Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Rural patients who must travel to Thunder Bay and other cities for medical care can now get more of their costs covered under tweaks to the province’s Northern Health Travel Grant program. Starting on Sunday, people who submitted an application to the program no longer had to apply a 100-kilometre […]
THUNDER BAY — Fort William First Nation Chief Michele Solomon said she is “disappointed” after hearing that a proposed nuclear waste disposal site will fall on Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation’s traditional territory. “The voices of opposition have not been considered in the selection process scenario. I think that they really […]
THUNDER BAY – Federal government reform of the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWP) has worried city officials and businesses about the impact on the local economy. On Monday, Coun. Kristen Oliver, chairperson of the inter-governmental affairs committee, brought forward a memorandum calling on the federal government to delay the implementation […]
THUNDER BAY — The legislation that governs municipal elections in Ontario is in need of an overhaul. Ontario’s Municipal Elections Act (MEA) will be 30 years old by the next election and the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO), is calling for its modernization. Coun. Kristen […]
The province is putting the onus on Manitoba’s rural health authorities to clean up needles used to inject drugs and offering funding to help them create “comprehensive” disposal and cleanup plans. “To help provide support while keeping our communities safe and healthy, the Manitoba government is mandating that all regional […]
THUNDER BAY — Thunder Bay police service has confirmed one individual was found dead in their tent on Thursday. A second person who had been living in an encampment died in hospital overnight, according to Holly Gauvin, executive director of Elevate NWO. “Usually with a drop in temperatures, we see […]
The announcement of $758 million in federal funding for the purchase of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Line-2 subway cars is encouraging news for Thunder Bay’s Alstom plant. During Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s announcement last week of the federal government’s investment of $1.2 billion over 10 years for the […]
The Township of Perry may be closer to updating its exotic animal bylaw. Council members deferred passing the updated bylaw so they can review the proposed changes one more time. If passed, the new bylaw will replace one approved in 2013 and continue to be known as the “Keeping of […]
Today, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced it has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. Canadians and Indigenous peoples have been clear that it is essential to […]
Talks with CUPW grind to a halt with no movement on changes required for Canada Post’s future Canada Post is considering its options to move negotiations forward as talks with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have ground to a halt on key issues critical to the Corporation’s future. […]
Canada Post’s latest information update of November 26 describing what is going on at the bargaining table is full of half-truths and outright deception. First and foremost, CUPW left the meetings Tuesday since we cannot proceed without Canada Post’s negotiators. They had to go back to speak to the Executive […]
A Bolton-based aerospace firm is asking the public to help make history. Canadensys Aerospace Corporation needs your help to name the first Canadian rover to explore the Moon. The lunar rover will test key technologies and help in the international search for water ice, a key component needed for the […]
