By: Mike Stimpson,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

THUNDER BAY — Patty Hajdu, the federal jobs and families minister, was at Thunder Bay Hydraulics on Friday morning to announce help for businesses dealing with shocks and strains from U.S. tariffs. The Montreal Street employer is one of those businesses. Hydraulics president Jamie Crozier said he was surprised to […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

If Kapuskasing Paper shutters its operation within the next two weeks, more than 2,500 jobs across the Northwestern Ontario forestry sector could be lost. Sawmills in Kapuskasing, Hearst, Chapleau and Cochrane, which rely on chips and bark from the paper mill, would face cascading shutdowns. The Federation of Northern Ontario […]

By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – OPSEU workers rallied together with other local labour organizations outside Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland’s office on Wednesday to send a collective message to the Ford Government: they may be black and blue, but they are certainly not broken. “The Ford Government and Kevin Holland all say […]

By Sean Porter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sault Star

Garden River First Nation Chief Karen Bell says Ontario’s investments in the community do not fully address ongoing Indigenous challenges, and “fall short” of the economic gap. Ontario is investing $8 million over three years to support economic development in First Nations communities, partnering with the Ontario First Nations Economic […]

By Steven Sukkau
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun

Six kilometers east of Elie, Manitoba, at the 290-kilometer marker, a man with blisters on both feet and shin splints in both legs had to stop walking. Which is not surprising, given he had set out to walk nearly five hundred kilometers across the province in the first place. The […]

Sue Nielsen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Temiskaming speaker

TEMISKAMING SHORES — Under cool, cloudy skies, Northern College (NC) support staff and their college counterparts across Ontario took to the picket lines last Thursday. The 10,000 full time support staff across Ontario were in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on September 11. Ontario Public Service Employee […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Alberta-based Versorium Energy Ltd. has proposed the development of a natural gas-fired power-generating facility at the intersection of Central Avenue and Maureen Street in Thunder Bay. The Central Avenue Generating Facility project is being proposed in response to the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) Long-Term 2 capacity procurement program, which […]

By Ethan Braund
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Woolwich Observer

The Invasive Species Centre (ISC) is supporting 116 new projects across the province based on investment from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The ISC has provided support to local municipalities and community groups across the province to help them combat the spread of invasive species. It’s a pressing issue […]

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

A brand new agency tasked with protecting Canada’s freshwater is likely on the chopping block as part of an array of budget cuts promised by Prime Minister Mark Carney that span most departments and agencies. Texts from Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin’s staff suggested “there is nowhere else […]