Local News from Across the Rainy River District
When Cowessess First Nation wanted to farm their own land in 2018, large non-Indigenous companies refused to extend them a line of credit, said former chief Cadmus Delorme. It wasn’t that the land, about a 90-minute drive east of Regina, couldn’t be farmed. The First Nation had watched non-Indigenous farmers […]
A First Nations chief continues to call for support to battle alcohol bootlegging, as she says illegal booze sales continue to plague adults and youth in northern communities and lead to ongoing battles with addictions. During the third day of this week’s Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Assembly in Winnipeg, […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO (October 24, 2023) – The Anishinabek Nation is excited to kick-off its inaugural annual Economic Development Opportunities Forum now underway from October 24 to 26, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. “Economic sovereignty has never been more important for our communities than presently,” states Anishinabek Nation Grand […]
A teacher by profession, Rhonda Beckman wants to nourish creativity in others. A Northern Ontario Heritage Fund loan will help her achieve that objective. Beckman’s Clever Corvid Art and Art Workshops has been awarded a $204,848 loan to help pay for a studio and other improvements. The funding helps her […]
When author, lodgekeeper and elder Cindy Crowe relocated to the Municipality of Neebing in 2017 to open her Niibing Tribal Tours lodge, she knew there was a deeper meaning in the word Neebing. “And sure enough,” she said, “I found that it was Niibin in Ojibwe, which means ‘it is […]
Superior Country has a new monument dedicated to Indigenous Group of Seven member Norval Morriseau as part of the North Shore Tourism Project. The installation at Nipigon’s Bridgeview Lookout, which was formally unveiled Thursday, consists of an interpretive panel below a metal bird airbrushed with photos of Morriseau, which all […]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited Iqaluit on Friday alongside Nunavut MP Lori Idlout to meet with territorial politicians about the housing and cost-of-living crises. Singh slammed the Liberals, citing in a press release that they are “abandoning” Nunavut and the North on essential issues like the territory’s housing crisis and […]
A new provincial government was sworn in at The Leaf in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park on October 18. Premier Wab Kinew took the opportunity to introduce his new 14-person cabinet as they took their oaths of office. “Our government is ready to get to work on the strong mandate given to […]
Local Lions clubs are sharing in the success of the Lions Vision Care Centre at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre as a new ophthalmology microscope was announced. The microscope is an essential piece of equipment which is used to perform 2200 cataract procedures each year. It is also […]
TORONTO — Nina Tangri, Associate Minister of Small Business, issued the following statement to mark Small Business Week: “Small Business Week is a time to recognize and celebrate the more than 400,000 small businesses in Ontario and their two million hard-working employees. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, […]
(NIPIGON, ON) – The Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the assistance of the public to provide any information or dash camera footage they have regarding a fatal motor vehicle collision. On October 10, 2032, at approximately 3:30 p.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment, along […]
On Thursday, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson accepted the Integrated Strategy for Radioactive Waste, paving the way for a deep geological repository and multiple near-surface disposal facilities. Justin Roy, a councillor for Kebaowek First Nation, an Algonquin First Nation opposing a low-level nuclear landfill site beside the Ottawa River, calls […]
