Grassy Narrows First Nation – William “Bill” Fobister remembers when things changed, seemingly overnight.
The 79-year-old had grown up fishing across the sprawling English-Wabigoon River system.
And the deep blue waters that lap the shores of his Ojibwe community - Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, better known as Grassy Narrows - had fed his people since time immemorial.
“[My dad] was a commercial fisherman, and I helped him.
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