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When Paddy Peters visits his wife’s grave, he says he thinks about her battle with cancer and the unique challenges she faced compared to patients in southern Ontario. The chief of Pikangikum First Nation, a remote Ojibway community more than 500 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, has no running water in hisContinue Reading

Thunder Bay Michel Beaulieu says Historica Canada’s new Heritage Minute featuring Bora Laskin is “long overdue.” Here’s some insights about the namesake of Thunder Bay, Ont.’s law school, and the contributions he made to Canadian law. Bora Laskin known as first Jewish Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of CanadaContinue Reading

Percy’s final journey: Indigenous man’s remains to be repatriated Percy Onabigon’s family’s decades-long battle to reclaim his remains is almost over. Taken from home as a boy, he lived and died hundreds of kilometres away from his community, but his remains are set to be returned after a final forensicContinue Reading

Thunder Bay·CANADA VOTES 2025 Staff at an overnight shelter in Thunder Bay, Ont., are calling on Elections Canada to make it easier for people experiencing homelessness to cast ballots in the federal election. Here’s what workers say about the differences between the provincial and federal election processes, and the impactContinue Reading

Thunder Bay The chief of Neskantaga First Nation is urging the federal government to immediately help set up a mobile health centre in the remote northwestern Ontario community due to flooding that has closed its nursing station. The First Nation went into a state of emergency on Sunday. Here’s moreContinue Reading

Thunder Bay Indigenous legal advocates in northwestern Ontario are sounding the alarm over the Ontario government’s cancellation of its contract with Starlink, citing concerns with people’s access to legal services in remote First Nations. Funding cut for Starlink-Navigator Program, which provided virtual court access Sarah Law · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Thunder Bay Multiple pharmacists linked to Fort William Medical Pharmacy in south Thunder Bay face an additional set of misconduct allegations by the profession’s Ontario regulator, including falsifying records. One pharmacist also faces allegations of taking or misappropriating drugs from the shop. Allegations ‘unfounded and I will be disputing them,’Continue Reading

Thunder Bay A Thunder Bay, Ont., family says they’re appealing Indigenous Services Canada’s decision to deny their funding request to cover applied behaviour analysis therapy for their four-year-old daughter, who has autism. The family says the lack of federal coverage and the years-long waitlist to get into provincial programming areContinue Reading

Thunder Bay With no alcohol-drug detox centre of its own, Long Lake #58 First Nation in northwestern Ontario is supporting 42 members by sending them to a hotel where they can safely go through the process of stopping substance use. Here’s how the community aims to support healing through on-siteContinue Reading