Kristin Murray left Chapleau for Timmins to pursue post-secondary education with the intention of returning to the Arctic Watershed Township to use her acquired skills to enhance the lives of the area’s mainly indigenous residents. Two decades later, she is still in the northeast Ontario City reaping the benefits of hardwork and the roots she planted in the city. The product of a Cree First Nation mother and a father who migrated from Jamaica as a teenager is the first person of colour to hold the Mayoral seat in Timmins.
