Lakehead station tours area farmers with new projects
Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station hosts its annual tour on Little Norway Road showcasing 31 new crop varieties, spring wheat and canola fertilizers, plant growth regulators and bio products. Director Tarlok Singh Sahota says the program is shared with farmers and includes seeding experiments and microbial soil studies. Farmers and Master Gardeners attend to learn and gather practical, science-based answers for crops and gardening questions.
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Tarlok Singh Sahota
Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station
Thunder Bay-area
Singh Sahota
Little Norway Road
Carole McCollum
Thunder Bay
Master Gardeners
McCollum
Highway 595 repair to reopen after washout near O'Connor
A section of Highway 595 in O'Connor Township was to reopen late Thursday after provincial crews fixed a washout caused by heavy rain. The washout occurred Wednesday afternoon about 350 metres south of Highway 590, between Holomego and Cronk roads, according to a Ministry of Transportation spokeswoman.
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O’connor
Ministry of Transportation
Holomego and Cronk Roads
Power line project links Hydro One with Indigenous communities
The Waasigan project crewed by Hydro One and Fort William First Nation and nine nearby communities will build a single-circuit 230 kilovolt line from Atikokan to Dryden. Valard oversees construction of the $1.2 billion line designed to carry 350 megawatts, powering Thunder Bay twice once online.
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Atikokan
Dryden
Waasigan
Hydro One
Fort William
FWFEN
Valard
Thunder Bay
Wawa
Fatal police shooting probed at Deer Lake First Nation
SIU and Ontario Provincial Police investigate after a Nishnawbe Aski Police Service officer shot at a man during a warrant service in Deer Lake First Nation on Tuesday. One subject officer and one witness officer identified. forensic team to examine scene. witnesses urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
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Deer Lake First Nation
Special Investigations Unit
SIU
Thunder Bay
Be Aski
Nishnawbe Aski Police Service
Ontario
OPP
Police Station Road
Water Treatment Road
First Nations press land claim over Anicinabe Park in Kenora
Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation Wauzhushk Onigum and Obashkaan dagaang or Washagamis Bay sue the City of Kenora and Canada to prove ownership of Anicinabe Park arguing it was sold in 1959 without proper consultation. Justice Lepere allowed the case to proceed, noting treaty rights and constitutional issues underpin the claim. The communities describe the park as a historic wound and a site of cultural use and residential school ties, seeking a negotiated settlement rather than court action.
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Kenora
Aniinabe Park
Washagamis Bay
Robin Lepere
Ankinabe Park
Luke Hildebrand
Headwaters Law
Lepere
Hildebrand
Mya Horley
Anicinabe Park
Wauzhushk Onigum
Chris Skead
First Nations
Horley
Eric Head
Crown-Indigenous Relations
Northern Affairs Canada
Government of Canada
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