EVENTS CALENDAR Tour De Fort is holding its Annual General Meeting Wednesday Sept. 9, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the 52 Canadians conference room at Memorial Sports Centre. New board members and volunteers welcome. The FFHS Muskies sports season gets underway on Friday as they take on the Beaver Brae […]
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Golden Helmets motorcycle squadron made a stop at the Fort Frances airport on Sunday evening to show off their skills and highly choreographed manoeuvres as part of a tour through the northwest region of the province putting on displays for the public. Attendees were treated […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The announcement of a $4.7-billion Via Rail contract for the Thunder Bay Alstom plant will put the city in the spotlight as the place to invest in manufacturing and other industries. “Honestly, it feels like Christmas,” Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, said. “This is something […]
By M.T. Fernandes
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Dundalk Herald
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Dundalk Herald
The Solicitor General has given municipalities that rely on OPP policing notice that it plans to cap increases again. No municipality will see its total cost rise more than 11 percent from 2026. That excludes special contracts for extra policing, which some municipalities have. The OPP is getting the 2027 […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The scale of markets for goods that come in or are exported at the Port of Thunder Bay depends on downstream investments that Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says are being made by his government. “We’re getting the downstream ones right,” Carney said, during a visit to Thunder Bay last […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
A $4.7-billion investment by the federal government for Alstom to build 313 Via Rail cars in Thunder Bay means an additional 200-300 skilled-trades workers will be needed to fill the jobs. Jason Roberts, president of Unifor union Local 1075, says not only will the Via Rail contract create jobs at […]
By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
KENORA – Finishing their first week back to school, the Kenora Catholic District School Board said they’re off to a “very positive start.” “That first day you can always feel the peak of energy and excitement and you see students reconnecting with friends and staff,” said Jamey Robertson, CEO of […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – To recognize their contribution to the history of the fur trade, City Hall hoisted the Canadian Corps of Voyageurs flag on Friday morning in honour of the organization’s 50th anniversary. “Fifty years. How many volunteer groups make it to 50 years? And we have one member here […]
By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
SIOUX NARROWS–NESTOR FALLS — Forty years after Sioux Narrows published its own local history book, a sequel is in the making. In 1985, Beyond the Bridge: Sioux Narrows was published, preserving the history of the remote community and the families that had lived and travelled there. On Monday, the Sioux […]
By Shawgi Mustafa
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
Following the last federal election, the government changed the title of the minister responsible for the Canadian Heritage ministry. The ministry kept its name, but the minister is now the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture. Changing the minister’s title to include the word “identity” sounds welcoming, but will it make […]
By Patrick Quinn
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Facing devastating climate-fuelled impacts to their rivers and wildlife, Yukon First Nations are increasingly mobilizing to intensify monitoring research. The territory’s water chemistry has been changing over the last 20 years, with drastic shifts in the past few years that have been causing greater alarm. Growing evidence indicates that thawing […]
