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Community First Newsletter Summer Edition
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The Community First summer newslettter was released at on August 21st at the Pow Wow.
We are pleased to have it available for download on our website. To download the newsletter click here, you must have Adobe PDF viewer to view the file.
If you would like to request a printed version please contact the band office at 807-876-2242 and add your name to our mailing list.
The newsletter is one of the many ways the Chief and Council keep band members on and off reserve informed on their activities.
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Ginoogaming Seeks Partner for Wind Energy Project
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THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA - JUNE 28, 2010: Ginoogaming First Nation is offering a partnership with a wind energy firm to continue development of their 10-megawatt (MW) wind farm, located near Longlac, 350 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Last May the installation of a meteorological tower (MET) on Ginoogaming's reserve lands captured wind data and today the one-year results have completed analysis providing the First Nation with valuable information for their first phase feasibility study. Wind speed is a crucial element in projecting turbine performance as the project moves to the second phase.
A 10-MW set of wind turbines can produce more than 30 million kWh in a year. There would be enough energy produced to power more than 2,800 households. The project size of megawatts produced could be increased depending upon interests of potential partners.
“The renewable clean, green energy could generate electricity to power thousands of homes in the area and will avoid tons of carbon dioxide emissions,” said Chief Celia Echum of Ginoogaming. “As this is the fastest-growing energy source in the world, abundant, safe, renewable wind power is a very promising investment opportunity,” Chief Echum added.
Adolph Rasevych, Economic Development Adviser of Ginoogaming First Nation has been responsible for the coordination of the wind energy project. ”This expansion of wind power would create jobs, directly and indirectly, during construction followed by permanent jobs later,” Rasevych said.
As partners, Ginoogaming First Nation and the firm would jointly provide equity and seek project finances to complete construction and installation of the wind turbines. Financial details, including the capital costs of the project and the amount of the equity and finances required will depend upon the project size and have not yet been finalized.
Interested wind energy developers and firms can contact Adolph Rasevych at email mailto:rsdc2@hotmail.com or by phone 807-854-7788.
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INAC Land Permit Delays Ginoogaming's Wood Project Initiatives
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Chief Echum files complaint against INAC and their 3-year Land permit process
JUNE 8, 2010: Ginoogaming First Nation Chief and Council are frustrated with Indian Northern Affairs Canada’s (INAC) bureaucratic land permit process.
Ginoogaming has plans to construct an Industrial Park on their First Nation land and open it to house engineered wood projects that will tie to their newly purchased two plants (plywood and wafer board) that sit on nearby municipal land previously owned by Kruger Industries with Ginoogaming being a one-third owner through its development arm Rocky Shore Development Corporation. These major initiatives are expected to commence soon and Ginoogaming’s leaders cannot stand by and let this economic opportunity disappear. The projects will have many benefits to the First Nation and non-First Nation communities in the surrounding area.
"It is very unfortunate to be put into this situation, what we see, is as an archaic, cumbersome, regulatory INAC process; one that can only delay projects for years and years," stated Chief Celia Echum. "I feel this is the old way of doing business and is something that Ginoogaming should not accept, in this day and age, as there has to be avenues found to work with us to move our projects ahead in a much, much shorter time frame," Chief Echum said.
Adolph Rasevych, Ginoogaming’s Economic Development Advisor, has also catalogued 20 economic and resource development plans for the community such as to house an Anishinabek Police Service building, a community store, a gas bar and later a casino development, to mention a few. "I don't believe INAC’s plan is to sit back and simply throw the Land Designation, Indian Referendum and Department of Justice requirements at us," stated Adolph Rasevych. He feels that INAC at wherever, be it at district, at region or at system headquarters or any provincial or federal government would want to see a First Nation with plans for good economic progress falter but would rather find ways to accelerate its development," Rasevych said.
Ginoogaming First Nation filed a First Nation Band Council Resolution and formal complaint last week, escalating the issue to Chuck Strahl, Minister Indian and Northern Affairs at Ottawa, and provincial and federal members of Parliament. The regional, national and grand Chief’s offices were also made aware. |
Band Sets Plan for Potential Chomite Project
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From the Chronicle Journal - April 28, 2010
Additional hydro stations soon to be switched on in Greenstone could greatly improve Ginoogaming First Nation‘s bid to become a main processing centre for a future Ring of Fire chromite mine, says the band‘s economic development adviser.
“Our intent is there,” Adolph Rasevych declared Tuesday.
“We have the location, we have 27 square miles of land, and we have ready access to the (CN) railway. Our only drawback is (an industrial-load) power source.”
Ginoogaming, home to about 200 Ojibwa, is connected to the provincial hydro grid. But Rasevych said the amount of energy needed to fire up an electric furnace used to process chromite would far exceed the amount of juice currently available to the reserve and nearby Longlac.
More power could become available if Ginoogaming could tap into a new, 240,000-volt hydro corridor being propsosed just east of Lake Nipigon, along with two hydro stations just northeast of the big lake.
The two Little Jackfish River stations are expected to generate about 100 megawatts combined for Ontario Power Generation. Cliffs Natural Resources, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is seen as the company that will ultimately build the chromite mine about 500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. Chromite is a key ingredient in stainless steel.
A new 300-kilometre rail line will be required to bring the material from the remote North down to the CN Rail line in Nakina.
Existing mining centres in Sudbury and Timmins have made it known that they would be best positioned to process the chromite.
Rasevych said that in his view, it would be more economical to process the ore in Ginoogaming, because waste rock could then be shipped back to the mine at a shorter distance. The waste would be used for fill.
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New Web-Updates
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**There have been several website updates made that Ginoogaming First Nation members should be aware about.
Ginoogaming Timber Claim Trust section
Four new pages have been added under Timber Claim Trust section of the website to view - click here.
You can access, view, download and print any of these documents. This offers band members convenience and makes the information accessible to anyone who has a computer with internet access, no matter where they are.
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Throwback video - Ginoogaming First Nation a sucess story. (Circa 1999)
Ginoogaming Partners with KII for Longlac Forestry Project
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Ginoogaming First Nation is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Kenogami Industries Incorporated (KII). KII is a partnership between Rocky Shore Development Corporation of Ginoogaming First Nation, Boreal Resource Industries a group of private interests composed of former Longlac Wood Industries workers and other forest industry representatives and Greenstone Development Ltd., the economic development arm of the Municipality of Greenstone.
Recently KII announced that they have purchased the assets of Kruger Industries in the community of Longlac that operated as Longlac Wood Industries. Chief Celia Echum is pleased that the project will allow Ginoogaming with an excellent economic opportunity needed for the people of GInoogaming. KII Vice- President Adolph Rasevych added, “The expected provision of jobs for the community will be welcomed and much needed duri ng these hard times of recession”.
This is a unique partnership that came together with the goal of maintaining the former Kruger site and seeking other interests to create jobs and economic activity with value-added products and any other forestry related opportunities.
The Board of KII is comprised of equal numbers of each of the partners. “This was an opportunity we could not resist”, said Greenstone Mayor Michael Power who is the President of the Board of KII. KII Secretary-Treasurer Andre Blanchard of Boreal Resource Industries said, “ We at BRI are excited at the prospects of new jobs being created in the area”.
Kruger Industries was very supportive of this initiative and facilitated the transfer of the land, buildings, equipment and legacy wood assets to KII. This will allow KII to seek interested investors going forward.
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NEWSFLASH:
Terrace Bay Pulp Update:
Rocky Shore Wins Business Award:
Ginoogaming talks about MOU signing with Premier Gold on CBC Radio
July 27, 2009:
Thank You to Fednor/Industry Canada and the Greenstone Economic Development Corporation at Geraldton for funding assistance to set up Ginoogaming First Nation's web site
www.ginoogaming.ca
. The web site has links to Ginoogaming's Rocky Shore Development Corporation and Ginoogaming Timber Claim Trust.
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