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On July 13, 2018, Grand Council Treaty #3 hosted their 8th Annual Golf Tournament at Couchiching First Nation’s Heron Landing Golf Course. The tournament was a 4-person scramble with 38 teams successfully registered. The tournament offered the potential to win $25,000 cash for a hole-in-one on #6, as well as prize money for the longest […]

(Media Release provided by Leanne Fournier)   Kenora, Ontario, Monday July 16 – The Hope in the Darkness National Walk for Youth Mental Health will arrive in Kenora on July 26. A welcoming ceremony is planned, starting at 11 a.m., at Seven Generations Education Institute, 240 Veterans Drive, followed by a fundraising barbecue. A walk […]

Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty #3, issued the following statement: “Last week I was deeply disturbed to learn that the Ford government was immediately scrapping the updated health and sexual education curriculum implemented by its predecessor in 2015, and reverting to a curriculum that is over 20 years old. Today’s […]

Dryden, ON – Grand Council Treaty #3 is please to announce the opening of the Kaakewaaseya Justice Office in Dryden, Ontario.  This was accomplished through partnership with the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Collaboratively, we have worked towards the goal of providing and improving the delivery of justice services to […]

Kenora, ON – The Ministry of Education’s unilateral decision to cancel the curriculum revisions on Indigenous content and Indigenous languages – despite its previous commitment to implementing recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) – is a significant step backwards and hinders the momentum of true reconciliation. The ability to collaborate on the inclusion […]

Kenora, ON – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty 3, delivered the following statement: “Congratulations to Premier Doug Ford and the incoming members of the Ontario Executive Council. We look forward to building a positive relationship with Premier Ford, and to continuing to develop the nation-to-nation relationship initiated under the previous government. “I […]