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(ALBERTON TWP, ON) – The Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a school bus collision that occurred on Hwy 611 in Alberton Township. On April 15, 2025, at approximately 8:30 am, the Fort Frances OPP responded to a report of a single vehicle, school bus roll over on […]

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is putting local and Northwestern businesses first when it comes to procurement opportunities for the development of Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.  The nuclear waste group wants to connect with local and Indigenous businesses and suppliers to broaden its supplier base […]

The town of Geraldton is “on the map” with the potential for junior exploration companies to mine and mill gold ore in the community. It begins with the Greenstone Gold Mine, which is owned by Equinox Gold, opening a pit at an older mine that it has been mining for […]

THUNDER BAY — Receiving a King Charles III Coronation medal is “a massive honour,” Const. Mason Morriseau said after Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Chief Terry Armstrong presented medals to him and two other NAPS officers. Also receiving Coronation medals Monday at NAPS headquarters were Sgt. Robert MacPhail and Const. Miles […]

Manitoba teachers are receiving marching orders to pay closer attention to how young students learn to read and use new tools to flag early signs of struggle. The NDP government is introducing universal screening — systematic checks on a student’s knowledge of the alphabet, letter-sound relationships and compound words, among […]

A beloved figure in the community, Tyra the World’s Largest Dinosaur, is slated to go the way of the dinosaurs at the end of 2029. Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce announced during its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, March 26, that the World’s Largest Dinosaur, along with the Visitor […]

Riverside Health Care is excited to launch the new Rainy River District and Regional Specialty and Diagnostic Transportation program, offering affordable and accessible transportation across the district, to and from Thunder Bay medical centres. Made possible by the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team, Ontario Health and the Ministry of […]

TIMMINS — The Ontario government is providing more than $553,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs to improve snowmobile trails throughout Northern Ontario. This investment in local infrastructure will help boost economic growth, encourage tourism and improve quality of life through recreational opportunities. “With […]

Lakehead University has helped to launch four student business startups this month with the students graduating from the sixth cohort of Ingenuity’s Ascend Accelerator Program. Each chosen startup project receives funding from the John Dobson Foundation, along with mentorship and weekly workshops, and students are held accountable to milestone goals […]

As electricity demand continues to rise in Northern Ontario, the provincial government is partnering with two First Nations to explore two new hydroelectric generating stations. If approved, the Nine Mile Rapids and Grand Rapids generating station projects could produce a combined 430 mw of clean energy — enough to power […]

A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement. Onigaming Chief Jeff Copenace says his community “fundamentally opposes” a proposed gold mine and warns that the development “will be opposed at any cost necessary […]