Leeanne Quesnel of Wilson’s Business Solutions in downtown Fort Francess pulled winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s 2025 Trip of the Month draw for February yesterday morning. John Hendrickson of Fort Frances is the winner of a Canadian Rockies in Winter trip, valued at $4,100.00. Next month’s draw is for […]
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Tonight will see a few clouds with a low of -23 C (-9 F). Tomorrow will have increasing cloudiness in the morning with a chance of flurries before becoming cloudy with periods of snow overnight and a high of -10 (14) with a low of -16 (3). Thursday will be […]
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FEATURED POST The Monthly Supper by The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch #29 will be held Friday, January 31. On the menu is a pork cutlet dinner, with all the trimmings. Tickets are $25 or $12 for those under 12. Only 125 meals are available, and must be […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
The Muskie girls hockey team won their final border match-up over the Falls High Broncos15-2 on Tuesday night. The Muskie girls won all of their games against the Broncos this year.The Muskie boys will look to make it a double victory on Tuesday Feb. 4 in the Falls.
From Confederation College
Press release
Press release
Confederation College is excited to announce the launch of a funded fast-track Practical Nursing Program at its Thunder Bay, Dryden, Kenora, Fort Frances, Marathon and Longlac campuses. Thanks to support from the Ministry of Health, tuition, fees, uniforms, textbooks, and some travel costs for labs are fully covered by eligible […]
There was some confusion in our research regarding the lights on Scott St. The former high pressure sodium fixtures were replaced with LED fixtures in 2012. The work completed in late 2024 was to replace the poles only, according to Operations and Facilities Manger Travis Rob said in a follow […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
GRASSY NARROWS – He was just three years old when authorities put him in the McIntosh Indian Residential School, away from his home in Grassy Narrows, in December 1943. Less than eight months later, he drowned in a lake near the school and was buried by the Catholic missionaries who […]
Staff
Minnesota’s winter tradition of naming their snowplows is back again this winter. The list of finalists is up, and Minnesota residents can vote for their favourites. The top eight vote-getters will become new MnDOT snowplow names – one new name for each MnDOT district – the Minnesota Department of Transportation […]
By Brian Williams
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
London Free Press
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
London Free Press
Two area health units have declared measles outbreaks after confirming nearly 20 combined cases of the highly contagious disease. Ninh Tran, the medical officer of health for Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties and St. Thomas – and Malcolm Lock, Tran’s counterpart for Grand […]
By Matteo Cimellaro
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an agreement Tuesday worth more than $20 million to help prepare a remote northern Ontario First Nation for possible mining development in the future. Aroland First Nation, 345 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, is located near the “gateway to the Ring of Fire” mining region, […]
By Matteo Cimellaro
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through the North extended its reach. Poplar Hill First Nation, 570 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, is a remote, fly-in community, save for the brief ice road season. Until this week, most […]
