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Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting a lab-confirmed case of measles. The individual acquired the infection through international travel and is now recovering at home. The public health investigation is unfolding. At this time, TBDHU is following up directly with known contacts, with a focus on those at higher […]

With rain finally in the forecast for the Thunder Bay area, provincial firefighters continued on Monday to make progress on fires that had ignited near the city. A small fire that had sparked up seven kilometres northeast of the municipality was declared out on Sunday, according to Ontario’s Aviation, Forest […]

Oliver Paipoonge has added itself to the list of rural Thunder Bay-area communities that have implemented municipal fire bans as the risk of new wildland fires heats up. Under the Oliver Paipoonge ban that took effect Friday at 8 a.m. “no burning will be allowed in the municipality until the […]

Premier Doug Ford’s Tories are exploiting the tariff war to sidestep the government’s duty to consult First Nations, the NDP MPP for Kiiwetinoong says. Sol Mamakwa told Newswatch in an interview Friday that Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, is an attack on First Nations’ rights. […]

Premier Doug Ford is adding his controversial Highway 401 mega-tunnel to Ontario’s official funding wishlist for Ottawa, rebranding the widely-panned idea as a national priority. But critics are again raising the alarm, calling the proposal environmentally reckless, politically calculated and wildly unrealistic in cost and feasibility. The request came in a letter last […]

(ANNews) – “The broader community, coast-to-coast, already knows that the targeting of MMIWG2S+ epidemic is a nationwide crisis, but people need to know that they also have the ability to contribute to saving lives,” commented Alaya McIvor, the Community Culture Animator for the Red Dress Alert initiative being pioneered in […]

The risk for wildland fires across most of Northwestern Ontario has shot up to the high range, as the region appears to have rapidly dried out following a wetter than normal April, provincial officials warn. “The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is advising the public that forested areas are very […]

TORONTO — Spring has arrived and in honor of Mother’s Day Ontario is offering Canadian residents the opportunity to fish for free across Ontario this weekend, May 10 and 11. “Fishing is a timeless Ontario tradition that brings people together. Whether you’re an experienced angler or casting a line for […]

Spring flooding is putting First Nations in northern Ontario at risk and reigniting calls for relocation. Kashechewan First Nation and Fort Albany First Nation — located on the shores of James Bay — both declared states of emergency last week and have been evacuating community members. People are forced to […]

THUNDER BAY — Patty Hajdu, the Liberal MP for Thunder Bay–Superior North, says constituents “were extremely impressed” by how Prime Minister Mark Carney stood up for Canadian sovereignty Monday in Washington, D.C. The public parts of Carney’s trip to the U.S. capital included a news conference at the White House and remarks to news […]

First Nations leaders say a silver lining to the “rhetoric and insanity” brought about by talks of Alberta separatism has united Indigenous communities “all across Canada, from coast to coast to coast.”  Piikani Nation Chief Troy Knowlton said Alberta First Nations are gearing up for a fight with Alberta Premier […]

LAKE HURON—The US Army Corps of Engineers announced last month that it will accelerate the federal review of Enbridge’s controversial Line 5 tunnel project under newly activated emergency permitting procedures—sparking fresh concern among Great Lakes advocates about what could be lost in the rush. The fast-tracking falls under emergency rules […]