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The long-term care facility in Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island is one of more than two dozen nursing homes across Ontario set to see their licences expire next June. Toronto Star: David Wassegijig worries that the cultural fabric of his northern Ontario First Nation is at risk of being torn apart.  The 64-year-old retired construction worker is one of...

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory asks Ottawa for $20M — but feds say long-term care is Ontario’s responsibility CBC Indigenous: A jurisdictional battle between Ottawa and Ontario over funding for a new elders home in a northern First Nation could leave dozens of residential school survivors separated from their families and community a second time, says the...