by adminThe Nuclear Waste Management Organization is giving $10 million to the Township of Ignace. It’s all part of the community’s Municipal Hosting Agreement with the NWMO. Under the agreement, Ignace has discretionary use of the funding for things like housing, infrastructure and other...
READ MORE by adminIt may not feel like it outside, but summer is right around the corner. Thunder Bay’s iconic parks are starting to open up for camping season. Kakabeka Falls opened last weekend, attracting over 2500 visitors. The Sleeping Giant, Silver Falls Provincial Park and Fort William Historical...
READ MORE by adminThe District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board (TBDSSAB) is announcing three projects to create a total of 118 new child care spaces across Thunder Bay. The projects received $1,758,804 in expansion funding through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC)...
READ MORE by adminOntario’s Auditor General is calling for increased inspection of commercial vehicle driver training programs. Shelley Spence says she found a lack of oversight of the private career colleges that offer the training and inconsistent training practices. Spence says inspections of those...
READ MORE by adminFormer Tbaytel CEO, engineer and venture capitalist Peter Diedrich is the latest to enter the Thunder Bay mayoral election, after submitting his nomination papers at City Hall on Tuesday. Diedrich is running on the promise of running a more transparent and bureaucratically efficient city...
READ MORE by adminOne woman is facing impaired driving charges following a traffic stop in Fort Frances. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say officers, with assistance of Treaty Three Police Service, responded to a report of a suspected impaired driver on May 9. They were able to locate the vehicle shortly...
READ MORE by adminLakehead District School Board chair Leah Vanderwey has resigned. She submitted her resignation at a closed Special Board Meeting on May 5. Vanderwey was first appointed a board trustee in 2022. She held the position of Chair since December 2024. According to the board meeting...
READ MORE by adminTaking ‘grandma to the prom’! For 14 years, a Wisconsin teenager kept a promise that started when he was just a toddler. AND, last week, he finally made it happen. Think about it – most highschoolers go to prom with their classmates, or boyfriends or girlfriends. BUT, 17 year old...
READ MORE by adminTwo people are facing charges after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized property valued at more than $325,000 in the Rainy River District. On May 7, OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with assistance from the Kenora CSCU, Dryden CSCU, Kenora Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau...
READ MORE by adminA lack of provincial funding is being blamed for a rise in hospital wait times. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds hospital wait times are up 52% over the past five years, while the time it takes to be admitted to hospitals is up 67%. Researcher Andrew Longhurst says the...
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