A local house cat that went missing a month ago recently returned home after being found almost 100 kilometres away. Guelph couple, Emily Rutledge and Crystal Chilvers, were celebrating their second anniversary on May 21 when they noticed one of their pets, a five-year-old black cat named Ruby, was missing. […]
District News
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
In the continuing absence of any layoff notices this week, the union representing more than 530 workers at Impala Canada’s Lac des Iles palladium mine continued its wait-and-see approach. “It’s a fluid situation, so we will keep watching and see what happens,” Steelworkers Local 9422 staff rep Cody Alexander said […]
By Robin McCormick
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is excited to present its popular Children’s Days events on July 29 and 30, 2025, followed by the Honouring Our Children Powwow on July 31, 2025, featuring the host drum, Maango-Inini. The children’s Days festivities will be held on the Nanicost Grounds in Agency One from 10 […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
KENORA — The majority of councillors in Kenora voted to oppose the province’s imposition of strong mayor powers on the municipality, but they ultimately remain in effect. At its June 17 committee of the whole meeting, councillors debated a motion that, in part, formally opposes “the imposition of strong mayor […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
WARNING: this story contains references to suicide. OTTAWA — If federal leaders want to fast-track resource development projects, then they’ve got to help fix a number of longstanding health and social issues in First Nations, says a Northwestern Ontario chief. Jeff Copenace, the chief of the Ojibways of Onigaming First […]
By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY – “It’s not a solution,” David Kisselgoff, director of Kisselgoff Motorcycle Museum, said in his deputation regarding the temporary shelter village site at last night’s committee of the whole. On Monday, city council voted 6-5 in favour of 114 Miles Street East as the site for the temporary shelter village. In a […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
The wretched worm that ravages spruce and fir trees and leaves a brownish mess in its wake seems to be everywhere one looks this summer, while options for trying to prevent the pest from wreaking its havoc are limited. For some rural property owners just outside Thunder Bay, spruce budworm […]
By Rochelle Baker
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Danny Masuzumi Sr. shakes his head, recalling the jumble of emotions he experienced as a raging wildfire bore down on the remote K’ahsho Got’ine community of Fort Good Hope, NWT. A year ago, local leaders, other emergency personnel, Masuzumi and his team of Indigenous Guardians had to make a terrifying […]
By Mzwandile Poncana
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mississauga.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mississauga.com
After Ontario’s Bill 223 banned supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools, the province announced that Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs would replace them. But months after Peel Region’s only SCS shut down, the promised Brampton HART Hub has yet to open. In a July 11 email, Peel […]
By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com
Métis scholar Kristy McLeod is bracing for more hateful online comments when Decolonization and Me: Conversations about Healing a Nation and Ourselves hits the stores in mid-August. She wrote the book with Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad. “I’ve made as many (of my social media accounts) private as I can so that […]
By Laura Balanko-Dickson
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
The region is continuing to struggle with high levels of alcohol use and its impacts, according to the local health unit. Every year, the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), which encompasses the Rainy River District and part of the Kenora District, covering approximately one-fifth of Ontario’s land, releases its annual report […]
By Laura Balanko-Dickson
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
lbalankodickson@fortfrances.com
Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacteria that can cause Pneumonia and other illnesses, seems to be on the rise in Northwestern Ontario, according to a release from the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU). According to a release from the NWHU, cases of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease are three times higher in the district when […]
