Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In the last three years, the Great Lakes cruising industry has grown exponentially, breaking records with more cruise lines navigating northern waters. Thunder Bay saw a record cruise shipping season with 16 vessel stops from four cruise lines that saw more than 6,000 visitors to the city, up from 5,000 in 2023. […]
Rail Safety Week From September 23-29, 2024 The North West Region of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to be joining forces with agencies across Canada and North America today for Operation Clear Track – the continent’s single largest rail-safety law-enforcement initiative. Coordinated by Amtrak, Operation Lifesaver Inc., and Operation Lifesaver Canada, […]
I’ve come to realize that the older you get, the more you have grief in your life. It is inevitable that you will lose parents or siblings, your spouse, friends or relatives or a pet. Even that most painful of losses, a child or grandchild, can force its way into […]
The Ontario government is investing $1.28 million in seven research projects to help farmers increase their long-term productivity and competitiveness. The funding through the Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario’s (ARIO) Innovative Breeding Research Program (IBRP) will help create new tailored plant varieties and livestock for the province’s domestic food supply […]
The Brielmann family runs a farm of 9,600 acres in the Pinewood area, growing corn, canola, soybeans and wheat, but over the years their operations have expanded, now serving farmers across the District. In addition to their own farm, the family also operates Pinewood Crop Services which serves agriculture operations […]
Nursing staff – and the funding needed to pay for it– is one of many challenge being faced by healthcare across Ontario, and Riverside Health Care is no exception. According to a statement from Riverside Healthcare, significant human resource shortages since the pandemic has forced Riverside to look to alternate […]
ONIGAMING – The chief of Ojibways of Onigaming has resigned from Grand Council Treaty #3’s environment committee and his reasons relate to the regional organization’s ties to Canada’s nuclear power industry. GCT3 has been receiving money from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which is considering a site in Treaty 3 […]
When apologies are issued by organizations or governments for harms against Indigenous peoples in our country, we can be left wondering whether the words said will be followed by effective action. “Yes, well, that’s the question, isn’t it?” said Glenn Wheeler, a lawyer, journalist, and Indigenous rights activist from the […]
THUNDER BAY – FedNor, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, is investing $6.9 million in 18 Indigenous-led projects across Northern Ontario, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu announced Friday. Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s member of parliament, said the funding “will support development in remote and rural Indigenous communities, creating good stable jobs and […]
Chrissy Isaacs’s grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known are big blue water jugs. That’s why Isaac gets emotional today. She’s from Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation), near the Manitoba and Ontario border, about […]
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce continues to work with its provincial arm and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce to advocate for businesses and strengthen the economy. The chamber has developed 10 policy measures to present to the House of Commons that “will cost the government little to nothing but […]
A remote northern Ontario First Nation now has a water treatment plant, but is still unable to lift its boil water advisory of almost three decades. MP Charlie Angus, who represents Neskantaga First Nation, 436 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, told a federal committee the community’s pipes are rotting. “I was trying […]
