By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

A shutout on Sunday night and a tight contest on Family Day Monday saw the Fort Frances Lakers take four points over the weekend to remain atop the SIJHL standings. Sunday’s game was a 7-0 blowout, which despite the score, was no small achievement. Each of the Lakers’ seven goals […]

By Liam Oliver Neilson
Staff writer
lneilson@fortfrances.com

The Devlin Community Hall in La Vallee, Ont. will get more than $250,000 from the province to fund renovations, keeping the local event venue running for years to come, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford announced on Feb. 12. The investment comes from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), which […]

By Times Staff

Two individuals from Toronto are facing charges following the execution of a search warrant in Dryden. According to a release from the Dryden Detachment of the OPP, the pair were arrested and charged on Feb. 13, following the execution of a search warrant issued as part of an ongoing drug […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president Charla Robinson says there are several steps the Ontario government can take in its 2026 budget to help the city achieve its growth potential. The chamber forwarded its priorities to the government last month during the province’s pre-consultation process for a budget document that […]

By Matt Prokopchuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

KENORA — The mayor and council in Kenora now know more about what it could cost if the city were to return to a municipal police service. Consultants with MNP presented at Kenora council’s meeting on Feb. 10 and took questions from those around the table. The consultants’ report says it would cost roughly twice […]

By Clint Fleury
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBnewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY – The Ministry of Education decided student safety requires all educational staff, including educators, support staff and volunteers, to get a regularly updated police record check. Carlos Santander-Maturna, president of the Lakehead District Labour Council, says the new regulation doesn’t make sense. “It’s going to create more problems […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Time is running out to obtain Thunder Bay Historical Museum 50/50 tickets, which will be available until Feb. 26 at 12 p.m. The draw, which is the second since last fall, will be a quarterly event for the museum, replacing the annual car raffle. Scott Bradley, museum director, said when […]

By Owen Fullerton
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
YGK News

After years of lobbying the provincial government to lift a tuition freeze enacted during COVID, post secondary institutions in Ontario are celebrating the province’s recently announced funding changes. Universities and colleges in Ontario will be permitted to raise tuition by up to two percent for the next three years, followed […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Town of Fort Frances will not need to pay the legal costs to the province and federal governments following lobbying efforts on their behalf. Early Wednesday evening the Town of Fort Frances published a letter, attributed to Mayor Andrew Hallikas and CAO Marcel Michaels, announcing that the region’s federal […]

By Times Staff

There’s plenty on offer this long weekend as local organizations and businesses join forces to offer a fun Family Day experience. Groups in Fort Frances will be coming together on, and in the lead up to, Family Day on Monday, February 16 to host the Family Frost Festival, a full […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Lakers have partnered with Rusty Myers Fly-In Outposts and other local fishing and tourism businesses to use the weekend to celebrate lake life in the Fort Frances region. With the announcement from the province noting that the Family Day weekend is a free fishing weekend, and with temperatures creeping […]