District News

A Minnesota resident has been charged by the OPP following a boating accident near Bear’s Passage last week. In a press release from the OPP, officers noted that officers responded to a two-vessel collision near Bear’s Passage on Rainy Lake on Friday, June 5, 2026. Once on the scene, officers […]

Two pillars of healthcare in Northern Ontario, Elder Theresa Fiddler and Maureen Lacroix, were awarded with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) inaugural honorary degrees last month. Fiddler and Lacroix were recognized for the changes and connections that they have built within health-care systems in Northern Ontario. Provost and […]

THUNDER BAY – Filling in all the city’s potholes is going to take time. City roads manager Ian Spoljarich addressed the issue at Wednesday’s Neebing ward meeting. After months of complaints about potholes and deteriorating roads, Neebing ward coun. Greg Johnsen put together a road information session to address some of the […]

For years — or for too long, some might say — apprentices in Kenora and Northwestern Ontario have had to travel to Thunder Bay to write their Certificate of Qualification exams, adding travel costs, time away from work and delays to the certification process. The new testing centre in Kenora […]

Kevin Marois wasn’t aware that the health unit spanning North Bay and Parry Sound, Ont., had stopped testing the water at local swimming spots. “I don’t think it’s a good decision,” Marois told The Narwhal after learning about it on a hot June day at Shabogesic Beach in North Bay. […]

“An integrity commissioner is supposed to be independent, yet a significant number of code of conduct complaints (against municipal council members) come from administration and staff,” lawyer Guy Giorno, one of the most widely respected municipal integrity commissioners in Ontario, told a provincial government committee last summer, when Queen’s Park […]

With summer quickly on the approach, Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reminds people in the area of tick activity during the warmer months, and the precautions needed in reducing the chance of contracting any tick-borne illnesses. Ticks are a parasitic arachnid that typically range from around three to five millimetres in […]

THUNDER BAY — To be incarcerated where you are forced to face the consequences of your behaviour while undergoing the effects of opioid withdrawal would definitely make a person more fragile, said an expert in addiction medicine. This statement was heard on day three of the inquest into the death […]

THUNDER BAY – Economic professor at Lakehead University, Livio Di Matteo, says there is no need to fear a recession. “That could become a self-fulfilling prophecy if people start to believe they’re in a recession or think they are in one. At this point in time, people should conduct their […]

Intercity Shopping Centre has been sold, and it is now in the hands of Montreal-based Leyad, a privately owned real estate investment and development firm with its key focus on retail, multi-residential, industrial properties and hotel properties across Canada. Leyad will also become Intercity’s property manager, taking over the reins […]

While there is no doubt that pesticides severely impact the health of honey bees, the number-one threat to these creatures is actually a tiny parasite known as Varroa destructor. These mites are just as deadly as their name suggests and are the leading cause of death for overwintering colonies in […]