The first winner of the Riverside 50/50 Draw for 2026 has been drawn. Carolee Strachan has become the year’s first winner of the ongoing fundraiser 50/50 draws put on by Riverside Health Care to support its Lights, Camera, DIAGNOSIS! Campaign. According to a press release from Riverside, Strachan took home […]
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By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY — There are over 40 “major exploration projects” listed on a mining map updated yearly by local economic development officials. And one in particular, over 500 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, is capturing people’s attention, said Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission CEO Jamie Taylor. “We’re really tracking Kinross, the Great Bear (gold) project, just […]
By Thomas Kent
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Woolwich Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Woolwich Observer
A new University of Waterloo-led research initiative is taking aim at one of the region’s most pressing challenges: the growing gap between incomes and the cost of homeownership. The Future Cities Institute (FCI) has launched a living lab in partnership with BUILD NOW, an affordable housing initiative led by Habitat […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – First Nations and city leaders say they are committed to working together on the homelessness crisis in the city following a meeting on Tuesday. “It was very collegial because we all understand how immense this problem is and that the only way of achievement in this is […]
By Crystal Greene
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
IndigiNews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
IndigiNews
Inuvik resident Harley Minakis was on his way home from visiting his daughter in Costa Rica last week — transiting via “Houston” airport — when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer stopped him. Despite having his Canadian passport, Indian status card, and Gwich’in tribal card, he found himself turned […]
By Anushka Yadav
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
“Science is humanity’s best effort at uncovering the truth about our world”: Canada’s first science minister, Kirsty Duncan, lost her battle with cancer on January 26, but her words echo louder than ever as a new round of federal job cuts fuel concerns about the future of environmental and climate […]
By Isabel Buckmaster
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GuelphToday.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GuelphToday.com
FERGUS – A beloved bedtime ritual for a young Fergus author and her grandmother has since exploded into a popular children’s series now available across the globe. Brynn Law, 12, started creating her children’s adventure series, Bravery the Alaskan Wilderness Girl, a few years ago, after she was inspired by […]
Tonight will be cloudy with periods of snow and a low of -11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will see skies clearing in the morning, becoming fully clear overnight, with a high of -13 (9) and a low of -24 (-11). Saturday will bring partly cloudy skies and a chance of […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Dementia Overview: Is it typical cognitive aging or dementia? With the Alzheimer Society Kenora/Rainy River Districts/ Feb. 5, 2026 at 2 p.m. in the Shaw Room at the Fort Frances Public Library. Open to care partners and family members, Friends and community members, service providers and professionals, anyone […]
By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent
West End Correspondent
The Rainy River District will be represented at the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Fort Frances born Anders Johnson, grandson of the late Danny Johnson, and grandma Karen of B.C. and grandson of the late Jack Winik, and grandma June of Emo, Ont., has qualified to compete in the Milano Cortina […]
By Sandi Krasowski,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
It was 1976 when Cosimo Riccio opened up his music store, Music World Academy, on the 500 block of Simpson Street and began giving music lessons to students wanting to learn the accordion, guitar and drums. Fast forward 50 years, two store relocations, thousands of instruments, and more than 30,000 […]
