Do we have a responsibility to do something about Thunder Bay?

After recently attending a memorial for two First Nations youth who died in Thunder Bay—Jethro Anderson and Paul Panacheese— who were written about in Tanya Talaga's book, Seven Fallen Feathers, I’m left wondering if Canada actually cares about First Nations kids.

Author and journalist Tanya Talaga, pictured March 29, 2019, at the Broadbent Institute Progress Summit in Ottawa. Ms. Talaga's award-winning book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City, chronicles the death of seven young First Nations people in Thunder Bay, Ont., between 2000 and 2011. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

December 2, 2019

OTTAWA—A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to see Thunder Bay, Ont., again, and it was winter already. I travelled there to attend the memorial for two First Nations youth who died in Thunder Bay—Jethro Anderson and Paul Panacheese. Tanya Talaga documented the loss of seven First Nations yout...

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