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Investments will support five Indigenous businesses, communities and organizations build economic partnerships, capital projects and employment opportunities in the Treaty #3 region. KENORA — The Ontario government is investing $1,330,000 through the Indigenous Community Capital Grants Program (ICCGP) and the Indigenous Economic Development Fund (IEDF) to support five strategic economic […]
From the OPP
(Red Lake, ON) Members of the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an individual after an impaired by Drug traffic investigation in Red Lake, Ontario. On Sunday, August 17, 2025 at approximately 10:20 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act violation. After […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) delegates have returned from a productive showing at the 2025 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) annual meeting and conference in Ottawa this week. NOMA president Rick Dumas and his team met with government and opposition leaders to set priorities of Northwestern Ontario’s 37 municipalities. […]
By Sonal Gupta
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
As wildfires scorch Canada amid its second-worst wildfire season on record, Indigenous leaders and experts say the country’s approach remains reactive — leaving Indigenous communities disproportionately vulnerable. At a Monday press conference, federal officials reported that 707 wildfires are currently active nationwide. The extreme fire activity has strained firefighting resources, […]
By Ethan Braund
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Woolwich Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Woolwich Observer
The Canadian beef industry will now have access to a market that has been closed to Canadian farmers for the last 22 years. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced July 29 the reopening of the Australian market, which has been closed since a case of mad cow disease was […]
By Steven Sukkau
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
If you drive the back roads of Manitoba long enough, you’ll see them. Weather-bleached homes eroded by the prairie wind. Windows blank, doors sagging, roofs open to the sky. Once they were the centers of someone’s life. Now, more often than not, they are collapsing quietly into the field or […]
By Mzwandile Poncana
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mississauga.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mississauga.com
Viktoria Sotnyk landed in Canada with her daughter on May 1, 2022, after fleeing the war in Ukraine. It was a move she never planned to make, and she arrived with little knowledge of her new country and a worry about her language skills. “I was a journalist back in […]
By Matt Prokopchuk,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
MARATHON — Experts on aquatic ecosystems say confirmed reports of blue-green algae blooms on Lake Superior are a cause for concern, but the degree to which they’re tracked nowadays is much more robust than in the past. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Parks Canada announced a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom at […]
By David Briggs
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
BayToday.ca
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
BayToday.ca
Everything’s Going to Be Great is coming to the Capitol Centre for a free screening on Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m. Parts of the film, which stars Bryan Cranston, were filmed inside North Bay’s historic Capitol Centre, and the film’s producers are bringing it back to where it began. The […]
By David Yin
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Markham Review
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Markham Review
For many Canadians, starting a family is more challenging than ever. With fertility rates at such lows and access to care uneven across the country, World Fertility Day on Nov. 2 is a reminder of both the obstacles and the solutions that exist for those pursuing parenthood. After generally declining […]
By Sean Ridgeley,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Telegram
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Telegram
Newfoundland business owner Jerry Joy is taking it upon himself to help out evacuees and first responders in the ongoing wildfires in the only way he knows how: by feeding them. Joy has run The Indian Express for seven years now, a quaint pair of stores in St. John’s and […]
