Candidates for the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding were on hand at the Fort Frances Senior Centre on Saturday, April 12, 2025, to take part in a Q&A event, put on by the Retired Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. Those candidates participating included Brendan Hyatt, (CPC) left, Yuk-Sem Won (NDP), Sabrina Ree […]
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Featured Event Fort Frances High School presents Curtains, a comedy whodunnit musical. The show runs from Wednesday Apr. 9 to Saturday Apr. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets available at Howarth’s Home Centre and at the box office if not sold out […]
From Riverside Health Care
Press release
Press release
Riverside Health Care is excited to launch the new Rainy River District and Regional Specialty and Diagnostic Transportation program, offering affordable and accessible transportation across the district, to and from Thunder Bay medical centres. Made possible by the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team, Ontario Health and the Ministry of […]
From the Ontario Government
Press release
Press release
TIMMINS — The Ontario government is providing more than $553,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs to improve snowmobile trails throughout Northern Ontario. This investment in local infrastructure will help boost economic growth, encourage tourism and improve quality of life through recreational opportunities. “With […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Lakehead University has helped to launch four student business startups this month with the students graduating from the sixth cohort of Ingenuity’s Ascend Accelerator Program. Each chosen startup project receives funding from the John Dobson Foundation, along with mentorship and weekly workshops, and students are held accountable to milestone goals […]
By Abdul Matin Sarfraz
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
As electricity demand continues to rise in Northern Ontario, the provincial government is partnering with two First Nations to explore two new hydroelectric generating stations. If approved, the Nine Mile Rapids and Grand Rapids generating station projects could produce a combined 430 mw of clean energy — enough to power […]
By Jon Thompson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement. Onigaming Chief Jeff Copenace says his community “fundamentally opposes” a proposed gold mine and warns that the development “will be opposed at any cost necessary […]
By Brian Lockhart
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Tecumseth Times
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Tecumseth Times
Now that the number of Canadians crossing the border for travel has declined, many people are choosing to travel across Canada for a vacation. If you are travelling to another province, you will want to maintain your healthcare coverage when you are on the road. Before you leave home, you […]
By Darius Snieckus
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Vast volumes of green electricity could be flowing through a 4,000-kilometre underwater powerline between Canada and Europe by 2040, if three UK-based investment bankers’ vision for a major new transatlantic energy artery becomes reality. Their $30 billion-plus project, the North Atlantic Transmission One Link (NATO-L), was sparked in 2022, when […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
A consultant’s report says Oliver Paipoonge’s fire department could “efficiently” serve the municipality’s growing residential and commercial development through a combination of upgrading and downsizing. The 61-page report — which is available on the municipality’s website — says the department should reduce the number of fire halls to four from […]
