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Renewed and expanded Ornge fleet will better connect patients in rural and remote areas to urgent care SUDBURY — The Ontario government is investing over $108 million to expand Ornge Air Ambulance’s fixed wing fleet with four additional state-of-the-art planes and replace their existing eight fixed wing fleet. This investment […]

Rock Tech has chosen Red Rock to be the site for its lithium converter and processing plant after narrowing its site location down to Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Nipissing, Leeds and Grenville areas in Northern Ontario. On Friday, the Red Rock Indian Band, together with their partner BMI Group, a real […]

With millions of Ontarians already not having a family doctor, provincial medical leaders are warning the situation will only get worse in the coming years. Dr. Andrew Park, president of the Ontario Medical Association, led a virtual media briefing on Wednesday to raise awareness about unsustainable workloads, emergency room closures, […]

Six names will be on the ballot when chiefs and proxies for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) go to the polls to elect their new national chief on Dec. 6. It’s a list with a lot of experience—Reginald Bellerose, Craig Makinaw, Sheila North, David Pratt, Dean Sayers and Cindy […]

With his 2018’s Moon of the Crusted Snow garnering attention, Waubgeshig Rice naturally thought of the next wedge of the story. “Moon” can be seen as a stand-alone book, but the characters and the community had more to say. Rice credits some strong editing to bring about a solid second […]

If you’ve noticed a shift in the news over the last two decades, it’s likely caused by two things: A massive drop in the number of Canadian reporters and a correspondingly huge surge in the number of spin doctors. According to journalist-author Cecil Rosner, the number of active reporters in […]