By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tbnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY — The city will celebrate its 10th Mining Day will celebrate this Saturday as well as the 50th anniversary of naming amethyst as its mineral emblem. Organizers of the event held a flag-raising ceremony at city hall on Tuesday to commemorate the event. In his preamble before proclaiming […]

By Megan Hederson,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
muskokaregion.com

Are Muskoka’s bear-proof garbage bins doomed to stay rusty, green, and overlooked at the ends of driveways? Not if artist Kimberly Rideout has anything to say about it. She’s transforming these everyday “eyesores” into creative works of art — and using her talent to support a cause close to her […]

–Robin McCormick and submitted photos

The Rainy River High School Prom Grand March was held Saturday, June 7, 2025. The well-planned event was held outside with a beautifully decorated trellis for all students attending to walk through. Although it was windy, the sun was shining and the smiles on all attending the Grand March made […]

By Connor McDowell,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Brandon Sun

Hugh Fraser leans over, tears some grass off the ground and throws it to the air. He grips a remote controller while he watches the grass drift past him to the east. “Straight down the runway,” he says. The engine of a gas-powered model airplane, the “Norseman,” revs to full […]

– Ken Kellar photos

There were smiles all around as students from secondary, post-secondary and other programs at Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) came together with friends, family and supporters to celebrate their achievements at the Memorial Sports Centre on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The ceremony featured traditional drum songs, a blessing from, an […]

– Allan Bradbury photo

It’s not hard to enjoy a sunny day when you’re walking for a good cause, as evidenced by the smiles on this group who completed the “Walk & Roll” With Us Stroke Awareness Walk held along the riverfront this morning. The Awareness walk was put on by the Fort Frances […]

From the OPP
Press release

FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Rainy River District EMS and Fort Frances Fire Rescue attended to a collision involving a single motor vehicle and a bicycle. On Saturday, June 7, 2025, at approximately 11:40 p.m. the […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

A 58-year-old Thunder Bay woman was charged with stunt driving near the city late Tuesday morning after a passenger vehicle was clocked at nearly double the speed limit on Highway 527. Provincial police said the vehicle was picked up on radar at 155 km/h around 11:50 a.m. The posted speed […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

AROLAND – Aroland First Nation’s chief would like to make it clear that he and his council do not support Bill 5 – and that they’re not in league with Premier Doug Ford’s government on Ring of Fire mining, either. A news release issued Monday says the First Nation north […]

By Natasha Bulowski
Local Journalism Intiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

The federal government’s new bill to fast-track projects “in the national interest” sparked immediate concerns from the Assembly of First Nations and Canada’s largest network of labour unions, climate, environmental and faith groups and Indigenous organizations. If it becomes law, the federal government will essentially be able to approve certain […]