Aboriginal Affairs Working Group

An aboriginal affairs working group has come out with a set of recommendations for Canada's Prime Minister and Provincial Premiers.

The group made up of first nations leaders and ministers of aboriginal affairs has come up with plans to close the graduation and income gap between first nations and non aboriginals.

Ontario's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chris Bentley says Northern Ontario will see some benefits.

The working group also pledged to end violence against Aboriginal women and girls.

Social Housing Wait Times

The Ontario non-profit Housing Association says wait lists for people seeking subsidizing housing continues to grow.

The association says the Kenora District has 546 people on waiting list compared with 452 last year.

But Executive Director Sharad Kerur says it may be a lot higher.

According to the Association, people are waiting up to two years for housing.

Whitefish Bay Death SIU

Five investigators from the province's Special Investigations Unit are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 39-year-old man in Whitefish Bay.

The SIU says provincial police officers in Sioux Lookout were requested to assist Lac Seul police officers at a Whitefish Bay residence on Sunday morning.

The SIU says there was an interaction with a man, and he was shot.

He was taken to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

OPP say a seperate death occurred in the home.
No name has been released.

Investigators are asking any witnesses to contact the unit.