Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Kap Paper will begin idling operations at its Kapuskasing facility. The mill closure reflects the absence of near-term measures to keep the mill going, a company official said, even after months of engagement with governments and partners. Not even a $30-million investment announced by Mike Harris, minister of natural resources, […]
Starting Sunday, members of the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (3 CRPG) will take part in Exercise RANGER TRACKER 25. This exercise will focus on Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) skills including command post operations and vehicle deployment. Around 30 Canadian Rangers from different communities in Northern Ontario will participate […]
More than 270 postal workers from Geraldton to Atikokan are impacted by a labour dispute after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) walked off the job nationwide Thursday evening in response to the government’s proposed changes. “It came as a huge surprise,” said Leo Favreau, president of CUPW Local […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT — A lack of coordination for medical transportation through Indigenous Services Canada is to blame for patients in remote First Nations missing appointments, says a regional health care organization. At the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority’s 2025 annual general meeting earlier in September, Brian Calleja, the organization’s […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT — First Nations health authorities in Northwestern Ontario say they will be keeping an eye on a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of multiple people in a northeastern Ontario First Nation who died from the same fungal infection. The north region’s coroner’s office has announced an inquest into the […]
Representatives from Frontier Lithium led a group from its joint venture partner, Mitsubishi, on a tour of the proposed conversion facility in Thunder Bay at the former Ontario Power Generation site, as well as its mine this month. Greg Da Re, Frontier Lithium’s vice-president of corporate development, said recent tours […]
Shy-Anne Hovorka has reinvented her music’s political activism and it’s proof that the artistic conviction of hope and angst can burn hotter with age. On September 25, the Anishinaabe-kwe former pop and country star released “Grandmother’s Song,” a 52-minute, hypnotic combination of spoken word and music, backed by orchestral accompaniment. […]
A research team led by experts at Queen’s has developed an insomnia care model that they think will help people treat sleep issues and avoid dependence on prescriptions. The team, led by sleep expert Dr. Judith Davidson, put together a stepped care model that aims to boost access to cognitive […]
The Manitoba First Nations Police Service is undergoing a symbolic change this year at the time of Truth and Reconciliation Day. The police service is preparing to move out of a former residential school, at 5000 Crescent Rd. near Portage la Prairie. The Indigenous-focused police service is moving into a […]
RAINY RIVER — Over $21 million in new funding is going to two understaffed paramedic services in the northwest. “Our goal is to get to … a (full) number of paramedics,” Deborah Ewald, chair of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, told Newswatch. On Monday morning, $15.8 million for […]
DRYDEN — The organization responsible for managing Canada’s spent nuclear fuel says it has no plans to co-locate two different types of waste at the deep geological repository near Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. But the door may not be permanently closed on the idea. The NWMO presented an update to Dryden city council […]
THUNDER BAY — The first quality of life standing committee meeting had a light agenda. City staff highlighted projects the public will see over the next several months. Couns. Kristen Oliver, Greg Johnsen, and Shelby Ch’ng were in attendance, while Mayor Ken Boshcoff and Coun. Andrew Foulds are away on city business. […]
