First-year Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) esthetics student Brittany Strachan performs a manicure massage during the school’s Night in Pink spa event on Thursday afternoon. The event was held in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, and members of he public were able to book an appointment and receive […]
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Matt Simeoni An open letter from Matt Simeoni Chair, Board of Directors Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. On behalf of the Board, I extend my appreciation to all Hospital staff and professional staff for an extraordinary response and sacrifice during this pandemic. It cannot be overstated that their dedication […]
Ken Kellar
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
It takes a lot of work to pull off an in-person event these days, but a group of students at Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) did so last week with aplomb. The first year esthetics students at SGEI held a Night in Pink spa event at the Fort Frances campus […]
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Sophie Potson Rittau and her parents participated in the Great cycle Challenge in August, raising $501 and cycling 107 km. The charity bike ride raises money for SickKids Foundation, to help combat childhood cancer. She won an official shirt as a reward for reaching the $500 goal.
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Sophie Potson Rittau, age 8, along with her parents Tiffany and Jon, set themselves a challenge in August. They embraced the Great Cycle Challenge to raise money for children across Canada that have been diagnosed with cancer. There goal was to ride 100 kilometres and raise $200.00 I could hear […]
Debbie Ballard
In the two years before I retired I had a running list of things I wanted to do when I retired. Some of them are bucket list kinds of things; others fall into the “I will tackle the things I have been putting off for years” category. Taking down the […]
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to four fatal collisions on and off the road over the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, which claimed the lives of five people. Among the incidents was a double fatality collision involving a horse and buggy, in which two children lost their lives. Three other people […]
Ken Kellar
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Time is running out to get yourself a brand new old car and help out your local health care provider at the same time. A charity auction has been running since the middle of this month for a Nissan Micra that Val Grant has owned and driven since 1987, when […]
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A recent report from CBC has placed Rainycrest Long-Term Care home among the 30 homes in the province with the highest number of written notices. The article, published online by the CBC on October 23, has compiled data from five years worth of reports stretching from January 1, 2015 through […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Len Gillis
Len Gillis
The opioid crisis is hitting Northern Ontario communities harder because there is less access to most of the medical and social services that Southern Ontario residents take for granted. That was one of the key conclusions of a half-hour examination of the opioid crisis in Northern Ontario featured on the […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Willow Fiddler
Willow Fiddler
Neskantaga First Nation says it is investigating the source of hydrocarbons detected in test results of its water after an oily sheen-like substance was found in the community’s reservoirs earlier this week, prompting it to declare a state of emergency and evacuate most residents. In a Facebook post Friday, Neskantaga […]
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Impala Canada, the parent company of the Lac des Iles Mine, has confirmed that two individuals associated with the mine have tested positive for COVID-19. “Both individuals have been off-site for a week, self-isolating and doing well,” the company released on its Facebook page. “We are staying in touch to […]
