{"id":17556,"date":"2018-12-21T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2018-12-21T18:58:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:58:28","slug":"pikangikum-first-nation-connected-to-ontario-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/21\/pikangikum-first-nation-connected-to-ontario-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikangikum First Nation Connected to Ontario Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wataynikaneyap Power   June 2 2016 Full Version HD\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2CJfPv9VoI?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pikangikum First Nation has been connected to Ontario&#8217;s electricity grid, bringing a reliable, clean supply of power to the community for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Pikangikum is a remote First Nation community located approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Red Lake. Prior to its connection, it was one of Ontario&#8217;s largest off-grid First Nation communities, with a population of over 2,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of the role the Ontario government has played in helping to connect Pikangikum First Nation to the provincial electricity grid,&#8221; said Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs. &#8220;Access to reliable, clean and affordable electricity will pave the way for Pikangikum to connect to greater opportunities &#8211; for economic growth, job creation, and community development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pikangikum is the first of 16 First Nation communities that are expected to be connected through the First Nation-led Wataynikaneyap Power project, the largest and most far-reaching First Nation grid connection project in Ontario&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This transformational project is expected to provide more than 14,000 people living in remote First Nation communities in northwestern Ontario with a reliable, clean supply of electricity,&#8221; said Minister Rickford. &#8220;It&#8217;s also bringing something even more significant &#8211; the promise of a brighter future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"newsFacts\">\n<h4>Quick Facts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecting Pikangikum to the provincial electricity grid will help eliminate the community\u2019s diesel dependency, significantly improving quality of life and creating necessary capacity for new homes, businesses, and infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The Government of Canada announced funding of up to $60 million to support the connection of Pikangikum in August 2017. Ontario will apply existing ratepayer subsidies to support operating costs in Pikangikum.<\/li>\n<li>Wataynikaneyap Power is a licensed transmission company equally owned by 22 First Nation communities (51 per cent), including Pikangikum First Nation, in partnership with Fortis Inc. (49 per cent).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"newsFacts\">\n<h4>Additional Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Learn More\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wataypower.ca\/\">Wataynikaneyap Power Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pikangikum First Nation has been connected to Ontario&#8217;s electricity grid, bringing a reliable, clean supply of power to the community for the first time. Pikangikum is a remote First Nation community located approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Red Lake. Prior to its connection, it was one of Ontario&#8217;s largest off-grid First Nation communities, with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indigenous","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 15:35:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17558,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions\/17558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}