by adminA section of Highway 595 has been fully closed west of Kakabeka Falls. The roadway is closed near Cronk Road south of Highway 590 due to washed-out road conditions, according to the provincial police. The closure was first reported by the Ministry of Transportation on Wednesday night...
READ MORE by adminInternal trade was the big topic of conversation at the premiers meeting earlier this week. All 13 premiers of the provinces and territories met in Ontario from Monday through Wednesday. Many have new laws to remove red tape when selling goods or moving workers between provinces, but...
READ MORE by adminPhoto by Jon Tyson on Unsplash The “Good News Network” website featured a story titled, “It took my 7 years to understand this, I’ll teach you in one minute”. The less you say, the more your words will matter. Don’t take everything personally. Not everyone thinks about you, as much...
READ MORE by adminOnly one new fire popped up in Northwestern Ontario on yesterday. It’s about 1.3 hectares in size and out of control just southwest of Signapore Lake. Overall 46 fires are burning in the region, with nine out of control and nine under control. Firefighters are keeping an eye on 27 of...
READ MORE by adminEvery once in a while, the stars align and some really good things happen… and that was truly the case a few years ago when I met Steven and Daniel for the first time while I was guiding for a lodge in Red Rock. They weren’t my clients, but we chatted in the evenings during their trip…...
READ MORE by adminA 45-year-old man from the Deer Lake First Nation is dead after being shot by the Nishnawbe Aski Police. Both the Ontario Special Investigations Unit and the OPP are looking into the shooting. The incident started around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon when officers went to a house in the...
READ MORE by adminThunder Bay’s Live on the Waterfront rock night has been cancelled. The event was scheduled to take place on Wednesday night, but a summer storm rained out the event. The weekly event will continue as normal, on July 30. The Live on the Waterfront series runs every Wednesday until...
READ MORE by adminFewer Canadians are making trips south of the border as a trade war continues between the two countries. The number of Canadian-resident return trips dropped 31.9 per cent year over year in May, according to Statistics Canada. Canadian residents returned from 2.3 million trips to the...
READ MORE by adminOntario’s official opposition party would like to see more support for fighting forest fires in northwestern Ontario. In a visit to Thunder Bay, NDP Leader Marit Stiles highlighted that the provincial government can do more. “This government is letting Ontario burn,” said Stiles. “Doug...
READ MORE by adminThe province is providing more money to advance investment in the exploration, mining and processing of critical minerals. Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce says another $7 million will be made available through the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund. “And we’re launching it today,...
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