The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is continuing to manage an outbreak of tuberculosis in the city of Thunder Bay. The outbreak was declared at the beginning of March. To date, TBDHU has identified eleven cases of active tuberculosis in Thunder Bay associated with this outbreak. Most cases [Read more]
Fostering innovation and research to boost entrepreneurship and skills training in Northwestern Ontario THUNDER BAY, ON – Innovative, job-creating businesses and entrepreneurs in Northwestern Ontario will benefit from a skilled, employment-ready technology and trades workforce thanks to a [Read more]
Restricted Fire Zones Northeast fire region Due to the extreme fire hazard, recent heavy lightning, little precipitation and increased forest fire, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry implemented Restricted Fire Zones across a major part of the northeast and central region as outlined [Read more]
(Scroll down for other communities) Alerts for: Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa 19:52 EDT Sunday 5 August 2018 No Alerts in effect. Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa _________________________ Alerts for: Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Watches 7:46 PM EDT Sunday 05 [Read more]
Alerts for: Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi (Scroll down for details of other communities) Warnings 5:29 PM EDT Sunday 05 August 2018 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Nakina – Aroland [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Ontario government recently announced its intention to begin public consultation on a new Health and Physical Education Curriculum. The Minister of Education, Lisa Thompson has stated her expectation that beginning in September school boards are to utilize the 1998 version of [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On July 31, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an unconscious male at a residence on Stevens Avenue in Marathon. Officers attended and confirmed that a 20-year-old male from Marathon was receiving [Read more]
Back in 1987, movie goers were treated to star studded comedy about a wealthy woman who suffers from amnesia after falling from her yacht. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell played the lead roles in “Overboard”, which would go on to become somewhat of a cult classic. Here we are, 31 years later, and [Read more]
**Tuesday’s regular Crossover Video weekly news from Owner Tyler Davis returns next week** This week has one, awesome, new release, Ready Player One. “From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – Newly elected NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) was sworn in with an addition to the formal Oath of Office – a pledge to respect the treaties signed with First Nations. Mamakwa took the oath in Oji-Cree as well as English. “And, I solemnly affirm that, in the carrying out [Read more]
Weeks like this are few and far between. This week features a plethora of major new titles with something for all tastes. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Amy Schumer, Jim Carrey and Joaquin Phoenix all play starring roles alongside the long awaited return of the misfit officers of the Vermont [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – (See poster below) Members of the media and the public are cordially invited to attend the Healing Walk for all First Nations and Communities this Thursday. Walkers will be available to speak about a 7-day walk that began yesterday, July 15th, with a pipe ceremony at the [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On June 20, 2018, at approximately 11:30 pm, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check on Highway 584 in the town of Geraldton, Ontario. Shortly after, a vehicle came through the checkpoint and the driver was known to [Read more]
It seems to be more and more common these days to see singers, athletes and other familiar faces from other professions appearing in leading roles in major Hollywood movies. Perhaps no one has made this transition more successfully recently than Dwayne Johnson- a former WWE wrestler who went by [Read more]
Mr. Benjamin Jewiss has ten years of teaching and leadership experience in communities in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. For the past four years, he has been teaching at St. Brigid School in Nakina where he has worked to implement an original, land and inquiry-based Ojibwe language and culture [Read more]
