• KWG Resources Updates Ring of Fire

    KWG Resources Updates Ring of Fire

    THUNDER BAY – Mining – The Ring of Fire remains in contention for mining companies across the region. The move by Cliffs Natural Resources to suspend the company’s Environmental Assessment process has confused some in the industry. KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) wishes to update stakeholders on its position concerning the development of its interests in [...]

     
  • Splash Pad Country Park started in 2010 still not running in 2013

    Splash Pad Remains Dry for Now

      THUNDER BAY – County Park residents are feeling the heat. That heat is being transferred back to City Managers. The splash pad in County Park remains inoperable. Right now the word is that it should be working by the time school ends.  That is the exact same message residents were told in 2012 when [...]

     
  • James Gandolfino Dead at 51

    THUNDER BAY – James Gandolfini, best known for playing Tony Soprano is dead. “It is with immense sorrow that we report our client James Gandolfini passed away today while on holiday in Rome, Italy,” said his co- managers; Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders. “Our hearts are shattered and we will miss him deeply. He and his [...]

     
  • Def Superior Art Gallery and Mac’s Art Partnership

    THUNDER BAY – Mac’s in Action! In May 2013, Mac’s partnered with Die Active and Definitely Superior Art Gallery for a Community Street Mural Project. This innovative art partnership project builds upon the growing strength/phenomena of the Die Active youth art collective, which is now entering into its fifth year of contemporary art activities involving new [...]

     
  • Robert Francis Kennedy was murdered in Los Angeles in 1968

    Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Still Missed

    THUNDER BAY - RFK, as he was known at the time, was the younger brother of John F. Kennedy who himself had been murdered five years earlier by one and likely more assassins in Dallas, Texas. A tireless and progressive crusader for a more equitable society, RFK was on the campaign trail in Los Angeles seeking [...]

     
  • One can only hope that the beauty of the Nor'Westers is not headed into the sunset

    Environment vs Technology – Big Thunder Wind Farm

    THUNDER BAY - The race is on with just a few days left to comment about the protection of the Loch Lomond Watershed and Nor’ Wester Mountains for a technology that could be old by tomorrow. Big Thunder Wind Farm – Deadline Looms The Nor’ Wester Range located in the region of Thunder Bay, ON, Fort [...]

     
  • Wayasa Airways aircraft provide a vital connection to remote northern communities

    Better Aviation Fuel Options Coming

    PARIS – Leaded aviation gasoline could be partly replaced by alternative fuels. Researchers at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have announced a new project to assist in the development and testing of an alternative for low lead (100LL) aviation gasoline. “The National Research Council of Canada has the expertise and facilities to support the [...]

     
  • Pikangikum First Nation

    Pikangikum First Nation Boosts Forestry

    THUNDER BAY – “On behalf of the Council of Pikangikum First Nation, I want to note how the issuance of the Sustainable Forest Licence for the Whitefeather Forest is the final and most important planning milestone that will allow our people to move forward economically with a forestry opportunity. I wish to thank our Elders, [...]

     
 
 
 
 
 
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    Moscow, Russia – G20 young Entrepreneur Alliance -As G20 leaders prepare for their 2013 Russian Summit, 18 Canadians were among more than 400 young entrepreneurs from G20 countries calling on them to promote youth entrepreneurship as a powerful response to some of the most significant challenges faced by today’s global economy. The G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance, a network [...]

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  • Investigation Into Assault in Constance Lake

    Investigation Into Assault in Constance Lake

    CONSTANCE LAKE – During the early morning hours of Saturday, June 15, 2013, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) responded to the report of an injured male located in a ditch in the community of Constance Lake First Nation. Emergency services attended the scene and transported the victim to the Hearst hospital. The victim was subsequently [...]

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  • Opponents of internet voting are derided

    Opponents of internet voting are derided

    THUNDER BAY – Readers Ledger - Opponents of internet voting are derided as being against progress and the future of democracy.  I ask all of those who support internet voting this one simple question.  How can we allow internet voting in municipalities, when there are no standardized procedures outlined in the Municipal Elections Act to address any concerns regarding [...]

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  • Getting The Ring of Fire Right Key – Minister Gravelle

    Getting The Ring of Fire Right Key – Minister Gravelle

    THUNDER BAY – Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Michael Gravelle is convinced that the Ring of Fire is going to happen. “It might be slightly longer, but it will be going forward,” stated the Minister. “We are going to get it right,” continued Gravelle. The announcement last week that Cliffs Natural Resources has suspended [...]

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  • Thunder Bay Police Lay Sexual Assault Charges

    Thunder Bay Police Lay Sexual Assault Charges

    THUNDER BAY - The Thunder Bay Police Criminal Investigation Unit began investigating an alleged historical sexual assault in 2011. The investigation resulted in several other victims coming forward and the arrest of a 46 year old Thunder Bay male on Monday, June 17, 2013. Thunder Bay Police laid Sexual Assault Charges Jeff Paxton has been charged [...]

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