By Austin Campbell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SNnewswatch.com

Time to end the stigma. The Red Rock Indian Band and Elevate NWO are hosting an HIV and HVC Testing Day at the Lake Helen Resource Centre on Tuesday, July 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Dougall Media spoke with Elevate NWO’s director of clinical services, Veronica Proper, about […]

By Natasha Bulowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

Energy infrastructure is an attractive target for cyberattacks but the experts needed to protect critical electricity grids and pipelines are in short supply, according to the federal government. Canada — and most of the world — is facing a shortage of cybersecurity professionals across all sectors which could reach 85 […]

By Ethan Braund
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brantford Expositor

Amalee Jacobs has been protecting her community for over a decade as a firefighter and now looks to represent it in the World Box Lacrosse Championship this fall. Jacobs, from Six Nations, was named to the Haudenosaunee Nationals who are set to compete in the first women’s World Box Lacrosse […]

By Paige Peacock
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer

Finding affordable, liveable rental housing in Peel is made harder by landlords who put short-term profits ahead of long-term stability, for tenants and themselves. At the end of June, the PC government announced it will hold the annual rent increase guideline for 2025 at 2.5 percent — a move Doug […]

By Saeed Akhtar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Milton Reporter

The Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gathering of board members, volunteers, donors, farmland owners, staff, and supporters. The outdoor event space at GoodLot Brewery near Orangeville, Ontario, provided a poignant backdrop for honouring the farmland trust’s unique mission. “Canada’s best of the best farmland is […]

By Louis Bergeron
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
lbergeron@fortfrances.com

The Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) is assisting local businesses with a free seminar on writing a business plan. It is open to all existing or prospective entrepreneurs, hoping to advance and expand their venture. The seminar will be held Wednesday July 24 at 4 p.m. at the RRFDC […]

From CUPE
Press Release

Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Greg Rickford’s constituency office in Kenora this morning. In June, the government announced it would nearly double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans. “The Ford government says the status quo isn’t working – but […]

From the OPP
Press release

A weekend break and enter to the McIrvine Road laundromat was easily solved thanks to some well-placed security cameras. On July 6, 2024, at approximately 10:30 am, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Fort Frances Detachment was called to a break and enter at the laundromat on McIrvine Road in Fort […]

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing to actively search for Jeremy Sergerie, 23 years old, from Sioux Lookout. An updated list of belongings and clothing articles he was last seen with is being provided for public awareness. Should you happen upon any of the below listed items, […]

By: Natasha Bulowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer

Elders and community members always knew something was bubbling under their feet on this remote B.C. First Nation territory. Long before contact, the hot springs throughout Fort Nelson territory were a source of healing, hygiene and rest for the Dene in what is now called northern British Columbia. In those […]

By Natasha Bulowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

The federal government’s newly-released strategy to slash planet-warming emissions from Canada’s buildings commits to phasing out heating oil in new buildings. Two years ago, the federal government set out to create a strategy to achieve a 37 per cent cut below 2005 levels in direct building emissions by the end […]