EVENTS CALENDAR The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances is holding their next music bingo in Emo! Friday May 30 6:30-10:30 p.m. Get ready to dance in your seat as our talented “DJ” spins a variety of music genres, from chart-topping hits to nostalgic classics. Sing along, test your music knowledge, […]
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From the District of Rainy River Services Board
Press release
Press release
Over 180+ delegates from across Northern Ontario will gather to address homelessness and strengthen social service delivery in the North Northwestern Ontario DSSABs to Attend Northern Ontario Service Deliverers Association Conference in Sault Ste. Marie Over 180+ delegates from across Northern Ontario will gather to address homelessness and strengthen social […]
From OCEU/CUPE 1750
Press release
Press release
THUNDER BAY, ON – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 have been on strike since last Thursday when their employer the WSIB locked them out. Since then, picket lines have been forming across the province, including in Thunder Bay. On Monday, OCEU picketers were joined by fellow CUPE members from CUPE local […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tbnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tbnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – By engaging in dialogue with “patience and love” the library’s new senior advisor for Indigenous relations hopes to strengthen the relationship between the library and Indigenous communities in the city. Stephanie MacLaurin has been brought on to work with community partners in achieving the goals in the Thunder Bay Public Library’s relationship-building […]
By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – Motorists in the city should be aware of several big road projects that will affect travel around Thunder Bay. A stretch of Cumberland Street North between McVicar Street and Howe Street is now closed to traffic as crews work on capping and removing the existing water main. Brian Newman, City of Thunder Bay project […]
By Nora O’Malley
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tofino, B.C. – Small town whispers about an orca swimming into a fish farm near Tofino are true. On the morning of Feb. 18, 2025 a killer whale swam into the infrastructure at Creative Salmon’s Baxter Islets facility in Clayoquot Sound, states a May 23 email statement from Fisheries and […]
By Ed Hitchins
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Energeticcity.ca
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Energeticcity.ca
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Taking a walk through his basement, it’s safe to say one Fort St. John resident has a lot of love for A&W restaurants. That’s because Marcel Kristoff has an extensive collection of mugware from the restaurant – some over 100 years old – as well […]
By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
The Manitoba government is turning to Western Canada’s oldest newspaper to teach students how to debunk misinformation and master other necessary skills for the digital age. The department of education is partnering with the Free Press and Winnipeg School Division to launch a media literacy platform with lessons on the tenets of […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Ahead of removing the ice from the Ice for Kids Arena, the public was invited to head down to the ice surface on Saturday, May 24, 2025, to take part in a special Paint the Ice day, where designs of all shapes, sizes and colours could be drawn up for […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Warm temperatures, plenty of sunshine and the arrival of not one, but two, cruise liners will help start summer in Thunder Bay’s waterfront this weekend. This Sunday, the Viking Octantis will arrive on a day stop from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., followed by the Viking Polaris, which will be […]
Submitted
Congratulations to the members of the track team who competed in Thunder Bay over the past 2 days. Fort Frances High School sent a team of 50 athletes – by far the largest group we have ever sent. There we 17 high schools competing over the two-day meet and Muskies […]
