Lappe Ski Centre hosts youth races and expands space
Local youth ski clubs take part in races at the Lappe Ski Centre as the facility ages to 45 years since 1978. Taija Puiras notes the centre’s growth from a garage to a world class cross country area with 650 members and plans to host Ontario Winter Games events in February.
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Lappe
Reijo Putras
Tuija
Ontario
Taija Puiras
Canada
Puiras
Patras
Reijo
Timo
Lake Superior
Putras
City of
Thunder Bay
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation
Willow Springs
Ontario University Association
Fort Frances man charged in school bomb threat
Rainy River OPP arrested 19 year old Nicholas Yarmovich in relation to a bomb threat reported at a Fort Frances school on Wednesday and Thursday. He is charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and mischief and was to appear in court Friday.
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Fort Frances
Ontario
Rainy River
Nicholas Yarmovich
Wishart winter bird count invites youth to join
The Lakehead Region Conservation Area hosts its first winter bird count for youths eight and older on January 27 from 10 am to noon at Wishart Conservation Area. Participants will record sightings by paper or app, data to Bird Studies Canada, with free hot chocolate and no cost.
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Lakehead Region
LRCA
Rachael Zacharias Bezanson
Thunder Bay
Wishart Conservation Area
Zacharias Bezanson
Bird Studies Canada
Ontario
Lake Erie
U.S. National Audubon Society
New York City
Onion Lake Road
Lakeheadca
Spring boosters urged for vulnerable groups in Canada
Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends a spring COVID-19 booster for people 65 and older, long term care residents, seniors in congregate settings, and for immunocompromised children and adults six months and older. The XBB.1.5 targeted vaccine is advised for those who missed fall or winter doses. Three vaccines are available in Canada from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pfizer-Biontech and
Moderna
Novavax
Canadian wildfires 2023 burned 15 million hectares worldwide
Data show Canada faced 15 million hectares burned in 2023 with Quebec leading at 4.5 million ha and Ontario’s Northwest Territories Alberta and British Columbia setting provincial records. About 240000 people were evacuated and five of the largest evacuations occurred in Yellowknife and West Kelowna.
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Northwest Territories
Toronto
Vancouver
Alberta
Jain
New York
Nova Scotia
Quebec
British Columbia
Yellowknife
West Kelowna
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Reijo Puiras
Tunja Pairas
the Chronicle Journal
Jodi Lundmark
Wishart Bird Count
Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative
THE
Chronicle Journal
the Canadian Press
Cypress
Texas
Adams Lake
Scotch Creek
B.C
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