It was a globe-spanning musical adventure last week as students at Fort Frances High School put on the annual Musical Revue from go to bed this Saturday.Wednesday, October 22, to Friday, October 24, 2025. This year’s theme was “Oh, The Places You Will Go!” and featured songs about different places, […]
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By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
A new report touts the economic impact — and untapped potential — of alternative schools that register mature students, adult newcomers and others who did not finish Grade 12. “We ought to be radically re-imagining what education is,” said Jim Silver, professor emeritus of urban and inner-city studies at the […]
Staff
A local organization is bringing in a special guest speaker to mark Men’s Health Awareness and Diabetes Awareness months in the district with a community event. The Rainy River District Ontario Health Team (RRDOHT) will be hosting a free, all-ages event on Monday, November 3, 2025, titled “Conversations for Mind […]
Staff
A Fort Frances man is facing a charges following a traffic stop conducted by members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Friday. According to a press release from the OPP, the individual was pulled over on Friday, October 24, 2025, after members of the Rainy River […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
It comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals are planning to announce a new immigration plan in the upcoming federal budget, and as the opposition Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre are calling for the significant reigning in of people from other countries coming to Canada. In places like […]
By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com
ATIKOKAN — Rob Ferguson says he’s invoking his strong mayor powers for the first time in an effort to keep the next municipal property tax hike in Atikokan down. A “mayoral directive” issued on Oct. 21 calls for administration to prepare a draft budget that “maintains the services that town […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Volunteers at the Thunder Bay Repair Café are making old things new again while helping to reduce clothing and items heading to the landfill. They methods are saving costs for new items and teaching people how to do their own repairs. “It’s Circular Economy month,” said Nancy Saunders, founder of […]
By Abdul Matin Sarfraz
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
With emotions running high over Canada’s trade standoff with the US, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s attempt to take his anti-tariff message directly to Americans appears to have backfired. The $75-million ad campaign that used clips from former US president Ronald Reagan speaking out against tariffs, prompted President Donald Trump to […]
By Sonal Gupta
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Indigenous Services Canada is still failing to fully address emergency response needs for First Nations communities as climate disasters intensify across the country, a new audit warns. The Auditor General found “unsatisfactory progress” on about half of 34 recommendations made since 2015. Despite nearly doubling spending on Indigenous programs — […]
By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba children have been hit by vehicles 36 times this year. Seven of them were in September, as kids made their way back to school after the summer break. Manitoba Public Insurance’s latest analysis of road incidents also reveals there have been dozens of collisions involving school buses in 2025. […]
By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
A deranged-looking scarecrow may be just the thing for a Halloween horror flick, but its scare power may be more mythical than factual. Bird buffs say some birds don’t seem to become spooked, at least not for very long. “American crows are very perceptive, and smart,” Thunder Bay-based expert Brian […]
By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is moving ahead with its plan to relocate its gaming centre to the side of the Trans-Canada Highway. Groundwork started last week on a parcel near the Sioux Valley Petro station at the corner of the Trans-Canada and Highway 21, Chief Vince Tacan told the Sun […]
