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Thunder Bay As First Nations chiefs in northern Ontario call for health-care action, youth demand more involvementYoung people don’t just want to watch as First Nations leaders across Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) call for action to address decades-long issues — they want a seat at the decision-making table. Youth suicideContinue Reading
Thunder Bay Gender-affirming care clinic in Thunder Bay, Ont., closes, leaving patients with limited optionsOne of the only clinics offering gender-affirming medical care in Thunder Bay, Ont., has closed, leaving trans patients in the city and surrounding region with few options. Patients feel ‘abandoned’ and ‘upset’ after closure of UmbrellaContinue Reading
Thunder Bay Nishnawbe Aski Nation holds emergency meeting in Ottawa amid surge in sudden deaths on First NationsAfter a string of recent youth suicides and unexplained deaths in First Nations across northwestern Ontario, federal government officials and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leaders gathered Wednesday at an emergency meeting with federalContinue Reading
Thunder Bay Bearskin Airlines service to Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden in Ontario to be discontinued in MayResidents of three northwestern Ontario communities will have fewer travel options starting this spring as Bearskin Airlines says it will end flights to Fort Frances, Kenora and Dryden in four months. The airline, aContinue Reading
The union hall in Terrace Bay, Ont., was packed wall to wood-panelled wall with restless steelworkers, pink-cheeked from the January wind whipping off Lake Superior. People checked out pamphlets about applying for unemployment insurance and looked through lists of job search websites piled on a table at the back ofContinue Reading
Thunder Bay Ontario Winter Games in Thunder Bay to proceed next month even after over half of the sports pull outThere’s snow on the ground and excitement in the air, but significantly fewer athletes than anticipated will be at next month’s Ontario Winter Games in Thunder Bay. City organizers sayContinue Reading
When Lucille Atlookan found out her kidneys were failing, she never expected to find a transplant match so quickly, let alone from her partner. The 2-Spirit Anishinaabe artist was diagnosed with lupus in 2013. The incurable autoimmune disease causes inflammation in the tissues and organs, resulting in chronic pain. InContinue Reading
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