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SACHIGO LAKE FIRST NATION, ONT. – Wataynikaneyap Power, a First Nations-led company made up of 24 Indigenous communities, has announced that Sachigo Lake First Nation in northern Ontario will become the latest community connected to Ontario’s power grid.
The project achieved its first major milestone with the connection of Pikangikum First Nation in December 2018. Construction on the rest of the project commenced in February 2020 and was substantially completed in summer 2024. The provincial government is lending $1.34 billion towards the project’s construction costs. Fortis is partnering with Watay Power as developers of the line.
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