Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Relieved Kap Paper employees will begin to head back to work in Kapuskasing as soon as next week. Intensive collaboration between the Ontario and federal governments resulted in the agreement to provide operational support to Kap Paper, as the mill works towards a long-term modernization plan. Kapuskasing Mayor Dave Plourde […]
ONTARIO —Across Ontario—and nowhere more visibly than in rural and Northern regions like Manitoulin—the face of health care is changing fast. The provincial government is moving to expand the powers of paramedics, pharmacists, psychologists, optometrists, and other allied professionals in what it calls an effort to provide “more connected and […]
April Campbell has five rescue cats at home in Toronto and a bird feeder in her backyard. She loves watching the birds but also cares deeply for her foster cats. To protect both, she built a “catio” — a secure outdoor enclosure where cats can enjoy sun and fresh air […]
On Friday morning, Cindy Huckerby says her bank gave her a choice: catch up the mortgage on Geoffrey’s Garden or staff wouldn’t get paid. She and her partner pulled together $6,300 out of their own pockets to make it happen, a $6,000 deposit on Tuesday, followed by another $300 after […]
The picket lines are down, and more than 10,000 support staff from 23 colleges across the province, including Confederation College, will head back to work today. Labour negotiations continued until 3 a.m. Wednesday before a tentative agreement was reached, said Owen Smith, Confederation College’s support staff president for Local 731 […]
THUNDER BAY — City council’s quality of life standing committee would rather have the municipality operate the indoor turf facility, rather than have a private company take it over. “There is one thing that is an absolute no-go for me: I will not support a third-party for-profit carrier,” Coun. Andrew Foulds said […]
The proponent of a proposed peak-power plant that may be built in Shuniah says he remains confident the facility’s turbines could one day be converted to burn clean hydrogen. The company confirms the operation would initially run on natural gas, which critics say will add fuel to a global climate […]
THUNDER BAY – A request to spend an additional $2.5 million of city money on a new waterfront art gallery did not find approval at the committee level. In a 3-2 vote, the five-member standing committee on finance and administration did not endorse the recommendation at Tuesday’s meeting. Couns. Albert Aiello, Mark […]
The Manitoba Wildlife Federation (MWF) is sounding the alarm over what it calls an “unlawful blockade” on a provincial highway leading to the east side of Lake Winnipeg, a move the group says is denying licensed hunters and anglers access to Crown land during moose season and, if left unchecked, […]
About a half-hour north of Barrie, on a small farm just outside the village of Elmvale, one man has spent a large part of his adult life creating his own utopia. Purchased 50 years ago by his father at his request when he was in Grade 8, Dr. William Shotyk […]
Toronto says a city bylaw introduced last year is already making a dramatic difference, cutting disposable items such as cups, bags and utensils, by 32 per cent. Now, the city wants to go further by expanding its Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy and Bylaw to large events, sports venues […]
What began as a pandemic pastime has turned into a literary passion. Anne-Marie Mawhiney, who first started writing to fill quiet days at home, is now celebrating the release of her third self-published novel, Fugitive Rifts. To mark the release of her novel, she is hosting three intimate storytelling sessions […]
