Provincial $2M investment aims to create ‘pipeline of qualified workers’ – Northern Ontario Business
June 15, 2026
Funding will train 100 Indigenous participants from four Treaty 3 communities for careers
KENORA — Nearly $2 million in provincial funding will help train 100 participants from four Treaty 3 First Nations for careers connected to phase two of the Kenora-to-Manitoba highway twinning project.
The $1,951,000 investment will support Niiwin Wendaanimok (Four Winds) Partnership’s Highway 17 phase two training and employment project, an initiative focused on preparing workers for jobs in construction, trades and infrastructure.
“We have a demand, an absolute demand, and a demographic that wants to be trained,” said Natalie Daniels, process coordinator with Niiwin Wendaanimok, which was formed by Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Washagamis Bay First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation and Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation.
