By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SNnewswatch.com

GINOOGAMING — Why does Ginoogaming First Nation have security checkpoints with drug-detecting dogs? Because “we have to do more,” Chief Sheri Taylor told Newswatch during the first week of the new protocol at the bridge into Ginoogaming. The First Nation has contracted a Moosonee-based company to deploy highly trained drug-sniffing […]

By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – The 63 evacuees from Weenusk First Nation are already missing home, two days after arriving in the city, according to Thunder Bay Fire Rescue’s Fire Prevention Chief Kevin Anderson. “They’re getting homesick, they want to go home, so we just try to keep them comfortable and keep […]

– Ken Kellar photo

Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, along with town staff, councillors, along with members and supporters of the local 2SLGBTQIA+ marked the beginning of Pride Month in Fort Frances with a flag raising at the Civic Centre on Friday, June 5, 2026. The mayor also read out a proclamation officially declaring […]

By Maya Ekman
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NWOnewswatch.com

Two pillars of healthcare in Northern Ontario, Elder Theresa Fiddler and Maureen Lacroix, were awarded with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) inaugural honorary degrees last month. Fiddler and Lacroix were recognized for the changes and connections that they have built within health-care systems in Northern Ontario. Provost and […]

By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tbnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – Filling in all the city’s potholes is going to take time. City roads manager Ian Spoljarich addressed the issue at Wednesday’s Neebing ward meeting. After months of complaints about potholes and deteriorating roads, Neebing ward coun. Greg Johnsen put together a road information session to address some of the […]

By Benjamin Steeves
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pointer

“An integrity commissioner is supposed to be independent, yet a significant number of code of conduct complaints (against municipal council members) come from administration and staff,” lawyer Guy Giorno, one of the most widely respected municipal integrity commissioners in Ontario, told a provincial government committee last summer, when Queen’s Park […]