July 10, 1928 – September 13, 2025 Betty met and married the love of her life, Elmer, on June 1, 1946. They then moved to Emo, Ontario, and went on to have their three children, Dorothy, Rick and Tom. Betty and Elmer made a final move to Kenora in 1967, […]

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our dear brother, Perry Michael Nastiuk on September 18, 2025, at his residence in Fort Frances. Perry was born to Nastor and Norma Nastiuk (nee Jourdain) on December 8, 1956, in Fort Frances and was the first born of the […]

EVENTS CALENDAR Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk and Pow Wow will take place TODAy Sept. 30th starting at the residential school monument in Couchiching and proceeding down Idylwild Dr. to Point Park starting around 10:30 a.m. Be sure to arrive early for parking. Some parking will be available at the […]

By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com

A $240,000 grant from the Ontario government will allow Fort Frances to significantly enhance its mobile mental health crisis response team over the next few years, a move the town council hailed as a big boost to the program. The money will go towards materials and services to support the […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

More than 270 postal workers from Geraldton to Atikokan are impacted by a labour dispute after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) walked off the job nationwide Thursday evening in response to the government’s proposed changes. “It came as a huge surprise,” said Leo Favreau, president of CUPW Local […]

By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

SIOUX LOOKOUT — A lack of coordination for medical transportation through Indigenous Services Canada is to blame for patients in remote First Nations missing appointments, says a regional health care organization. At the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority’s 2025 annual general meeting earlier in September, Brian Calleja, the organization’s […]

By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

SIOUX LOOKOUT — First Nations health authorities in Northwestern Ontario say they will be keeping an eye on a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of multiple people in a northeastern Ontario First Nation who died from the same fungal infection. The north region’s coroner’s office has announced an inquest into the […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Representatives from Frontier Lithium led a group from its joint venture partner, Mitsubishi, on a tour of the proposed conversion facility in Thunder Bay at the former Ontario Power Generation site, as well as its mine this month. Greg Da Re, Frontier Lithium’s vice-president of corporate development, said recent tours […]

By Jon Thompson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet

Shy-Anne Hovorka has reinvented her music’s political activism and it’s proof that the artistic conviction of hope and angst can burn hotter with age. On September 25, the Anishinaabe-kwe former pop and country star released “Grandmother’s Song,” a 52-minute, hypnotic combination of spoken word and music, backed by orchestral accompaniment. […]

By Owen Fullerton
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
YGK News

A research team led by experts at Queen’s has developed an insomnia care model that they think will help people treat sleep issues and avoid dependence on prescriptions. The team, led by sleep expert Dr. Judith Davidson, put together a stepped care model that aims to boost access to cognitive […]

By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun

The Manitoba First Nations Police Service is undergoing a symbolic change this year at the time of Truth and Reconciliation Day. The police service is preparing to move out of a former residential school, at 5000 Crescent Rd. near Portage la Prairie. The Indigenous-focused police service is moving into a […]