EVENTS CALENDAR Journey North: A talk with wilderness explorer John Dunn at the Fort Frances Public Library. March 25, 2026, 6 p.m. “The incredible story of a unique series of expeditions tracing a wild 8000 km S-N route through Canada, presented by noted wilderness explorer John Dunn. Free, no registration […]
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- Fort Frances Muskie boys hockey photo
The FFHS Muskies started their provincial hockey championship campaign on with a 3-2 victory over Korah Collegiate & Vocational School Colts from Sault Ste. Marie. Troy Veldhuiesen scored a pair including the game-winning goal and Aiden Loerzel scored as well. Keaton Cooper took the win in net. The Muskies are […]
By Times Staff
An outbreak of RSV has been declared on the first-floor in-patient unit at La Verendrye General Hospital (LVHG). Riverside Health Care made the announcement in a press release issued on Sunday, March 22. According to the organization, infection prevention and control measures are in place, which it said are designed […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The province says it will increase the number of transportation enforcement officers working along Northern Ontario main routes, and deploy two “mobile inspection support units” this spring to improve safety along the region’s notorious Highway 11-17 corridor. The measures, along with other pledges, including “improved” signage on the occasionally hair-raising […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
SHABAQUA — The province says it is working to “expand” a section of the Highway 11/17 corridor and that’s welcome news to Rick Dumas. The president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association was reacting to part of a provincial announcement highlighting work it says it is doing and planning around […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – The city is facing a backlog of insurance claims as rising and falling temperatures create the perfect conditions to form potholes. In a statement to Newswatch, the city confirmed it received 27 pothole damage claims from Jan. 1 to March 20, describing the number as an “unusual […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Finding qualified candidates to manage small Northern towns is becoming harder because an already significant administrative workload is becoming more complex, says Shuniah’s outgoing chief administrator. “A municipality with a population of 1,000 still needs to access the specialized knowledge in planning, building, roads, fire, emergency services, clerking, finance, asset […]
By Jacqueline M. St. Pierre
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Manitoulin Expositor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Manitoulin Expositor
GATINEAU—They travelled nearly a century and half a world before returning to the lands where they were first stitched, carved and sung into being. Inside the Canadian Museum of History last week, songs rose softly as crates were opened and 62 sacred belongings—once stored deep inside the Vatican Museums—were welcomed […]
By Cory Bilyea
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Wingham Advance Times
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Wingham Advance Times
WINGHAM – During the Wingham and Area Historical Society’s first meeting of the year, Brent Bowyer described how one Amish family turns a small farm pond into their year-long refrigeration system each winter. Bowyer has spent nearly four decades as a neighbour and customer of the St. Helens Amish—buying bread, […]
By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
The Canadian Armed Forces reserve is on its way to modernizing itself in the face of global uncertainty, a senior officer based of out Winnipeg said at a Brandon University event on Thursday. The effort to build a larger army reserve force and train it to mobilize is off to […]
By Rob Csernyik
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Independent
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Independent
Brad Glynn says “postvention”—the actions taken in response to suicides—is an essential type of prevention. As executive director of the mental health nonprofit Lifewise NL, having data on risk factors which lead to these deaths is useful to his organization’s peer support and public education. It will soon have access […]
