By Jesse Cole
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
muskokaregion.com

Board game enthusiasts and winter sport hobbyists rejoice because … crokicurling is coming to Huntsville? What is crokicurling, you ask? Well, just ask the Chamber of Commerce’s Halley Clover and Ron Kreutzer of the Huntsville Curling Club. The pair were before Huntsville town council on Dec. 10 to explain the game, why […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The “uncertainty” surrounding the future of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) has caused it to “pause” about $590,000 worth of municipal funds that would otherwise have gone into reserves for future projects as part of the agency’s 2026 budget. “The 2026 budget has paused all reserve appropriations until the […]

By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

TERRACE BAY — If the mill building in Terrace Bay isn’t heated this winter, “it’s pretty well done.” That’s according to Stephen Downey, who worked as a millwright at the AV Terrace Bay-owned pulp mill until the company halted production in early 2024. Downey was also the union local president for the […]

By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

The new book Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education is more than the author’s vision to return to a time when Indigenous languages flourished in Canada. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine argues that customary laws, Canada’s Constitution, and international laws demand that Indigenous languages claim a prominent space in this country. […]

EVENTS CALENDAR Diane Maxey’s Christmas Cantata will have two more performances this year. Dec. 14 at New Beginnings Church in Fort Frances at 2 p.m. Free-will offering for admission and Dec. 16 at Rainycrest Long Term Care at 1:30 p.m. The Township of Alberton is hosting breakfast with Santa. Join […]

Jo-Anne was born and raised in Fort Frances and moved to Toronto in September 1969. Don Balkwill and Jo-Anne Perry were married on Halloween Day, October 31, 1970. Jo-Anne would usually travel to Fort Frances yearly to visit family After a diagnosis of Lung Cancer in January 2025 Jo-Anne declined Surgery, Chemotherapy […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Victoria Decaire, 90, of Fort Frances, formerly of Pinewood, Ont., announce her passing on December 3, 2025 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.

Nov. 23, 1931 – Dec. 05, 2025 It’s never easy to write an obituary for someone. You want to capture the essence of that person, but not make it too long, that people lose interest. You’d want it to be as if that person wrote it. If my Mom was […]

Now resting with his Lord Jesus Christ, Gordon Ian Sisco, born April 29, 1943 in Thunder Bay. He was predeceased by his parents Margart Brehm and Ellis Sisco. Gordon, primarily known as Papa Gord, leaves behind his loving wife of 59 years Beverley Sisco nee Coulson, and three daughters: Margaret […]