By Times Staff Rainy River District OPP have a youth offender in custody following an arson investigation that resulted from a late night fire at the Fort Frances Canadian Tire store. In a post made to their Facebook page early this morning, Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Services noted that […]

By Times Staff

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reminding travellers to plan ahead when travelling to Canada this holiday season. Between January 1 and October 31, 2025, the CBSA says they welcomed more than 70 million travellers while also intercepting over 30,790 kg of illegal drugs and 13,500 weapons and firearms. […]

By Mike Stimpson,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

THUNDER BAY — Ontario’s legislative assembly is taking a 14-week break after having already taken a 19-week summer break and sitting only 51 days this year. And the MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North doesn’t like it one bit. “It’s appalling, really,” Lise Vaugeois, a New Democrat, said of the Progressive […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor) will spend $15.8 million in Northern Ontario over three years to strengthen defence supply chains and increase their industrial and innovation capacity. The funding is part of the federal government’s national $357.7-million Regional Defence Investment Initiative that extends from Canada’s $6.6 […]

By Steven Sukkau
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun

Canadians continue to face lengthy delays for medically necessary health care, with patients waiting more than six months on average from a family doctor referral to treatment, according to a new national study, a reality experts say has become the defining feature of the country’s health-care system. The Fraser Institute’s Waiting […]

By Chris Fell,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CollingwoodToday.ca

The Ford government’s plan to merge Ontario’s conservation authorities into much larger entities is not sitting well with two members of The Blue Mountains council. Collingwood council isn’t on board either. If the change were approved, both Collingwood and the Town of the Blue Mountains, alongside 78+ other municipalities, would […]

By Shari Narine
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

After a decade-and-a-half of recording music and writing songs, his new book The Work of Our Hands: A Cree Meditation on the Real World is the first time Juno-nominated Cree singer Adrian Sutherland has put pen to paper in this manner. And, he admits, it was more difficult than he […]

By Times Staff

One man is in police custody following a break and enter in Atikokan. According to a press release from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., officers responded to a break and enter incident on Male Crescent in Atikokan. As police arrived on […]

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Though fewer Canadians are choosing to travel to the U.S. while Donald Trump is that country’s president, a complete overhaul of Minnesota’s Grand Portage border facility on Highway 61 aims to “decrease congestion and long wait times” during peak travel periods. The US$105-million project announced on Monday by the U.S. […]

By Sonal Gupta
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

Trevor Stratton recalls the day he wandered out of a pharmacy without paying last summer. The pharmacist chased him down and scolded him — only to later confirm there had been no charge at all. Stratton, who was recovering from a seizure and unclear on his medication coverage, describes the […]

By Natasha Bulowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

Canada’s food safety agency doubts it could adequately protect the food supply in the next two years if the country is hit with several concurrent emergencies, such as animal disease outbreaks or food safety recalls. The problem is exacerbated by climate change, with the agency warning the crisis could impact […]