FEATURED EVENTS A free exercise class for men at the Fort Frances Seniors Centre is seeking participants. All men aged 55+ are welcome to join. If you’re interested, text 807-271-2021. The Spirit of Christmas is seeking donations for its silent auction and penny table. This fundraising event is held by […]

–Allan Bradbury photo

Goaltender Nolan Koethler was dialed in as he stopped 41 of 42 shots against as the Fort Frances Lakers beat the Red Lake miners 3-1 on Tuesday night at Ice For Kids Arena. Jack Wood and Landon Lowes scored for the Lakers with Emmerson Evans adding an empty netter with […]

By Carl Clutchey,
Local Journalism Initiative
reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The Ministry of Health says it received the letter from Northwestern Ontario municipal leaders about the dire state of paramedic services, but it remains to be seen if it got the entire message. The ministry has yet to say publicly if it would respond to one of the Northwestern Ontario […]

From the OPP
Press release

(FORT FRANCES) In the early morning hours of Wednesday October 30, 2024 at approximately 1:00 a.m. Rainy River District OPP received reports of a possible break and enter in the Town of Fort Frances. Police attended the area and located a motor vehicle matching the description provided of the involved […]

Staff

Confederation College’s Tec Hub was abuzz yesterday with enthusiasm as it hosted the “Jill of All Trades” event, aimed at young women in grades 9 through 12. This initiative provided hands-on experiences in skilled trades, highlighting opportunities available in a traditionally male-dominated field. The “Jill of All Trades” (JOAT) events […]

By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay’s only safe injection site, Path 525, is set to close in March 2025, but the provincial New Democratic Party won’t let the site go down without a fight. Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois presented a petition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday demanding the government […]

By Sandi Krasowski,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Cinema 5 Skatepark has built one of the first adaptive skateboard trainers in Canada in Thunder Bay. The project is made possible by a new partnership between the skatepark, Junior Inclusion Thunder Bay, Autism Northwest and Confederation College Developmental Service Work Program, and funding from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities program. Vanessa Bowles, the […]

By Jeremy Appel
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Alberta Native News

(ANNews) – An Edmonton-based Indigenous-led startup that is developing artificial intelligence tools to assist in identifying anti-Indigenous bias has been selected to participate in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology support program. wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, which means kind electricity in Cree, is working with Amii, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, to develop […]