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- Ongoing crime problem hot topic The continuing crime problem plaguing High Prairie continues to be debated at town council meetings with one councillor…
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CANADA WIDE COMMUNTY NEWS
LATCHFORD – The unsightly state of the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) bridge through here is a dam shame. That’s the view of Latchford council, which is reaching out to fellow municipalities to support their bid [... Read More ]
FORT FRANCES — Surveys unanimously show support for ending the bi-annual clock change in the region’s central time zone municipalities. That’s according to Fort Frances Mayor Andrew Hallikas who told Newswatch that municipal leaders met [... Read More ]
Yorkton’s Gallagher Centre ice arena has a new name. Photo courtesy of the City of Yorkton YORKTON, Sask. — For the local owners behind the newly named SoakZone Auto Spa Arena, the 10-year agreement is [... Read More ]
Tania Cameron, seen here posing with her credentials at Kenora’s City Hall, says she is campaigning as a third party advertiser against three indivduals running as council candidates in the upcoming municipal election. Photo by [... Read More ]
Many legal experts and Indigenous activists are anxiously waiting for a decision in a Campbellton courtroom on Oct. 30. That’s the date Provincial Court Judge Martin Goguen delivers a verdict for three Mi’kmaq fishermen accused [... Read More ]
Restorative justice funding in Alberta leverages practices that are deeply rooted in the Indigenous communities of Turtle Island and their teachings, a cabinet minister emphasized on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “National Day [... Read More ]
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is urging Bloodvein First Nation to reconsider its checkstop after licensed hunters reported being denied access to public Crown land, while the Manitoba Wildlife Federation calls on the RCMP to intervene. [... Read More ]
Janet Snow, the Kenora Cat Shelter’s adoption coordinator. (supplied photo) Pam Fedack, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Some cats arrive at the Kenora Cat Shelter ready to find a new home. Others need time to recover, [... Read More ]
After retiring from his career as a federal conservation officer, Derrick Pottle — an Inuk Elder from Tikigâksuagusik (Rigolet) — devoted himself to guiding people on the land, carving, hunting, and training bear guards. The [... Read More ]
For the Nisga’a Nation, holding Canada to its treaty promises can mean spending time and money that could otherwise support programs and services for its citizens. Modern treaty leaders say an independent federal watchdog could [... Read More ]
Stelco’s U.S.-based parent company Cleveland-Cliffs says a “significant” number of the roughly 350 Hamilton steelworkers set to be laid off on Oct. 9 could transfer to the company’s Nanticoke steelworks, as Stelco concentrates steel production in Haldimand County. But the [... Read More ]
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