Northwest
2012-01-20 at 6:00 PM
Robert Sugarhead’s shirt comes complete with a buttoned-up collar. “I’m wearing a tie and trying to be professional,” the Fort Hope First Nation’s resident says, with the tie loosely around his neck, featuring a full Windsor knot and perfectly placed dimple. It’s...
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2012-01-19 at 11:47
Another federal NDP leadership hopeful is making a campaign stop in Thunder Bay.
Paul Dewar will be in the area Friday, attending several events and meeting with students, community leaders and party faithful.
Dewar is the MP in Ottawa-Centre, and has served as the NDP...
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2012-01-17 at 14:46
Thunder Bay's tourism officials are reaching out to what they call a promising demographic. Tourism Manager Paul Pepe says Ride Lake Superior continues to gain ground, attracting motorcycle enthusiasts to our region. He said many of these motor cycle travelers are mature and have healthy...
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2012-01-12 at 14:48
Amos Winter says if a program to battle prescription drug abuse in his community can continue, more resources are needed.
Winter, the health director for Kingfisher Lake First Nation, said he has seen success since September when his community started a detoxification and treatment program for...
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2012-01-10 at 15:25
OTTAWA - The only school in a troubled northwestern Ontario First Nation has closed down almost all of its classes because mould has driven away many of its teachers.
The Pikangikum First Nation says it has seen almost all the non-local teachers leave the community of 2,400 because of mould...
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The City of Dryden has joined the list of communities in the Northwest looking to deal with a growing deer population.
Dryden City Manager Joe van Koeverden said all options will be on the table at a public meeting scheduled for two weeks from now, including a potential deer cull.
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2011-12-29 at 14:29
Construction on two hydro stations on the White River is expected to begin this spring.
The Pic Mobert Hydro Power Joint Venture will involve two, separate run-of-the river stations south of Highway 17, just west of the Town of White River.
The two stations are expected to...
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2011-12-14 at 16:46
Officials involved with a regional renewable fuel operation are now waiting for contracts before moving ahead.
Atikokan Renewable Fuels president Ed Fukushima said the wood pellet facility will delay its opening by up to six month while contracts are finalized.
Fukushima said on top of...
2011-12-13 at 9:00 AM
Police in Atikokan have charged a man in connection with several break-ins that have been reported in that community.
Officials with the Rainy River District Detachment of the OPP say the Atikokan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Quetico Inn were targets of break-ins on Dec. 9.
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2011-12-12 at 17:23
The town of Ignace has decided to take the next step in the process to become a host community for a nuclear waste repository. Ignace town council has decided to move forward into Phase 3 of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's site selection process. The NWMO will now perform feasibility...
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2011-12-05 at 11:07
CKPR stretches signal, morning show to air live from Atikokan
CKPR Radio waves are reaching farther into the region.
A new transmitter means people in Atikokan can now pick up the signal.
CKPR Radio’s program director, Brad Hilgers, says content will be more focused to the...
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2011-11-29 at 16:23
Unity was again the theme for a Ring of Fire strategy forum in the city.
“We can’t approach these things fractured,” said Elijah Harper, a former member of both provincial and federal parliament in northern Manitoba.
Harper was one of several speakers at the two-day First...
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2011-11-29 at 10:58
TIMMINS, Ont. - A solution to some of the most immediate problems in Attawapiskat seems to be taking shape.
Regional Grand Chief Stan Louttit says five families living in tents on the Northern Ontario reserve should be able to move into homes fairly soon — likely before Christmas.
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2011-11-22 at 10:38
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has been ranked one of the top 40 research hospitals in Canada.
Since the Regional Research Institute was founded in 2008, scientists have secured more than $12 million in grant funding for medical research.
The regional hospital...
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2011-11-21 at 10:17
A 13-year-old Newfoundland boy is dead following a collision near Wawa between a tractor-trailer and an SUV. The crash took place just before noon Sunday on Highway 17, near Rabbit Blanket Park. Officials with the OPP say the northbound transport lost control on a downhill grade and struck...
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