Help fight forest fires: Stay clear of waterbombers! When waterbombers approach a body of water, move close to the shore so they can perform their scoop safely. A waterbomber will not scoop from a lake or river if encroaching watercraft pose a safety hazard. Be safe, stay clear of waterbombers. […]
District News
Press release
THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is honouring 12 young writers with the James Bartleman Indigenous Youth Creative Writing Award. The award was established in 2008 to honour the legacy of James Bartleman, the province’s 27th lieutenant-governor and the first Indigenous person appointed to the role in Ontario. It celebrates the […]
By Gita Abraham
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
Immigrant women living in low-income areas of urban Ontario deliver healthier babies than their non-immigrant neighbours, according to a recent study. Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study compared the risk of serious health problems and death of newborns at birth. The eight researchers, led by Dr. Jennifer Jairam, at […]
POLICE BRIEFS
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging the public to consider the potentially lethal consequences of using illicit drugs from unregulated sources. Officers from the detachment and the North West Region Crime Unit are investigating the circumstances surrounding several recent […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Shaun Loney and former Rainy River First Nations chief Jim Leonard spent six years co-authoring Manidoo Ziibi. The book is a place-based history of the Rainy River that highlights the relationships between settlers and Indigenous Peoples in the district. “It’s not a history book, it’s really a story book,” said […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
The Government of Ontario is investing in research that could help Indigenous communities see better yields on cultivated wild rice and fish populations. In an announcement made on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Ontario’s minister of northern development Greg Rickford shared that $550,000 would be invested through the Northern Ontario Heritage […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
The Spry Farm in Devlin will open up to host a concert this August for the first time ever when Les Filles D’Esprit and Rough Cut Pine put on a show on the farm. Spry Farm owner Leanne Spry says the day will look a lot like other events they’ve […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Boundary Waters Forest Management Corp. (BWFMC) holds the Sustainable Forest License for the Boundary Waters Forest, and as such, is required to address competing vegetation in conifer-dominated stands. According to their forest management plan set in place by the province, BWFMC is to return a forest stand to its original […]
Staff
Organizations which work to protect Lake Superior are benefitting from an injection of multi-year funding from the province as part of a larger $6 million initiative to protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes. The Ontario government has announced 30 “science on the ground” projects so far, which aim to […]
By Dave Baxter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
A Manitoba Chief says Indigenous people and communities will continue to fight to see landfills in Manitoba searched for missing Indigenous women, even after a judge decided on Friday that a blockade at the Brady Road Landfill must come down, and full access to the city-run landfill must be restored […]
By Matteo Cimellaro
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
On Thursday and Friday, Neskantaga First Nation will face off in court against the Ontario government over what the nation argues was a flawed consultation on a road that will link the province’s road infrastructure with the Ring of Fire mining region. Neskantaga First Nation, a remote, fly-in community located […]
By Serena Austin
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian Media
In Canada, the vast majority of visible minorities live in areas that get too hot, and there are over 400 wildfires burning across the country, raising questions about the health impacts people of colour may deal with from inhaling smokey air. Studies from the U.S. show that health impacts from breathing […]
