Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Ontario government announced more details Monday on how it will spend to protect endangered caribou herds. In March, the province committed to invest $29 million over four years to protect caribou, whose estimated population in the province is around 5,000. Now, Ontario has announced $20 million for a conservation […]
Indigenous Peoples demanding access to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) welcomed the target set Thursday by the international council to fund Indigenous practices as part of the ratification of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Canada will contribute $200 million to the fund, […]
The Wabun Tribal Council is no longer seeking a temporary injunction to delay implementation of Bill C-53, federal legislation that will recognize Métis self-government in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Arguments were heard in Federal Court Aug. 8 and Aug. 9. An application for judicial review was filed by Wabun Tribal […]
While much of the nation has been blanketed in smoke at some point during this wildfire season — which officials have said is easily the worst on record — the sight is eerily similar to that recognized over many of the province’s dense urban centres. But in places like Hamilton, […]
Northwestern Ontario crews are on the ground in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories trying to curtail the flames. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre called on our province to help the efforts to stop wildfires that have led to evacuation orders for 68 per cent of the population of […]
The Community Economic Development Commission is calling on Indigenous entrepreneurs in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario who are looking to start, expand or buy an existing business, to apply for their Miinikaanan Badakidoon program. Kirsten Kabernick, program co-ordinator with the commission’s Thunder Bay and District Entrepreneur Centre, said participants are […]
This article is reprinted with the generous permission of Quetico Superior Wilderness News. To see the original story, visit https://queticosuperior.org/mineral-licks-may-be-to-blame-for-deer-infecting-moose-with-deadly-parasite/ A recent study conducted on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation has uncovered a new clue about problems facing Minnesota’s moose population. The number of moose in Minnesota began to fall […]
(KENORA, ON) – An individual from Kenora was charged with impaired operation after a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles. On Tuesday August 22, 2023, just before 9:00 a.m., members of the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, City of Kenora Fire and Emergency Services (CKFES), and Kenora Northwest Emergency […]
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with his federal cabinet to find ways to make life more affordable for Canadian families, his government should immediately consider removing the GST on home heating. “Winter is coming and so is your heating bill. Like food and medication, heating a home in Canada […]
Following the release of Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s report exposing the broken process that resulted in the removal of 15 parcels of land from the Greenbelt, the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO), an advocacy super group made up of prominent organizations in the environment, housing and labour sector, is […]
One week after people began gathering at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, a group of 26 people landed at Northwest Angle near the original signing site of Treaty 3. Community members from all across Treaty 3 territory were invited to participate and no canoeing experience was required. Canoe and safety training was […]
Mike Schnekenburger owns a house on Hopkins Bay Road, right by Rainy Lake. Nearly a month ago, a neighbour came by and told him the bog that had been sitting near Sunny Cove Camp had started floating around the lake. It was coming north toward their bay, and they decided […]
