by Chloe HannanThe Ontario government wants to break the stigma around period poverty by making sure schools across Ontario offer free menstrual products to their students. Minister of Education, Todd Smith, announced a new three-year agreement on Monday with Shoppers Drug Mart to expand the province’s...
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Around 80,000 tourists will descend on Sussex for the 37th Atlantic Balloon Fiesta from Sept. 6 to 8. Alannah Pearson, the pilot coordinator, said the fiesta was created in 1985 when several residents were allowed to extend the local tourist season by hosting a hot air balloon event. Local...
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by Chloe HannanThunder Bay’s Sweet North Bakery decides to close its doors at the Court Street location. The Court Street store experienced flooding in early July, and they opened a third location on High Street North shortly after. Announced in a Facebook post yesterday, owners Kris and Erinn DeLorenzi have...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick has announced $3.6 million for a peacekeeping program in eight Mi’gmaq communities. Funding for the Mi’gmaq Peacekeeping Initiative will be provided over three years, the province said in a news release. Community safety officers from Mi’gmaq communities are trained to focus on...
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It’s Day one of the Western Nova Scotia Exhibition in Yarmouth. Inside Arena 1, a baby contest, magician Patrick Drake, and 7-year-old singer Carson Fullerton on the main stage tonight. Light and mini-horse events, ox hauls and the Bob Ryerson Memorial Street Class Truck Pull happen outside....
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by Brad PerryCanada’s economy grew by 0.2 per cent in May, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The manufacturing sector led the growth at 1.0 per cent, marking its largest increase since January 2023. Non-durable goods and durable goods manufacturing both recorded increases, according to the...
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by Brad PerryA six-point deduction for Canada’s women’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics will remain. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer’s appeal. The punishment came after a team staff member used a drone to spy on New Zealand’s practices....
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by Tim DavidsonTwo First Nations communities in the Kenora area are ending their association with Treaty Three Police Service. Wabaseemoong Independent Nations and Grassy Narrows cite insufficient and ineffective policing that has led to an increase in violence, drug use and deaths. The two communities say...
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by Tim DavidsonIt’s been a pretty quiet forest fire season in northwestern Ontario. The same can’t be said for western Canada with hundreds of wildfires burning, particularly in the Jasper, Alberta area. Fire information officer Alison Bezubiak says they’ve been lending out fire fighters all season,...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Ministry of Natural Resources is reporting several new forest fires in northwestern Ontario. Six were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing to 16, the number of active wildfires Most posing no problems and are being observed. Three are in the Red Lake fire district, two in the Sioux Lookout region...
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