I am hoping that everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Now, after three days of eating, visiting it is time to get back to business. I was able to get my cows and calves home on Friday night. They will come for hay and this time of the year and […]
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The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary Fall Tea and Bazaar is set to go October 24 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. This fun-filled event takes place at the Emo Legion. Bake tables, craft table, white elephant table and draws all make the day an enjoyable event. Admission is $5. Money raised goes […]
An ongoing respiratory outbreak at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home has now been declared over. In a press release from Riverside Health Care, as well as the Northwestern Health Unit, the organizations declared that the respiratory outbreak that had been ongoing in the East Wing at Rainycrest was declared over on […]
I am willing to assert that not many of us know the name of Elizabeth Ware Packard or the change she brought about during her life. In these times of the erosion of human rights, including women’s rights, her efforts are even more poignant. Elizabeth was born in 1816 in […]
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The Chronicle-Journal
The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre has partnered with the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC), the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE), Lakehead University and Confederation College to launch the Boreal Springboard, an innovative initiative aimed at strengthening and diversifying the forestry sector in Northwestern Ontario. […]
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THUNDER BAY — The chief of Superior North EMS says a recent funding top-up from the province will help improve service, including throughout the region. The land ambulance service received an increase of just under $1 million over last year, Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland announced on Oct. 9. That […]
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THUNDER BAY — The city’s cruise ship season saw a small drop in port calls this year, according to Paul Pepe, manager of Tourism Thunder Bay. Pepe told Dougall Media there were “13 port visits from four different ships”, including a new company, Victory Cruise Line, docking at the Pool 6 terminal. Three of […]
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The Chronicle-Journal
More than $3 million in funding has come through for the implementation of a large-scale electric heat pump and thermal storage facility at Confederation College. MPP Kevin Holland announced the Independent Electricity System Operator’s investment that comes through the Grid Innovation Fund. The project involves several partners, including Powerconsumer Inc., […]
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THUNDER BAY — A recent $100,000 donation will help create Indigenous-led spaces and programming at Lakehead University. The funding from insurance and financial services company Canada Life is for the school’s Gichi Kendaasiwin initiative, and was announced at Lakehead on Sept 29. “Right now, (with) this project we’re looking at […]
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THUNDER BAY – Lise Parent wants the city to allow ball pythons to be kept as pets. “Ball pythons are among the most widely kept reptiles in Canada and globally. They are non-venomous, docile, and small – typically 0.9 to 1.5 metres in length, and weighing less than the average […]
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Brandon Sun
A new wartime plane has landed at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon. The plane, a 1943-built Boeing Stearman Kaydet, flew to Brandon last week to become part of the museum collection. It is bright orange, wears its wings above and below an open cockpit, and fits right […]
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THUNDER BAY — The Ontario Liberal Party critic for labour and education says he had a chance to speak with union leaders while in Thunder Bay on Tuesday. Although Ottawa South MPP John Fraser didn’t specify which unions he was going to be meeting with, he did weigh in on […]







