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National Indigenous News August 26 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: This is a look at your national indigenous news.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Ontario, Saugeen First Nation firefighters have returned from the first mission of a new Indigenous-led firefighting brigade summoned to aid fire-threatened Thunder Bay Area First Nations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Three Saugeen firefighters were among 35 fellow Indigenous firefighters deployed as part of a First Nations firefighting force created to combat wildfires threatening First Nations communities and additional resource to supplement provincial firefighting efforts.
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  SPEAKER_00: In all, 75 Indigenous firefighters from seven First Nations have been trained in wildlands firefighting, including at Saugeen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Others hail from Laxoul, Walpole Island, and Nipissing First Nations, and the Thunder Bay Area independent First Nations Alliance territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Indigenous police chiefs of Ontario are often called on when there's a wildfire in northern Ontario communities, so the organization established this new First Nations Firefighting Service to better support police and help fellow First Nations communities threatened every wildfire season, and they work in parallel with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Firefighting Teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: While both the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Firefighters and Indigenous Firefighters seek to extinguish fires, the indigenous focus may be different at times.
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  SPEAKER_00: Indigenous firefighters protected culturally significant areas to the community and the community itself for traplines and hunting grounds, medicinal harvesting areas, and infrastructure and burial grounds.
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  SPEAKER_00: The firefighter pay for deployment came from Indigenous Services Canada in one-time funding, at parity with what the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry pays its firefighters.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, more stable funding is needed to sustain this new firefighting service to enable First Nations protect themselves when threatened by a wildfire.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are many similarities between the Moon and the Canadian Arctic, at least according to the Canadian Space Agency.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grocer, a vertical farming company based in Ottawa, along with Nunavut-based Arctic Fresh, were awarded a$745,000 contract from the Space Agency to develop designs for greenhouses in Nunavut.
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  SPEAKER_00: If successful, those designs might become a blueprint that could later be used to grow food in space.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nunavut, like the moon, is cold and has a lot of vast land.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the design stage, the space agency will have to award another contract for construction of the greenhouses.
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  SPEAKER_00: If that happens, the greenhouses will likely come to five communities: Coral Harbor, Arctic Bay, Aglulic, Resolute Bay, and Grease Fjord.
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  SPEAKER_00: For now, the company is planning consultations with the communities to determine what kind of freshly grown produce they would like to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: It could be anything from fruits and vegetables to medicinal plants that grow on the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: The space-inspired project will help feed not only future astronauts, but also residents of Nunavut, where more than half of the population lives in food insecure households.
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  SPEAKER_00: The design work for the greenhouses is set to be completed in a year, but it's still unclear when the facilities will come to the territory.
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  SPEAKER_00: A first of its kind thermal spa is scheduled to open on a Saskatchewan later this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: According to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation, the Dakota Dunes Thermal Spa will officially open to the public December 4th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The$54 million development, which is adjacent to the already established casino and golf course owned and operated by Whitecap Dakota First Nation, is expected to create 165 jobs.
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  SPEAKER_00: The thermal spa is the first of its kind in Saskatchewan and the inclusion of Indigenous themes is a first in Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whitecap Dakota First Nation says the spa will introduce a new indigenous wellness destination focused on relaxation, restoration, culture, and connection to the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: The spa will combine thermal pools, wellness circuits, relaxation spaces, spa treatments, and cultural programming.
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  SPEAKER_00: The setting is inspired by indigenous perspectives on wellness, respect for nature, and connection to the land.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your National Indigenous News.