When I was a kid, the words that used to shut me down in my tracks were “don’t be silly”. Those words were dismissive and robbed me of any sense of understanding myself and how I engaged with the world around me. I wanted to be a spy, for the […]
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FEATURED EVENTS Take a test drive to support Muskies football! For every test drive on Thursday, September 19th, Sunset Country Ford will donate $50 to the Muskie football team! No strings attached, you come for a spin, Sunset Country Ford does the donating! FREE BBQ LUNCH! Test drives between 8:30 […]
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Deputy Mayor Mike Behan presents Proclamation of Welcoming Week to Holly Angus, Adult Services Coordinator of Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The FFPLTC hosted a Welcome Week Open House event last week, to showcase services available to new residents, regardless of where they’re from.
By Ed Smith
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer
Ontario’s health care is in crisis. There are thousands of unplanned closures of hospital emergency departments, unprecedented levels of inpatients being treated in hallways, long waits for surgeries, drastic understaffing and funding levels among the lowest in Canada. Even with these dangerous realities, the crisis is only going to […]
By Nora O’Malley
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ha-Shilth-Sa
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ha-Shilth-Sa
Port Alberni, BC – The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Society has embarked on the arduous journey of youth substance use prevention by turning to an upstream initiative called the Icelandic Prevention Model. The Icelandic Prevention Model is being used in hundreds of municipalities and communities around the world. The model is a […]
By Celeste Percy-Beauregard
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Hamilton Spectator
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Hamilton Spectator
The recent hospitalization of a Brant-Brantford person with rabies — the first case in a human in Ontario in more than 50 years — has put the rare disease in the spotlight. While little has been confirmed about the local case, which was announced by the Brant County Health Unit […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA – Eight female scientists from Africa are in Northwestern Ontario as part of an international science program. “I’ve interacted with different researchers here and local communities – the Indigenous people – learning about their culture, seeing how passionate they are about their culture and conservation of the […]
From the OPP
Press release
Press release
The Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in Fort Frances concluded an investigation with the arrest of two individuals and seizure of drugs, money and a vehicle. In the summer of 2024, the Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) CSCU began a drug trafficking investigation in the Rainy River […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBNewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBNewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – The Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA) plans to set its sights on enlightening Thunder Bay city council about the growing challenges of keeping up with a higher demand for food distribution in the city. “The food banking is really starting to stretch us to the limit,” said […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle Journal
Two London, Ont. women, a Toronto man and a 17-year-old youth were charged with drug-related offences on Wednesday after provincial police seized about $22,000 worth of illegal drugs from a sedan in Shuniah Township. Police said an officer encountered the four accused around 11:30 a.m. on Highway 11-17 when the […]
