Northwestern Ontario welcomes budget focus on north growth
NOMA praised the 2025 Ontario Budget for continuing Northern investment. Highlights include NOHFC expansion, a $3B Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program, highway upgrades on Highways 11 and 17, and a $10M plan to support Northern colleges and the Critical Minerals Strategy. Dumas urged sustained infrastructure funding and postsecondary support to protect jobs amid global trade uncertainty.
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Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association
NOMA
North
Ontario
Northwestern
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation
NOHFC
Rick Dumas
New Critical Minerals Processing Fund
CMPF
Dumas
Murder charge laid in Greenstone case
A 32-year-old Greenstone man died after a medical emergency on May 15. A 19-year-old Greenstone resident, Alex is Aggamway, is charged with second degree murder and remanded after court appearance in Thunder Bay. The investigation continues and police seek tips with rewards for information.
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Greenstone
Ontario
Brandin Ritch
OPP
Alexis Aggamway
Aggamway
Thunder Bay
Inves
More accused in 2022 homicide probe near Kenora Canada
The Treaty Three Police Service reports two more arrests in the 2022 missing person case from Buifford Cowley of Nootkamegwanning First Nation. Remains were identified as Cowley after a Sept 2022 search near Northwest Angle No. 33. New arrests include Aliyah Redsky-Cowley and Kyle McLeod, with charges of indignity to a dead body and murder related offenses. Police urge tips via 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers.
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Ontariocrimestoppers.ca
Nootkamegwanning First Nation
Treaty Three
Buifford Cowley
Nootkamegwanning
Whitefish Bay
Kenora
Northwest
Angle No. 33
Manitoba
Cowley
Ontario
Timothy Lowe
Sierra Cowley
OPP
Aliyah Redsky-Cowley
Kyle McLeod
Redsky-Cowley
McLeod
Unusually large parcel backlog hits local stores
Hymers convenience store and Purolator depot Green Acre Variety report an avalanche of packages as couriers rush to sort deliveries. Canada Post notes volumes down but warns of possible delays amid labour uncertainty. Purolator says they are strengthening support and preparing for market shifts.
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Hymers’ Convenience Store
Purolator
Green Acre
Canada Post
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Canada Post Bulletin
The
Chronicle-Journal
City to pick indoor turf facility builder for Thunder Bay
City staff will recommend one of three finalists to council for the indoor turf project with a 42.7 million dollar budget. The contract would start this summer and finish by fall 2026, funded by staff and user groups including Soccer Northwest Ontario.
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City of
Thunder Bay
Kelvin Jankowski
Capital Facility Construction
Jankowski
Tom Jones Corporation
Finnway General Contractor
McDonald Brothers Construction Inc
Ottawa
Soccer Northwest Ontario
Michael Veneziale
Council
Veneziale
Soccer Northwest
Atikokan Native Friendship Centre faces board overhaul
A Change.org petition urges a new board and executive director at the Atikokan Native Friendship Centre amid allegations of financial mismanagement. The centre reports a whistleblower package and Ontario Provincial Police probing the case as about 20 community members joined a May 15 solidarity walk to support reform. Mary Jane Wolfe, a former worker, called participants warriors and urged change.
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Native Friendship Centre
Atikokan
Change.org
Atikokan Native Friendship Centre
Friendship Centre
Ontario
Main Street
Mary Jane Wolfe
Grassy Narrows First Nation
Wolfe
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