Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Lakehead Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is celebrating the grand opening of its new and expanded home at Suite 501, 1265 Arthur St. E., in the former Spence Clinic. Crystal Kaukinen, the clinic’s executive director, called the development of the new space an important milestone in the growth of the clinic […]
KAKABEKA FALLS — Dozens of people with camps in Cushing Lake Resort heard the news straight from resort co-owner Dale Wirta: Cushing Lake operations will pause all next year to rebuild from the past summer’s wildfire devastation. Those whose camps survived the July blaze are free to use their lots […]
THUNDER BAY — Drug-related violence across Nishnawbe Aski Nation territories must end. That’s what Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), Alvin Fiddler, said during Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s (NAPS) annual general meeting on Tuesday. “With that growth of our police service is also just the growth of drugs coming […]
Temporary workers pursuing some health care careers in Canada could benefit from new flexibility allowing them to undertake short-term training without obtaining a study permit. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has identified nurses and laboratory technicians, along with tradespeople, among workers who could develop in-demand skills while continuing to […]
THUNDER BAY — Nishnawbe Aski Nation Legal Services Corporation has officially filled its director of justice program vacancy. Jennifer McKenzie said she was thrilled to take over the position at the annual Chiefs Justice Forum at the Valhalla Hotel and Conference Centre on Wednesday. “I started with Nishnawbe Aski Nation […]
In keeping with their commitment to enhance care for patients at La Verendrye Hospital, the Hospital Auxiliary which was founded in 1952 has pledged to raise $75,000 over the course of the next eight months to renovate the Chemotherapy Department at the hospital. Every resident of the district knows a […]
While Thunder Bay-area farmers have been trying to salvage a harvest following an unusually dry summer, one thing has begun to feel normal: the rising cost of diesel fuel for their combines, tractors and heavy trucks. “It is what it is,” Jason Reid, who operates a beef farm on the […]
THUNDER BAY – After 40 years in the community, it is time to refresh the identity of the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium board felt it was time to refresh the concert hall’s identity as the organization looks into the future. “Not many say I’m going to the Thunder Bay Community […]
Ahead of the upcoming municipal election, a local resident’s objections to past remarks made by a city council candidate have led her to register as a third-party advertiser. Tania Cameron says she plans to buy radio ads and signs opposing Karla Treadway, Tyler Johnson and Chris McCaffrey, who are running […]
GULL BAY — When a number of First Nations communities in the region were directly affected by wildland fires this summer and the Ministry of Natural Resources was already stretched thin, 35 firefighters were available from a relatively new partnership between the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, the RCMP and […]
More than 150 gardeners, community members and climate-conscious residents logged in for a powerful webinar hosted by Climate Legacy in partnership with the Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA). The session featured Master Gardener Claudette Sims, former president of Master Gardeners of Ontario and a familiar voice to CBC audiences, who delivered […]
Mélanie Ethier’s mother Celine is pleased with two new billboards alerting people about her daughter’s disappearance some 30 years ago that have been installed along Highway 11 just south of Latchford and near Thornloe. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have installed the new billboards showing the clothing worn by the […]
