $1.3M to local policing initiatives, INCLUDING forensics infrastructure that PC MPP Kevin Holland explicitly tied to guns and gangs as a priority of the province.
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City police get $1.3M for mental health response and forensics

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 4h

20hrs after Thunder Bay police chief Darcy Fleury refused to answer media questions on a CBC piece alleging a new Satan's Choice chapter, TBPS now says there's no evidence.

Why wouldn't you tell us yesterday?

"Yesterday we were here for a purpose, which was the announcement we wanted to make..."

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 1d

This comes the same week 49 northern Ontario First Nations declared a state of emergency over drugs and gangs, while OPP issued two shelter-in-place orders due to locals being shot (a suspect is still at large in Brunswick House First Nation).
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‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north

As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Thunder Bay police chief Darcy Fleury refused to answer questions at a press conference today re: this CBC report that Satan's Choice is re-establishing itself in the northern Ontario centres of Thunder Bay and Sudbury, among other places.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That's for a presser tomorrow.

Police monitor outlaw motorcycle gang's resurgence in northern Ontario as law agencies watch national trends | CBC News

Provincial police say they’re keeping a watch on renewed activity from the outlaw motorcycle gang Satan’s Choice in northern Ontario, as new chapters for Satan’s Choice appear to be popping up in citi...

www.cbc.ca

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 2d

Since we published this story, police has issued another shelter-in-place advisory for an armed gunman still at large who has shot someone, this time in Brunswick House First Nation.

The last one was Thursday in Ginoogaming First Nation where two men have been arrested for second-degree murder.

Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2d

First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north.

As Ontario government sells to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding support instead of extraction.

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

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#onpoli #indigenous

‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north

As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 2d

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is requesting members of Brunswick House First Nation to shelter in place on Sunday night.
It’s the 2nd time this week police has called for a NAN community to shelter in place due to armed individuals at large.
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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 2d

According to Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Doug Ford & Greg Rickford have yet to contact Ginoogaming First Nation following the shooting death of a local man & apprehension of two Brampton men following a two-day, shelter-in-place incident leaders say was drug-related.

Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2d

First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north.

As Ontario government sells to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding support instead of extraction.

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/indigenous/w...

#onpoli #indigenous

‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north

As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction

ricochet.media

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 3d

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 4d

SouthJerseyGirl is NOT a Devils fan?

Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve been lucky to have done a lot of things in my life. I’ve been a lot of places and I’ve met a lot of people.

I’ve never, ever encountered a New York Rangers fan.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 5d

I'm told by sources I consider to be reliable that OPP has apprehended two suspects in the shooting death of a Ginoogaming First Nation man. OPP has yet to respond to my request for confirmation.

OPP lifted the two-day, shelter-in-place order on Ginoogaming and neighbouring Longlac at 3:30.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 5d

Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon says his members have also been sheltering in place over gun violence in Ginoogaming.

“It’s to a point where people are under their beds or have a gun handy so they don’t come into houses. It’s a very fluid situation in my community.”

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

NAN state of emergency is now up online:
www.nan.ca/news/first-n...
NAN Grand Chief Fiddler says comms mus be able to pass own laws to make sure they're safe, and justice system needs to prosecute whomever goes against those laws.

First Nations Leadership and NAN Grand Chief Declare State of Emergency on Flow of Illegal Drugs and Deaths in Communities

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leadership are declaring a public State of Emergency following a drug related shooting incident that unfolded in Ginoogaming First Nation. Tragically, and ...

www.nan.ca

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Eabametoong First Nation Chief Soloman Atlookan to Ontario & Canada:
“You want our resources and you can’t even lend a hand to help us out with our crisis situation. It’s getting really bad. Please respond to us. Our young people are dying.”

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Ginoogaming Chief Sheri Taylor says her chief and council will banish members who are responsible for illicit drug dealing and harbouring organized crime.

Says she has heard nothing from Ontario Premier Doug Ford or Indigenous minister Greg Rickford.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

"We called a state of emergency a year and a half ago an that didn't do anything. All they did was band-aid solutions, temporary fixes."

For more: ricochet.media/indigenous/f...

Failing bridge triggers state of emergency in Northern Ontario First Nation

Ginoogaming First Nation is cut off from emergency and essential services, while various levels of government pass the buck

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

"These people have been harboured in our community for years," Ginoogaming Chief Sheri Taylor says. So many issues with drugs,violence and gangs in our area. I've been working hard with the help of my council to try to resolve and bring safety in our community."

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Ginoogaming First Nation Chief Sheri Taylor says 1 person is dead and another is in ICU folowing gun violence. Ginoogaming & the adjacent town of Longlac have been locked down since Wednesday as OPP continues a hunt for two men.

She says she expects that the stay in place order will be lifted soon.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Neskantaga First Nation Coun. Lashaunda Waswa says predators are targeting youth with drugs.
Says she has lost friends to drugs, some of whom haven’t died yet.
She calls on NAN, Ontario, Canada to do more and take action.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Ontario's ombudsman visited Neskantaga last month, calling living conditions there "unsafe and unacceptable."
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‘Bringing them home in coffins': Ombudsman finds unsafe conditions in Fly-in First Nation

Jon Thompson accompanied Ontario’s ombudsman on a shocking tour of Neskantaga First Nation. This is what they saw

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

“There is no public safety up north.”-Neskantaga First Nation Chief Gary Quisses

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says if Canada and Ontario want to extract the resources in the provincial far north, they must be able to guarantee the security of every member of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

This comes as Longlac and Ginoogaming First Nations have spent two days locked down and police manhunts continue for two men.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 6d

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler issues state of emergency across NAN territory over drugs, gang violence.
He on Canada & Ontario to meet & resource it.
“It has come to the point in some cases where our chiefs and council feel they’re losing control,” he says.

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Jon Thompson @jonthompson.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know about you, but Canada's 25 Most Wanted Fugitives is the horse-race media stunt that most makes me want to smash that button and turn my big red chair around.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 7d

A man wanted for first-degree murder in Toronto has taken the top spot on the list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives, unveiled Wednesday in Vancouver.

Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives

The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.

www.thestar.com

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