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Grand Council Treaty #3 and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation say they are not in support of storing any used nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario, but they are working with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization in order to protect their territory.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has been working to identify a site for a $23 billion deep-geological nuclear waste storage facility that would hold used nuclear waste for 150 years in a 500-metre underground facility since 2010. It would be one of the first of its kind ever created.

Kiiwetinoong MPP and Deputy Leader of the NDP, Sol Mamakwa, is calling for ‘long overdue’ safety and runway improvements to airports across the far north.

During Question Period at Queen’s Park on September 1, Mamakwa says there are 27 remote First Nations in Ontario that are air access only, with many of them being within his riding, and they’re still operating on gravel runways as short as 3,500 feet long.

The federal government is looking ahead and planning for this month’s National Truth and Reconciliation Day events to honour Indigenous people, communities, cultures and traditions across the country, and to raise awareness of the true history and impact of the residential school system.

On Sept. 4, two suspects allegedly went on a rampage across part of Saskatchewan. Police say 10 people died and 15 others were injured over the 13 locations where the attacks took place. Here's a timeline of the police response. All times local: 

5:40 a.m. - RCMP receives multiple calls from James Smith Cree Nation about stabbings at different locations.

A 55-yard field goal by Marc Liegghio lifted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 20-18 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium.

The field goal, the longest of Liegghio’s CFL career, came with 2:49 left in the fourth quarter and gave the Bombers their only lead of the game. The victory clinched a playoff spot for the 11-1 Bombers with the Riders dropping to 6-6 with the tough defeat. Winnipeg is 7-0 on the road this season.

A stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation and in a nearby village left 10 people dead and 15 others injured, provincial RCMP said Sunday as officers continued to search for two suspects in the case.

“We believe some of the victims have been targeted by the suspects and others have been attacked randomly,” Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP, told reporters in Regina.

“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today.”  

An RCMP alert is being extended from Saskatchewan to Manitoba and Alberta. 

A Dangerous Person Alert is in place after multiple stabbing incidents were reported on Sunday, Sept. 4, in various locations, including James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan. 

Police say the two male suspects are named Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson. 

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says today's decision to scrub the launch of NASA's new moon rocket is disappointing but necessary due to another leak found ahead of the planned test flight.

The Artemis 1 rocket sprang another fuel leak, forcing controllers to call off the second attempt this week to send a crew capsule with test dummies aboard into lunar orbit.

The first attempt on Monday was also aborted due to escaping hydrogen elsewhere on the 98-metre NASA-built rocket.

Kenora MP Eric Melillo says he wants to see Highway 17 get twinned right through northwestern Ontario, if the federal government will step up and commit to the work.

In an interview on the Q Morning Show today, Melillo says he will be advocating for further twinning work past the Kenora area and further east in the upcoming session of federal Parliament at the House of Commons.

In Kenora Slo Pitch Action, Northern Harbour took out Devil’s Gap in a tight game, winning 14 to 11, as the A-side finals continue. Elsewhere, Kenora DJ Services edged out the No Frill’s Strykers 20 to 19.

Week 13 of the CFL season kicks off tonight in Montreal, where the Alouettes are set to welcome the Ottawa Redblacks.

The Alouettes are back after a week off and are looking to close the gap on Toronto for the top spot in the East Division. Montreal enters the game with a 4-and-6 record, while the Argonauts are at 5-and-5. Toronto visits Hamilton on Monday.