Researchers from Lakehead University are launching an initiative in partnership with community mental health agencies and School Mental Health Ontario to help fill the gap in timely access to mental health care for youth in Northwestern Ontario. The Help in Hand initiative was started with a $2-million investment from Health […]
District News
Prince George Citizen
By Bob Mackin
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
By Bob Mackin
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Guide outfitters who sued British Columbia NDP government for compensation after the 2017 ban on grizzly bear hunting will share a $3.7-million settlement. Guide outfitters who relied on the hunt for revenue accused the government of negligent misrepresentation and misfeasance in public office. A June 15 B.C. Supreme Court ruling, […]
By Times Staff
Ontario will spend $25 million to expand Indigenous participation in the province’s energy sector, announcing funding this week for 148 projects through the 2025 intake of the Indigenous Energy Support Program. The Ministry of Energy and Mines said the investment, delivered through the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), will support […]
By Shari Narine,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,
Windspeaker.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,
Windspeaker.com
REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence is not a book with a beginning and an end, says Red River Métis author, artist and activist Jaime Black-Morsette. “I tried to subvert the concept of the book and make it a circle by calling the last chapter ‘Beginning Again’. And I’m […]
By Allan Bradbury
abradbury@fortfrances.com
abradbury@fortfrances.com
After a successful first year, the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society (RRVAS) is bringing back the Fair Ambassador program, which replaced the former Fair Queen program as of last year’s RRVAS Fall Fair. Open to all residents of the Rainy River District aged 17 to 24 of all genders, the […]
By Liam Oliver Neilson
Darcy Whitecrow considers it his duty to preserve his culture, planting its seeds through traditional language and a connection to nature. A member of Seine River First Nation, Whitecrow says he is here to pass on the lessons he has learned through family, a traditional Ojibwe upbringing and life experience. […]
By Matthew Knowles
From The Atikokan Progress
From The Atikokan Progress
An old wooden rotary telephone sits quietly at the edge of the Little Falls Cemetery in Atikokan. Unconnected to any wires, its only power source is the heavy breeze rustling through the nearby pines. This is a wind phone, a newly installed monument designed to offer a unique, comforting way […]
TBnewswatch.com
By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environment Canada says the district should see little rain as dry conditions continue. For most of July, the Thunder Bay district’s precipitation has been 25 to 50 per cent below normal, according to warning preparedness meteorologist Peter Kimbell. “That’s probably going to continue for the next little while because the […]
By Times Staff
TORONTO — The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF), the charitable arm of the United Steelworkers union in Canada, says it is donating $20,000 to support people and communities evacuated by recent wildfires in Northwestern Ontario, as well as future wildfire relief efforts across Canada. In one of the worst wildfire seasons […]
By Sandi Krasowski,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The City of Thunder Bay is seeing a construction boom, with building permit numbers far surpassing those at the same time last year. Halfway through the year, the numbers from the second quarter to the end of June show the total building permit construction value at $146.4 million. Joel DePeuter, […]
TBnewswatch.com
By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
THUNDER BAY – Organizers of the Wake the Giant Music Festival coming here this September have asked city council to consider buying 50 new crowd-control barriers to ensure public safety. Co-founder Sean Spenrath made the request to the city’s quality of life standing committee, an ask that also includes storage […]
By Debbie Ballard
Suffering from age-related hearing loss is not a minor aggravation — yes, it is annoying to have to ask for everything to be repeated and equally annoying that others have to yell so they can be heard, but the impact on someone’s life as they lose hearing goes far beyond […]
