EVENTS CALENDAR Bannock Burger Fundraiser for UNFC June 12, 5-8 p.m. 427 Mowat Ave. Bannock Burger meal $15, Hot dog meal $12, includes Chips and Drink. Live band performing. The Kiwanis Club is hosting a Kids Fishing Derby Saturday, June 13 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ages 4-13 can reel […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

If you live in a small town and wonder why your municipality doesn’t post the names of municipal election candidates on its website once they’ve been filed, the answer is simple: it doesn’t have to. While Ontario’s Municipal Act “generally requires that municipal clerks provide electors and candidates with information […]

By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com

SIOUX LOOKOUT – Eve Parry says the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s motto, “to hear the other side,” is “a really important message in today’s world.” The 23-year-old is one of ten people from across Canada selected this year for the highly competitive Ontario Legislature Internship Program, which allows interns to […]

By Carrie Ivardi
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY — Pritam Singh gave evidence in an honest, non-combative and non-evasive manner and should be found not guilty of dangerous operation causing death, argued his defence lawyer. Closing submissions in the case against Singh, who was charged in February 2024 in relation to a 2022 collision involving two […]

By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com

SIOUX LOOKOUT – “Health care for our people is not a health-care benefit, it is a treaty, an inherent right (…) It is a treaty obligation that must be fulfilled,” said the former chief of Neskantaga First Nation, Christopher Moonias. About 400 people gathered outside the Indigenous Services Canada office […]

By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press

Classes were cancelled for more than 2,500 students in Winnipeg on Wednesday while many of their peers attended schools that opened without power. An overnight storm caused wind and water damage, flooded school fields and downed phone and internet lines. The aftermath also prompted principals to call off extracurriculars and […]

By Pam Fedack
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kenora Miner & News

A new report from the Northern Policy Institute (NPI) suggests that many municipalities across Northern Ontario are bearing the cost of providing services to residents living outside their boundaries who do not contribute to municipal property tax revenues. The report, titled Serving More People Than You Can Tax: The Fiscal Impact […]