Photo Gallery: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything in the Ring of Fire

By Canadian Press on December 11, 2025.

This photography was supported by the Pulitzer Centre.

Canada’s north is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the world, and a global trade war has political eyes in Toronto, Ottawa and even Washington, D.C., on critical minerals buried underground in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario.

Webequie and Neskantaga First Nations are charting diverging courses in responding to the push for development. And for some, it is a deeply personal fight.

Canadian Press photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna and reporter Liam Casey visited the region in October to better understand how that push and pull is playing out.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published December 10, 2025.

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