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Posted 3 December 2025

Tractor-trailer in ditch closes Highway 11

A section of Highway 11 is fully closed. It’s from Nipigon to Beardmore and for the removal of a disabled tractor-trailer in the ditch. According to Ontario Provincial Police, tow and clean-up crews have been engaged.

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Posted 2 December 2025

SIJHL unveils All-Star Showcase squad

Four Bombers, Four North Stars, Three Fighting Walleye, Three Miners and Three Lakers and Two Ice Dogs. That’s the team-by-team breakdown of the 20 players that will represent the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) during the All-Star Showcase next month at Fort William...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Turning Challenges into Chords: Guitars for Kids Makes Its Debut

Brooke Pilley remembers the moment he decided to pick up a guitar again after years of setting it aside to focus on work, family, and the everyday noise of adulthood. What struck him wasn’t whether he still remembered how to play—it was the feeling. The calm. The spark. The sense of being...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Federal gaps leave Indigenous Elders without adequate long-term care

By: Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterSource: Canada’s National Observer Gaps in federal funding and authority expose many First Nations and Inuit Elders in Canada to inadequate long-term care, forcing them to leave their home communities, language and culture, documents...

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Posted 2 December 2025

A little wine

As a bit of a wine geek, one of my favorite things to do is go through the LCBO online website and check out some of the bargains to be had. Now, you might think wine and bargains are an oxymoron, but there are deals to be had. The LCBO website has two areas worth checking out for budget...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Canadian satire writer fools Time Magazine with made up quote

A man with roots in Halifax, Nova Scotia who writes for a Canadian satire site says it was very funny when a quote from his article on Canada/U.S. relations was used as fact in Time Magazine. And a little scary. Living in Ontario, Ian MacIntyre editor and writer at The Beaverton, wrote a...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Tbaytel launches 12 Days of Christmas campaign

Tbaytel’s annual campaign for 12 days of holiday cheer has launched. For ten years, the campaign has surprised community members with gifts, meals, free gas, donations, and activities. The 12 Days of Christmas campaign launched on December 1. Each day will bring new surprise events...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Today is GIVING TUESDAY!

Today, December 2nd is GIVING TUESDAY.  It’s thought of as a global generosity movement, where non-profit organizations can share the spotlight and talk about what it is they do, and most importantly ask for donations! (but, it goes beyond that) It’s an initiative that started 13 years ago...

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Posted 2 December 2025

Carney shuffles cabinet, Marc Miller returns to front bench

Prime Minister Mark Carney has brought former Liberal cabinet minister Marc Miller back into the fold, naming him the new minister of Canadian identity and culture, replacing Steven Guilbeault, who resigned from cabinet last week. Miller will also take over Guilbeault’s role as minister...

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Posted 1 December 2025

LRCA not in favour of merger

The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority is opposing any merger into a larger jurisdiction. The province is proposing to create the Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority. The LRCA is put forward a resolution against the forced consolidation. It says the new Conservation...

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