Last month tragedy struck a northern Ontario reserve again. The son of Chief Peter Moonias — 29-year-old Dwayne Moonias — took his life. Yesterday there was a memorial for Moonias in Toronto. CBCs Jody Porter was there, and wrote a moving reflection. We hope you take time to read it, and to listen to some of the beautiful music that Dwayne made. --- “Suicide is different in the North,” Sherry Prenevost said during the memorial. “The communities are small. There are only 400 people in Neskantaga.” It is true. But it is more than that. In the small First Nations in Ontario’s remote north, each life is critical to the survival of the community
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:09:04 +0000
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