Weechi-it-te-win Family Services was proud to partnership with Riverside Health Care (RHC) and Gizhewaadiziwin Health Care Centre (GHAC) to provide Welcoming Baby Baskets. The “Welcome Baby Baskets” program donates baby essentials to Indigenous families with new born babies in the area. From left, Bill Morrison (WFS), Christie Brown (RHC Indigenous […]
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Is it just me who wonders… How the “National Football League is coming to Canada” movement manages to exist any more? Throughout my 11 years in Montreal, a city councillor named Gerry Snyder professed — year after monotonous year — that the NFL was soon to expand to Montreal and […]
FEATURED POST The Rainy Lake Readers meeting has been POSTPONED January 28, due to extreme cold. It will be held at 6 p.m. in the Shaw Community Hub of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. New members welcome. Bring your favourite book or author to talk about. Everyone welcome. […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
Trees across the street from the Fort Frances Times office and many trees around town were sporting a coat of white hoar frost this morning. Hoar frost forms when water vapor comes into contact with a solid surface that is below freezing. The last few days have seen extreme cold […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has been chosen to participate in a new immigration initiative aimed at bolstering economic immigration in select communities outside the Greater Toronto Area. The Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot, provided by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, […]
By Jon Thompson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ricochet
Canada will announce today that it has reached a “milestone” agreement with 15 First Nations over the terms of reference for an environmental assessment process in the proposed Ring of Fire mining development. The agreement, finalized by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, establishes the terms under which the regional […]
From the OPP
Press release
Press release
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – An investigation led by the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), has led to charges being laid against five individuals. On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, members of the Thunder Bay Community Street Crime Unit with the assistance of the Thunder Bay Detachment […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Sue Backstrom may well lay eyes on another gigantic pike like the one that was yanked out of a hole last winter during Nolalu’s ice-fishing derby. Bone-chilling temperatures of the last few days make it fairly certain the village’s annual derby will go ahead as planned in the first week […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
A hair salon, a craft collective, an Indian restaurant and a photography studio are among the new businesses that opened in the Bay and Algoma business district during 2024, and apart from a few store closures, the district appears to be generally faring well. Caitlin Jeffs, owner of the Nook […]
By Renée Sylvestre-Williams
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Putting on a show involves plenty of logistics, and it’s even more challenging without funding. When representatives from the Northern Indigenous Artist Alliance (NIAA) received $12,000 from the Ontario Arts Council’s Indigenous Projects grant, they knew it was possible. They could host Zikwaadan // Spit on It!, an online event […]
By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
A Brandon scientist says the future of agricultural crop research in Canada will be focused on gene editing and trait study, rather than Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Santosh Kumar — a scientist at the Brandon Research and Development Centre — made these remarks during a keynote address at a luncheon […]
