Press release

Red Lake, Ontario – The Red Lake Miners are thrilled to announce the signing of talented forward Callum McCormick for the upcoming season. McCormick, a 2006-born player hailing from Fort Frances, Ontario, joins the team after an impressive season with the Kenora Thistles u18 AAA team. During his time with […]

By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent

An amazing 50th anniversary honouring Sturgeon Creek School was held May 30. The celebration was attended by 340 people, alumni, current staff, librarians, assistance, students attending today and from the past, bus drivers, families and those just wanting to be part of a celebration of caring and memories. Perhaps Kerri […]

By Sydney Romyn
Press reporter
United Beef Club

The first meeting of the United Beef Club was held on May 27, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the LeBlanc residence. Our leaders called the meeting to order followed by the club reciting the 4-H pledge. We started with an icebreaker activity and then elections were held for our president, […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

A gathering of Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce members received a schooling in forestry basics and warned of the work that needs to be done by business organizations, government and municipal leaders to sustain forests and preserve the industry. Derek Nighbor, president and chief executive officer of the Forest Products […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The shuttered Thunder Bay Heddle Shipyards is not helping matters for the bulk carrier Michipicoten, which struggled to make its way to a berth at Keefer Terminal on Saturday. The ship must now be taken to a dry dock in either Duluth, Minn., or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The 212.75-metre-long vessel, […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Rare sightings of cougars continue to be reported by rural residents who live near Thunder Bay. Long-time Shabaqua resident Danusia Klimkowski said she spotted what appeared to be a cougar last Friday night while she was driving on Highway 11 near the Lyyli Road intersection. “As I approached, his tail […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

DRYDEN – Downtown foot patrols have worked in more ways than one, according to the local Ontario Provincial Police detachment. Dryden OPP, which replaced a municipal police force in the city of 8,000 in 2023, has officers on downtown foot patrol at least 10 times a day, according to Insp. […]

By Michelle Dorey Forestell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kingstonist.com

This simple but heartfelt message to all those who follow Dave and Gwen Mills on Facebook comes at the end of seven years, which started with the tragic death of their son, Garrett Mills. Bill 99’s third and final reading passed on Tuesday, May 30, 2024, becoming a new law […]

By Hugh Kruzel
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star

Noah Lambert, Mason Orlowski, Ryan Cassie and Robert Jickling have created a mine rescue device that could one day save the life of a miner in Sudbury or anywhere across the world. Jickling answered questions about the Motorized Mine Rescue Cart at a recent event at the Cliff Fielding Centre […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Championship is wrapping up this week at the Fort Williams Gardens where eight teams from Algoma, Kirkland Lake, Sudbury, Onaping, Thunder Bay, Red Lake, Timmins, and southern Ontario competed for the coveted golden hard hat trophy. Shawn Rideout, the chief mine rescue officer at Workplace […]