Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay’s only safe injection site, Path 525, is set to close in March 2025, but the provincial New Democratic Party won’t let the site go down without a fight. Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois presented a petition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday demanding the government […]
Cinema 5 Skatepark has built one of the first adaptive skateboard trainers in Canada in Thunder Bay. The project is made possible by a new partnership between the skatepark, Junior Inclusion Thunder Bay, Autism Northwest and Confederation College Developmental Service Work Program, and funding from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities program. Vanessa Bowles, the […]
According to Midland resident Scott Ashley: “You can’t save everybody, but you sure can save a lot of people.” He would know. Having served an extensive career as an emergency responder across Canada and in the United States, he was working as a critical-care flight paramedic on the Ornge air […]
In 1993, two Métis men, Steve and Roddy Powley, hunted a moose near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., asserting their right to harvest on their traditional lands — an action that would alter the course of Métis rights in Canada. The father and son were charged with hunting a moose illegally […]
(ANNews) – An Edmonton-based Indigenous-led startup that is developing artificial intelligence tools to assist in identifying anti-Indigenous bias has been selected to participate in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology support program. wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, which means kind electricity in Cree, is working with Amii, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, to develop […]
Employees at Canada Post are prepared to walk the picket line November 3rd if there is no further progress at the bargaining table. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUP-W) released the results of a strike vote Monday morning, where over 95% of workers support going on strike if necessary. […]
The program, which is funded by the Ministry of Health, is run by NOSM University to help Northern Ontario health-care partners recruit various allied health services professionals while providing invaluable, paid workplace experience to interested learners. The program is open to a wide variety of learners in regulated health professions: […]
Trans Canada Trail has opened applications for funding that will support hundreds of trail development and maintenance projects across the country next year. Local trail groups can now apply for grants through three annual funding streams that focus on: Trail Infrastructure and Major Repairs, Greenway Development, and Minor Maintenance. Applications for […]
Spooky season is underway and little ones are thinking about what they want to be for Halloween — don’t forget that there are eco options! October is Circular Economy month and there are many ways you can improve your carbon footprint. Sara MacRae is the manager of climate and energy […]
The Frontenac Doctors clinic has cancelled its planned drive-through vaccine clinic this weekend because the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) won’t cover its expenses. Unfortunately, that is just the beginning of the government-run health plan’s unsympathetic cost-saving measures, according to local health care providers. The Frontenac Doctors’ drive-thru COVID-19/influenza vaccination […]
THUNDER BAY – Two weeks after the province’s Inspector General of Policing announced that he was launching a probe into the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS), officials have now commented publicly on the inspection. Deputy Chief Ryan Hughes responded to questions from news media at Thursday’s police service board meeting. […]
(ANNews) – First Nations leaders from across Canada voted down a $47.8-billion child welfare settlement with the federal government at an Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs assembly on Treaty 7 territory. The special meeting, which occurred from Oct. 16 to 18 in Calgary, focused on a draft agreement […]
