WIIKWEMIKOONG -Schools are closed today in Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island as a stay-at-home order remains in effect while police continue to search for a person they believe to be “armed and dangerous.” In a signed letter posted online Tuesday night, Chief Rachel Manitowabi of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory says council endorsed a recommendation from the Wiikwemkoong Board of Education to give all students a mental health day as the police investigation enters a second day. Schools were placed in “hold and secure” Tuesday out of an abundance of caution based on advice from the Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service, but the board later deemed the situation safe enough to dismiss all students for the day. Ontario Provincial Police issued an emergency alert Tuesday afternoon asking residents of the First Nation

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