Debt clock tours Ontario highlighting rising provincial debt
Katie Nicholls reports on the Canadian Taxpayers Federation debt clock touring Ontario. In Thunder Bay the clock showed debt rising by 768 dollars a second and exceeding 4 billion. The group emphasizes debt costs and interest, noting 14 billion in interest this year and a projected 86 billion added under Premier Ford by year end. The clock travels to key cities en route to Queen's Park and Ottawa.
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Ontario
Thunder Bay
Gage Haubrich
Queens Park
Doug Ford
Haubrich
Ford
Queen’s Park
Ottawa
Rainy River doctors plan decline prompts emergency coverage
Rainy River officials and Riverside Health Care aim to keep the emergency department staffed after Dr. Joseph Ennett and two colleagues announce they will end hospital services by Sept. 30 while continuing clinic work through November. The move highlights a broader shortage of paramedics and stress on local health services.
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Rainy River
Deborah Ewald
Ontario
Riverside Health Care
Rainy River Health Centre
Ewald
Riverside
Joseph Ennett
Rainy River Medical Clinic
Ennett
Tatiana Jilkina
Catherine Caron
Ministry of Health
Berens River Bridge Aims To Transform Pikangikum Region
Ontario officials and First Nations leaders announce a $76.4 million Berens River Bridge and all season road to Pikangikum First Nation, linking Whitefeather Forest access to Highway 17 and Red Lake. The project, supported by federal funds, envisions year round goods, services, and economic growth for Pikangikum and six neighboring Nations.
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Red Lake
Poplar Hill
McDowell Lake
Deer Lake
North Spirit Lake
Sandy Lake
Keewaywin
Ontario
Pikangikum
Rickford
Northern Development
Pikangikum First Nation
Shirley Keeper
Alex Peters
Whitefeather Forest Community Resource Management Authority
Whitefeather Forest
Peters
Patty Hajdu
Indigenous Services
Fred Mota
Ottawa
Frontier Lithium
Sudbury
PAK
Frontier
Trevor Walker
Walker
Saskatchewan
Vandalism Closes Volunteer Pool. police probe thefts
The Volunteer Pool in Thunder Bay closed after vandalism shattered a patio door, with reopening planned for Sept 4. Police investigate thefts of powwow regalia from a vehicle on McKellar Street, plus drug and impaired driving charges in Dryden and two suspects charged in a Dryden business case. Blue green algae found at Two Island Lake and McKenzie Beach. public health guidance issued. Valley Street water fill station out of service due to technical issue. Mount Forest Boulevard station remains open.
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Callie Graham
City of
Thunder Bay
Churchill Pool
McKellar Street South
Ear Falls
Dryden
Ontario
OPP
Robert Devereaux
Bar Falls
Ontario Court of Justice
Cial
Jodie Beaume
Whyte Avenue
van Horne Avenue
Beaume
Calgary
Mogga Baraba
Baraba
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Two Island Lake
McKenzie Beach Avenue
Lake Superior
Valley Street
Highway 61
Mount Forest Boulevard
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Katie Nicholls
Local Journalism Initiative
Tbnewswatch.com
Petips.com
Ontario Provin
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