Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The federal government has not responded to requests for comment since Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for Canada to abandon its environmental assessment in the proposed Ring of Fire mining development. At an infrastructure funding announcement for Webequie First Nation last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly asked Prime Minister Mark […]
Kap Paper has received a $10-million investment from the federal government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (Fednor). The crucial funding supports the continued and future operations of Kap Paper, helping the company maintain operations, explore new production opportunities, and proceed with business planning, engineering, and development […]
THUNDER BAY — New Democrat MPP Lise Vaugeois says the government’s proposed changes to the Election Act are good for the governing Tories but bad for democracy. The government, for its part, says the changes would “strengthen and increase public trust in the province’s electoral system.” Among the reforms proposed this week […]
Senior members of the Trump administration praised Canada for wildfire coordination on Friday at the G7 meeting in Toronto, while downplaying climate science and pushing forest management as the main solution to cross-border smoke. At a press conference in Toronto, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin said recent […]
Two Manitobans whose lives were forever changed by dangerous driving are sharing their stories with young people across the province this month, as part of Manitoba Public Insurance’s annual Friends For Life speaker series. Jon Tiessen was hit head-on by an impaired driver while driving home from watching a hockey […]
THUNDER BAY — The grand chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation says he’s waiting to see how the upcoming federal budget will tackle longstanding First Nations priorities. Alvin Fiddler helped open the 2025 NAN Chiefs Fall Assembly in Thunder Bay on Nov. 4. In his opening address to the assembled […]
Visitors to the Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home are being warned of an outbreak of respiratory illness in the facility’s west wing. Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit, declared the outbreak Thursday, immediately implementing visitor restrictions and masking protocols. Residents may only have two visitors or […]
The Ontario government is spending $3.2 million to launch the next intake of funding applications under the Indigenous Economic Development Fund (IEDF). Applications for funding under the fund will be open until Dec. 1 and must be submitted through Transfer Payment Ontario at www.tpon.gov.on.ca. “Our government is continuing to make […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s premier and Indigenous affairs minister say support for mental health in First Nations is not tied to signing resource development deals. Doug Ford and Greg Rickford were among those on hand at Queen’s Park on Oct. 29 to sign a new partnership agreement with Webequie First Nation […]
THUNDER BAY – Without an increase in larger-scale housing projects, the city won’t meet its 2025 housing target of 675 units, according to the city’s director of development services, Joel Depeuter. “We are currently not on track to meet that target, though we expect to meet, to exceed last year’s performance,” Depeuter […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s mines minister says its new streamlined permitting process for the resource sector is necessary, but that’s not how North Spirit Lake Chief Brandon Rae sees it. To the contrary, he told a news conference Wednesday at Queen’s Park, “what it really does is weaken consultation” and silence […]
When it comes to Alberta’s schools and classrooms, you don’t need a task force to know which way the wind blows. That was part of Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi’s message — minus the metaphor mangling — on Monday in his first-ever question period exchange on the floor of the Alberta […]
