A Healing Walk on Highway 11, and the Long-Term Push for a Pedestrian Crossing
Noreen Agnew is leading a healing walk along Highway 11 to raise awareness about pedestrian safety, saying she does not want her 17-year-old daughter’s death to be in vain. Markenna Agnew died on Nov. 28, 2025, after being struck by a transport truck while walking from Long Lake #58 First Nation to Longlac in northwestern Ontario.
For the longer term, Long Lake #58 First Nation is leading efforts to build a pedestrian crossing and walking path between the community and Longlac. Planning studies are also underway for a community safety shuttle program, with support from Indigenous Services Canada.
The crossing and path are framed as long-term work; the shuttle program is still in planning. A healing walk can make a stretch of highway visible, while a crossing, a path or a shuttle is the kind of thing that would change the trip between the two communities.
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The phrase “for the long term” is the telling part. The crossing and path are the durable answer, while the shuttle is the item already under study.
I’d bet on the shuttle arriving first anyway. Planning studies are underway for it; the crossing and path are framed as long-term work, which sounds like the slower track.