By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tbnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – Newly minted Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products Kevin Holland announced a new five-year contract between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to support nearly 400 direct and indirect jobs in the region. “Biomass is gonna play a critical role in sustaining the […]

By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent

The annual Naicatchewenin committee and volunteers hosted their annual Bass/Walleye tournament September 13/14 and the weekend proved to be another great tournament. Everything from the anglers, organizers and volunteers made for a top notch tournament. Also the great weather conditions were in everyone’s favour, especially the anglers. The top#1 team, […]

By Ed Smith
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer

Ontario’s health care is in crisis.   There are thousands of unplanned closures of hospital emergency departments, unprecedented levels of inpatients being treated in hallways, long waits for surgeries, drastic understaffing  and funding levels among the lowest in Canada.  Even with these dangerous realities, the crisis is only going to […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

Tomorrow, Sept. 18, 2024 in conjunction with the Seven Generations Education Institute’s Anishinaabemodaa – Waking Up Ojibwe program, Naicatchewenin First Nation (NFN) is hosting an all day conference on revitalizing the local indigenous language. Brian Smith is one of the organizers, he says they hope to see more people learning […]

By Nora O’Malley
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ha-Shilth-Sa

Port Alberni, BC – The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Society has embarked on the arduous journey of youth substance use prevention by turning to an upstream initiative called the Icelandic Prevention Model. The Icelandic Prevention Model is being used in hundreds of municipalities and communities around the world. The model is a […]

By Celeste Percy-Beauregard
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Hamilton Spectator

The recent hospitalization of a Brant-Brantford person with rabies — the first case in a human in Ontario in more than 50 years — has put the rare disease in the spotlight. While little has been confirmed about the local case, which was announced by the Brant County Health Unit […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA – Eight female scientists from Africa are in Northwestern Ontario as part of an international science program. “I’ve interacted with different researchers here and local communities – the Indigenous people – learning about their culture, seeing how passionate they are about their culture and conservation of the […]

From the OPP
Press release

The Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in Fort Frances concluded an investigation with the arrest of two individuals and seizure of drugs, money and a vehicle. In the summer of 2024, the Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) CSCU began a drug trafficking investigation in the Rainy River […]

By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBNewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – The Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA) plans to set its sights on enlightening Thunder Bay city council about the growing challenges of keeping up with a higher demand for food distribution in the city. “The food banking is really starting to stretch us to the limit,”  said […]

Staff

The Town of Fort Frances will accept hazardous waste on Saturday at the Public Works depot from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hazardous waste includes anything like aerosol cans, pressurized containers, batteries, old paint cans or anything that could be considered harmful to the environment if disposed of in a […]

Staff

The annual Fort Frances Terry Fox Run will take place this Sunday, starting at the Sorting Gap Marina. The run takes place annually on the second Sunday after Labour Day in memory of its namesake who lost his leg to cancer and endeavoured to run across Canada to raise money […]