Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Amnesty International has joined a growing list of organizations calling on Premier Heather Stefanson to change course on her decision not to offer assistance to get the Prairie Green Landfill searched for the remains of two Indigenous women, and the human rights organization is calling the province’s current inaction on […]
The organizing committee for the 2024 Ontario Winter Games is seeking “expressions of interest” from companies that may be able to provide products and services for the February event. Matthew Lawrence, the event co-ordinator, says Thunder Bay is expecting 2,800 participants to arrive who will come in two cohorts. The […]
Time is running out for the town of Ignace to convince Alterna Savings not to close its doors on the only banking facility in the Northwestern Ontario community. Jake Pastore, president of Summit PCG, is assisting the town with inquiries about the nuclear waste management organization issues and advocating to […]
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 […]
