Muskoka Returned to Heritage Fund Mandate in Ontario
Ontario expands the Northern Heritage Fund to include Muskoka as an eligible district, increasing the annual budget to 110 million for 2025-26 and shifting grants toward cottage country near Parry Sound. MPPs warn the change could shrink northern funding for traditional North communities.
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Toronto
Northern Ontario
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp
Muskoka
Parry Sound
Mike Mantha
Algoma-Manitoulin
Heritage Fund
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Graydon Smith
Smith
Ontario
Nipissing
Ontario-Manitoba
Northern Development Ministry
Mantha
Keewatin fire in Ontario claims one life
The Ontario Provincial Police and the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal investigate a Keewatin residential fire on Keewatin’s Tenth Street that killed one person. Kenora OPP, Kenora Fire and Emergency Services, and Keno ra EMS responded after just before 3 p.m. Monday. A person was found deceased at the scene. Cause undetermined.
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Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Fire Marshal
Keewatin
Kenora Opp
Kenora Fire and Emergency Services
Kenora Emergency Medical Services
Tenth Street
Police balance resources amid crisis calls and crime focus
Thunder Bay police chief Fleury says crisis and mental health calls strain resources while guns and gangs efforts take priority. Foot patrols are paused for now. authorities seek community policing later. Proactive steps on family violence and prevention are also under review to curb incidents.
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Fleury
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay police board appoints new chair and vice chair
Karen Machado will lead the Thunder Bay Police Service Board as chair for a second term with Denise Baxter as vice-chair. Both have chaired since June 2028, amid plans for a busy 2025 including budget focus and governance work. An Inspector General probe into death and missing person investigations is anticipated, with findings expected this year.
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Thunder Bay
Machado
Baxter
Red Rock Indian Band
Thunder Bay Police Service Board
Police Service Board
Ontario Civilian Police Commissioner
Lakehead University
Inspector General of Policing
Ryan Teschner
Karen Machado
Denise Baxter
Prosperity Northwest Conference Spurs Indigenous Partnerships
The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce and ABPA host Prosperity Northwest in Thunder Bay with 68 exhibitors and five keynote speakers. Indigenous leadership features prominently, with ABPA and First Nations voices guiding economic growth through mining forestry energy and bioeconomy sectors.
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Thunder Bay
Robinson
Jason Rasevych
Anishnawbe Business Professional Association
ABPA
Valhalla
Northwest
Ontario
Rasevych
Northern
Indigenous Economic Development Board
Michael Fox
James Maxwell
First Mining Gold
Andrew Cormier
Orla Mining
Jamie Saulnier
Evolution Mining
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the Chronicle Journal
Doug Diaczuk
Police Board
Doug Diaczu
Sandi Krasowski
Digenous Community Insights
Jamie Taylor
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