Flag football for ALL students in grade 7 and 8 in Fort Frances and Emo – starts September 5 at Fort Frances High School. Practices and games are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. for 6 weeks. No experience is necessary. Register online or call the Memorial […]

By Phillip Blancher
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Morrisburg Leader

TORONTO – Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark resigned from cabinet Monday morning (September 4.) Clark, who has served as Minister in that portfolio since June 2018, has been under fire after two reports were released on the provincial government’s handling of removing land from Toronto’s Greenbelt. […]

By Kevin Jeffrey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

It’s an ongoing challenge in Northwestern Ontario; how to attract and retain workers to the region and also house them. Those were some of the topics on the mind of Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Patty Hajdu, who addressed the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce’s’ Leader Luncheon on Wednesday at the […]

LVGH Auxiliary

“Coffee and Conversation” is how the LaVerendrye Hospital Auxiliary is kicking off its new year.  This is a new twist on the usual luncheon that has been held to welcome members back.   The Auxiliary thought that a more casual event would have greater appeal.  All returning members along with anyone […]

By Pam Wright
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Chatham voice

The first call has been made on the McKinlay Woodlands Memorial Forest’s new wind phone. Lily Martin, 10, who lost her uncle to suicide last year, was the first to pick up the vintage rotary phone’s receiver following its recent installation at C.M. Wilson Conservation Area. The project – a […]

By Sam Laskaris
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

The circle of life is explained in an upcoming children’s book written by Indigenous author Brittany Luby. The book, which is published by Groundwood Books and will be available on Oct. 3, is titled Mnoomin maan’gowing The Gift of Mnoomin. The 36-page book, aimed at children ages three to six, […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative reporter
The Chronicle Journal

Shuniah, Ont. — An extensive four-laning of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Thunder Bay is more than half-way done following the latest added section that was unveiled last week, the Ministry of Transportation says. With the additional nine-kilometre section of the Highway 11-17 route officially put in service last week near Dorion, “58.3 […]

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have arrested and charged an individual following a report of animal abuse. On August 31, 2023 The Rainy River District OPP received information about a dog being physically harmed by the owner on numerous occasions. […]

Phyllis Pollock died at home Sunday, September 3, 2023, in Winnipeg, after a courageous lifetime battle with cancer. Phyllis was a mother of four: Gary (Laura), daughter Randi, Steven (Karen, deceased in 2010), and Robert. Phyllis also had two grandchildren, Lauren and Quinn. Born in Fort Frances, Ontario, on February […]