Nuclear power share in Ontario and Northwest unclear
An Independent Electricity System Operator briefing notes 54 percent of Ontario’s 2022 power came from nuclear. In the Northwest near Wabigoom Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace the share is much lower, with no precise figure. A 9 am readout showed 8 350 MW of nuclear power out of 20 000 MW systemwide.
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Ontario
Northwest
Independent Electricity System Operator
ESO
Andrew Dow
Toronto
Dow
Wabigoon Lake
Ojibway
Vince Ponka
Thunder Bay seeks exemptions from student visa cap impact
Thunder Bay chamber of commerce and economic development commission urge Immigration Minister Marc Miller to exempt communities in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot from a new cap. They warn labor shortages and population decline in Northern Ontario, with projected 50 000 newcomers needed by 2041. Lakehead and Confederation colleges warn of economic harm and program cuts if enrollments fall due to the cap.
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Oliver
Thunder Bay
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Marc Miller
Ontario
Commerce Chamber
Community Economic Development Commission
Lakehead University
Gillian Siddall
Miller
Siddall
Lakehead
Confederation College
Kathleen Lynch
Lynch
Canada Faces Slump in Investment Per Worker
Statistics Canada finds Canadian business investment per worker fell 20 percent over 15 years, with $628.80 less spent per employee in 2021 than 2006. Declines were largest in big and medium firms and foreign controlled companies, linked partly to weaker new firm entry rates.
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Statistics Canada
Wulong Gu
Canada
Ice bike race boosts Kenora Coldest Night fundraiser
Mosswood Adventures adds an ice bike race to Kenora’s Coldest Night of the Year walk on Lake of the Woods for Feb 24. Volunteers push a $32 000 goal as Fellowship Centre and Jubilee Church host the event at 208 Water St starting 5 p.m. with support from Grace Ministries in Thunder Bay.
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Mosswood Adventures
Kenora
Lake of the Woods
Windigo Island
Canada
Fellowship Centre
Jubilee Church
Grace Ministries
Thunder Bay
Cnoy.org
Vic Moss
Moss
Winnipeg
Water St
Yvonne Bearbull
Fellowship
Humane trapping courses train future licensed trapper helpers
In 2023 more than 700 students completed trapping courses sanctioned by the federation in the province. After passing the exam, candidates can apply for a provincial licence and seek a provincially registered trap line or become a helper to an existing trapper.
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Federation
Trappers See Humane Canada Led by Instructors and Markets
Tonelli notes new trappers start as helpers as trapping remains popular with 8 000 licences issued yearly and 5 500 members in the federation. Deans, a 20 year veteran, says rural Thunder Bay lines yield fur from pine martens lynx beavers otters and wolves with beaver fur in demand for cowboy hats. Many trappers cannot earn a full time living and some supplement with other work in mining, teaching trapping courses, or other jobs.
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Tonelli
Federation
Deans
Canada
Thunder Bay
Nevada
Dryden drug charges from police raids on Government Street
OPP enforced a search warrant on Government Street netting cocaine hydromorphone pills a prohibited weapon and trafficking evidence. Shaun Pilipishen 35 and Samantha Machimity 33 face two counts each of possession for trafficking and one count of proceeds of crime over 5000 with Pilipishen also charged for a prohibited device. Amber St Amand 37 is charged with trafficking substance and proceeds of crime under 5000 after a separate Highway 17 stop. All allegations are unproven in court.
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Dryden
OPP
Shaun Pilipishen
Samantha Machimity
Pilipishen
Ing
Ontario
Melgund
Amber St. Amand
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