Kiwanis Club member Robin Wright, left, made a special appearance as Jessica Shute of Turtle Island Café and Barbershop pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s Trip of the Month draw on Monday, November 3, 2025. Ginny Heilman was the winner of an Eastern Caribbean Cruise trip, valued at […]
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From the Fort Frances Times
Thursday, May 10, 1945
Thursday, May 10, 1945
In Europe the war is over. In Fort Frances the celebrating is over and life has returned more or less to normal. Because of the news of the war’s end in Europe being released to an expectant world by a news service before it was officially proclaimed by the heads […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
After an 8-5 loss on Halloween in Dryden, the Fort Frances Lakers beat the Kam River Walleye 6-3 in a rare Sunday evening contest. Kam River jumped out to a lead about five minutes into the first period and the Lakers struggled going 0-3 on powerplay before Judd Pesch got […]
By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
The availability of housing is one of the greatest challenges for many rural communities to attract workers, and so the Town of Fort Frances will take steps to support potential new out of town hires in the future. Fort Frances council tasked municipal staff in September to dig into staff […]
By James Matthews
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
jmatthews@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances will dip into a reserve purse to cover extra funds needed to finish work on the fire hall. Municipal staff designed and tendered for the renovation of the Fort France Fire Hall through 2024 with initial tenders coming in well over the project’s budget. As a result, the […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
KENORA — A new study has found Indigenous people in Thunder Bay and Kenora report higher rates of discrimination in the health care system than those in southern Ontario. The data was compiled by Octavia Wong, a Toronto-based researcher. It noted that, among Indigenous respondents, 39 per cent and 37 […]
By Jon Thompson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Riccochet
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Riccochet
The federal government has not responded to requests for comment since Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for Canada to abandon its environmental assessment in the proposed Ring of Fire mining development. At an infrastructure funding announcement for Webequie First Nation last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford publicly asked Prime Minister Mark […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Kap Paper has received a $10-million investment from the federal government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (Fednor). The crucial funding supports the continued and future operations of Kap Paper, helping the company maintain operations, explore new production opportunities, and proceed with business planning, engineering, and development […]
By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
THUNDER BAY — New Democrat MPP Lise Vaugeois says the government’s proposed changes to the Election Act are good for the governing Tories but bad for democracy. The government, for its part, says the changes would “strengthen and increase public trust in the province’s electoral system.” Among the reforms proposed this week […]
By Abdul Matin Sarfraz
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Senior members of the Trump administration praised Canada for wildfire coordination on Friday at the G7 meeting in Toronto, while downplaying climate science and pushing forest management as the main solution to cross-border smoke. At a press conference in Toronto, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin said recent […]
By Steven Sukkau
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun
Two Manitobans whose lives were forever changed by dangerous driving are sharing their stories with young people across the province this month, as part of Manitoba Public Insurance’s annual Friends For Life speaker series. Jon Tiessen was hit head-on by an impaired driver while driving home from watching a hockey […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY — The grand chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation says he’s waiting to see how the upcoming federal budget will tackle longstanding First Nations priorities. Alvin Fiddler helped open the 2025 NAN Chiefs Fall Assembly in Thunder Bay on Nov. 4. In his opening address to the assembled […]
