EVENTS CALENDAR Weechi’ittewin Family Services presents the McTavish Winter Wonderland Trail of Lights. Dec. 9-10 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. 71 McTavish Rd., Lavallee. Light food, Hot Chocolate and treats available. Free admission, donations for local food banks appreciated. Please sign up for a time slot via the Weechi’ittewin Family Services Facebook […]
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By Times Staff
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has announced the first laboratory confirmed case of influenza in the region for the 2025-26 season. The Health Unit made the announcement in a press release late yesterday afternoon. The NWHU said this now means that influenza is “likely” now a risk in all communities […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
MARATHON — The federal government could do more to streamline getting mines up and running, Marathon’s mayor said after two days on Parliament Hill. As president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), Mayor Rick Dumas participated with the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) in Northern Ontario Hill Days, […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – The city is calling on the provincial government to stop the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority’s merger with other conservation authorities. City council voted unanimously to reject the proposed Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority boundary that would absorb the region’s conservation authority. Coun. Albert Aiello said that when he […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
IGNACE — The future Centre of Expertise now has a construction site. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced Wednesday that the 65,000-square-foot facility will be built on a 67-acre piece of land directly west of the Ignace municipal office on Highway 17. A news release from the industry-funded not-for-profit […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Activists from several nuclear-free watchdog groups are claiming that the nuclear industry will omit nuclear waste transportation from the impact assessment of the Northwestern Ontario deep geological repository project. A statement issued by We the Nuclear Free North to The Chronicle-Journal on Wednesday calls on individuals, groups and organizations to […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Support for a bill that aims to protect areas ideal for growing crops and other agricultural activities from development is starting to take root, albeit not in the North as yet. According to the Green Party of Ontario, which this spring put forward Bill 21 — the proposed Protect Our […]
By Brenda Sawatzky
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Niverville Citizen
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Niverville Citizen
In recent years, curious finds by quarry workers in gravel pits near Grunthal have led to some remarkable discoveries about prehistoric conditions in southeast Manitoba. According to Dr. Joe Moysiuk, curator of palaeontology and geology at the Manitoba Museum, the artifacts date back to the Ice Age, a period believed […]
By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Local scrap metal from Westman finds its way around the world in a fascinating process that begins with about 100,000 pounds of material shipped on an average business day from a scrap metal yard south of Brandon. The yard, called 2 & 10 Metal Recycling, is in the business of […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services (WFS) together with Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and Giishkaandago’ikwe Health Services, are excited to welcome families to the fifth annual McTavish Winter Wonderland Trail Of Lights on December 9 and 10. This much-loved holiday tradition is returning to the Family Healing Program site on McTavish Road in […]
