By Kevin Jeffrey,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBNewswatch

THUNDER BAY — Declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic province-wide only works if there are actual solutions to the problem. The executive director of the Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre does applaud the unanimous support at Queen’s Park on April 10 of Bill 173, named the Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act. […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

IGNACE – Decision time is near. In a few weeks, residents in this Northwestern Ontario township will cast ballots on their willingness to have a nuclear waste repository in the area. Then a consulting firm will write a report and submit it to Ignace township council in June. Then councillors […]

By Odette Auger
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

Kori Czuy is the Métis host of the podcast Ancestral Science, which emphasizes the importance of Indigenous culture, spirituality and worldview in scientific inquiry. On the show, Elders and Indigenous scientists talk about how science is defined, embraced and understood through spirit and relationality or connectedness. Ancestral Science is just […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The agency representing the country’s insurance industry is confirming long-held concerns of motorists who regularly drive hair-raising provincial routes like Highway 102 just outside Thunder Bay. In a news release this week, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says a study it commissioned found that many drivers of big transport trucks […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle Journal

Part of this year’s version of the province’s annual mine-rescue competitions will kick off next month in Kakabeka Falls before the final event is staged at Thunder Bay’s Fort William Gardens. Ontario Mine Rescue, the provincial agency that organizes the competition, announced on Thursday dates for the preliminary and final […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle Journal

Turns out enjoying a sandwich on your favourite slice of rye isn’t as hard on the environment as it once was. The Grain Growers of Canada said this week its 65,000 members helped cut “intense” agriculture-related greenhouse gas (GHC) emissions in half between 1997 and 2017. “This resulted in a […]

Staff

The Ontario government is investing more than $5 million to connect over 16,000 people to primary care teams in Northwestern Ontario, including Thunder Bay, Kenora, Fort Frances, and Sioux Lookout. This is part of Ontario’s $110 million investment to connect up to 328,000 people to primary care teams, bringing the […]

From the Ontario NDP
Press Release

The Ontario NDP Official Opposition joined countless families and advocates at Queen’s Park today to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic. “We need every tool available to put an end to intimate partner violence and gender-based violence – and this is one right at our fingertips,” said Kristyn Wong-Tam […]

By Crystal St.Pierre
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

More than 250 artists will showcase their work at the upcoming 17th Annual Artist Project being held from April 11 to April 14 at the Better Living Centre at Exhibition Place in Toronto. The event provides a platform for Canadian artists to gain exposure and sell their work. A highlight […]

By Hue Pham
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian media

This article was produced as part of an Inclusive Journalism Microcredential offered by New Canadian Media and Seneca Polytechnic. Learn more here. Once considered a vital part of Canada’s economic recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, international students are facing ever tightening restrictions, leaving those who came here to fear […]

By Michelle Gamage
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Tyee

Research first published informally by Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front has now been published in a peer-reviewed international journal. DULF bought heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine from online sources known to sell purer forms of these drugs, rigorously tested the drugs and then sold them at cost to its 47 compassion […]