Support for Garden River First Nation’s “Honouring our Angels” – Wawa News.com

Garden River First Nation held a peaceful protest yesterday by closing down Highway 17B to draw attention to the high number of fatal accidents, as well as close calls with pedestrians and children boarding school buses, due to motorists cutting through the community during commuter rush hours.

“This is not only a public safety issue, but an issue that appears to demonstrate a lack of respect for the citizens of Garden River First Nation,” said Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day. “The province went to great lengths to build a bypass around this community so people commuting to work in Sault Ste. Marie, as well as tractor trailers, would not speed through a built up residential area. Instead, lives are put at risk on a daily basis.

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