Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation will be getting $4.2 million in funding towards critical water infrastructure upgrades for its water treatment plant. Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford made the announcement on Jan. 22, 2026. According to the province, the investment comes from the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program’s (MHIP) Health and Safety Water […]
Thunder Bay Ironworks #759 Trade School was built two years ago, a building for iron worker apprentices. It was an immediate decision from not only president B.J. Sault, business manager Adam MacGillivary, and the many ironworkers who knew him, that the trade school should be in memory of Russ MacDonald, […]
The Ontario government has declared the Greenstone Transmission Line project as a priority, accelerating construction of a 230-kilometre power line that will run from Nipigon Bay to near Aroland First Nation. In a shot at the recently imposed U.S. tariff regime, the province says the project will create more than […]
As below-normal temperatures persist in Thunder Bay and areas close to the city, Indigenous leaders have been calling on their city counterparts to declare a state of emergency over homelessness, as many are forced to endure the bitter cold outdoors. On Friday, Fort William First Nation Chief Michele Solomon and […]
THUNDER BAY — The city was advocating for more power to push back against over-budget legislated agencies, boards and commissions at the 2026 Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. “We were lobbying the ministry to say we need some sort of mechanism to say, ‘listen, you can’t come in at 9.1 […]
As Parliament resumes, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are striking a more conciliatory tone on issues like crime but remain unrelenting in their demands to axe carbon pricing and fast-track pipelines. Parliament returned on Jan. 26 after an eventful week marked by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum […]
Bone-chilling temperatures in the Thunder Bay area are forecast to remain in place for another week, although they’re not expected to be as severe as the last few days, Environment Canada says. “I think you’re through the worst of it, but it’s still going to be quite cold,” Toronto-based meteorologist […]
Canada continues to tout itself as a “world leader” in tackling ghost gear’s threats to marine life and coastal communities even though funding for the program dried up in 2024. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO’s) former investments to address abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, were axed without explanation by […]
As winter settles in across Manitoba, the City of Selkirk is encouraging residents to do more than just hibernate, rolling out a wide-ranging lineup of winter recreation and learning programs designed to keep people active, engaged, and connected through the coldest months of the year. Registration for Selkirk’s winter programs, […]
In a press release Thursday morning Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper announced it will no longer be producing newsprint after the first quarter of 2026. Citing a uniquely large decline in demand for newsprint over the past several years, Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper announced today that it will file […]
OPP officers in the Kenora region have had a busy start to their year dealing with impaired drivers and an investigation that has seen three people charged in connection with drug trafficking. In a release from earlier today, the OPP revealed that a drug trafficking investigation was conducted in Kenora […]
KENORA — Dangerously cold conditions are persisting across the region. Environment Canada is maintaining orange-coded cold warnings from the Manitoba boundary east through Shabaqua and points north. The weather office says with the wind, conditions will feel like -40 C to -45 C. In the very far north near Hudson […]
