Local rockers Thinking of Pinky were the third act in the Summer Sounds in the Square series at Rainy Lake Square hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre. The band played a great show despite some technical difficulties changing the set list, even adding a few new songs […]
News
By Andrew Flynn
If you’re heading from Winnipeg to the Rainy River district over the next few days, would you consider giving a lift to about a dozen single ladies looking to reach a new home where they can adopt tens of thousands of lonely offspring? And these are no ordinary foster moms-to-be, […]
Kenora Miner & News
By Pam Fedack,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
By Pam Fedack,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
KENORA—Kiiwetinoong MP Eric Melillo says new U.S. tariffs could hit Northwestern Ontario hard, with forestry and mining among the industries he believes are most vulnerable as the Canada-U.S. trade dispute continues. Speaking with the Kenora Miner and News, Melillo said the forestry sector is already feeling the effects of trade […]
By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
KENORA – “Kids can do hard things when they’re given the opportunity to learn,” said Rachel Sitar, the paramedic program coordinator for the Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) Kenora campus. On July 22, kids ages 12 to 16 participated in the free Explore Paramedicine Summer Camp program where they learned the basics of […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SNnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SNnewswatch.com
MARATHON — With the deadline for nominations just over two weeks away, this town on Lake Superior’s north shore will have at least two names on the ballot for mayor in October, and six candidates for its four councillor seats. But it’s a rather different story in some other North […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
A new $4.4-million land-ambulance station in Terrace Bay will help ongoing efforts to recruit paramedics to the service as well as provide a bright spot for the community’s downtown, the department’s chief said on Tuesday. “It’s going to be brand-new, with living quarters and a gym,” said Superior North EMS […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
As new wildfires across Northwestern Ontario continue to light up, provincial ads aimed at curbing the significant role humans play in causing the fires have begun popping up in community newspapers and other forums. But it’s not yet clear if Ontario officials have been conducting the same type of intense […]
By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com
IGNACE – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has released the final design for its Centre of Expertise which will serve as both a workspace for staff and a learning centre for the public. The futuristic 55,000-square-foot facility will be constructed on a 67-acre piece of land near the Ignace municipal […]
By Steven Sukkau
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Manitoba health officials say diagnostic services, laboratory testing and other essential programs will begin returning to Dauphin within days as work continues to restore the flood-damaged Dauphin Regional Health Centre. During a virtual town hall on July 30, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said crews are working around the clock to […]
By Joe O’Grady
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Temiskaming Speaker
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Temiskaming Speaker
TEMISKAMING SHORES – City council is considering a request from Extendicare to make 11 acres of land available near Temiskaming Hospital for its planned new $60 million, 128-bed long-term care facility. The site proposed by Extendicare is located at the east end of Barr Drive, which extends off Shepherdson Road […]
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Right from the title of her latest fiction novel real ones, katherena vermette ensures true Indigenous voices are front and centre. “I didn’t want (the title) to be The Pretendian or something about the pretendians because the focus is (Michif sisters) lyn and June and on their story and them […]
By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com
abradbury@fortfrances.com
After tonight, there will be two more shows in the Summer Sounds in the Square series at Rainy Lake Square, and next week will feature a band that only does a couple of shows a season, given that one member doesn’t live in Canada full-time. Brent Newman lived in the […]
