Premier Wab Kinew Visits Peguis Amid Ongoing $1 Billion Flood Lawsuit
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By James Wastasecoot
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew visited Peguis First Nation on April 22, 2025, pledging collaborative action on the community’s chronic flooding issues. His visit comes one year after Peguis First Nation filed a landmark $1 billion lawsuit against all levels of government, including federal and provincial bodies and rural municipalities, seeking damages from the devastating floods in 2022 and previous years.
During his visit, Premier Kinew emphasized unity and cooperation in addressing flood mitigation. “We’re going to work together and we’ll figure out a solution,” he told residents. He stressed the importance of solutions beneficial for all parties involved, including upstream and downstream communities, and acknowledged the necessity of federal involvement. 
“It can’t be adversarial; it has to be something that works for everybody,” Kinew said, linking flood mitigation directly to economic initiatives. He requested Peguis’s partnership in broader provincial economic projects, suggesting these would facilitate and finance essential flood protection efforts. He didn’t cite specific projects which left some residents wondering what this meant.
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More questions for the SCO Grand Chief
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By Trevor Greyeyes April 24, 2025
I’ve always approached journalism without fear or favour. But that commitment was tested the day a courier dropped off a letter from lawyers representing Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) Grand Chief Jerry Daniels — threatening to sue me for defamation.
To say I took the threat seriously would be an understatement.
For a couple of weeks, I didn’t write or publish anything, and my business suffered.
It caused me to do a lot of soul searching and to reread the Statement of Claim and the counterclaims, reread the defamation of law in Manitoba, and question who I am.
I know another publisher taking on the job of becoming a paperboy in my neighborhood where her publication is delivered.
And that’s the core of who I am: just a real First Nations person struggling to make it in this world trying to do an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.
Niki Ashton: Serving the fourth largest federal riding in Canada Riding: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (Manitoba)
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By Trevor Greyeyes
It certainly must present a challenge to cover the fourth largest, geographically speaking, federal riding in the country but Niki Ashton, running in her seventh election, certainly seems to be up for the challenge. 
“Certainly, the riding... the geography can be challenging but this is our home,” said Ashton. “And we are going above and beyond to spend as much time in communities from across the riding from Peguis all the way to Churchill, from Easterville to God’s River. While we have to think outside the box to get everywhere, the priority is to get to as many communities as possible.”
This election will be the seventh that Ashton has run and if she wins it will be her sixth time winning.
When Ashton won for the first time elected to the Canadian Parliament on October 14, 2008, she was 26 years old.
Well, that was 17-years ago and Ashton is no longer one of the youngest MPs in Canada.
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Premier drops in "I'm going to fix your road"
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By Keegan Anderson
April 22, 2025, brought a wave of optimism and cheers to Peguis First Nation as community members warmly welcomed Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, who delivered long-awaited news: an $18 million provincial commitment to repair Highway 224. The announcement, first shared with enthusiastic applause in council chambers, drew even louder celebrations later from residents gathered at the community hall, marking a significant milestone for local infrastructure. Kinew said the repairs is a two-year project which is set to begin shortly.
The day started off with a brief meeting in the Council Chambers with Chief & Council where Chief Stan Bird gifted Premier Kinew a bag of tobacco and sweetgrass.
The council played a slideshow of key events in the community including the flood of 2022.
“We need to be at the table” says Chartrand in run for the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding
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“We need to be at the table” says Chartrand in run for the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding
By James Wastasecoot
PEGUIS - As the federal election approaches on April 28, Liberal candidate Rebecca Chartrand is making a direct appeal to Indigenous voters across northern Manitoba: prioritize electing a voice within the governing party, not just one in opposition. 
Chartrand, running in the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding for the second time against long-time NDP Member of Parliament Niki Ashton, argues that strategic voting is essential for achieving tangible results for the region. In the 2015 federal election, Chartrand secured 42% of the vote (12,575) compared to Ashton's 45% (13,487). Ashton subsequently won the next two elections by margins greater than 3,100 votes.
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