Fire safety milestone for five First Nations in Ontario
Nicholas Rhone, Integrated Emergency Services director for the Independent First Nations Alliance, notes 14 trainees from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum and Whitesand graduated from the Fire and Life Safety Educator course. Each will train others, strengthening community fire prevention and signaling more courses with the Office of the Fire Marshal and Indigenous language programs.
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Ontario Fire College
Kitchenuhmaykoosib
Rhone
Independent First Nations Alliance
Flags rise across Thunder Bay area for Franco-Ontarian Day
Northwestern Ontario communities held Franco-Ontarian Day flag raisings with Thunder Bay City Hall hosting the event and 14 regional communities participating. The Association des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l Ontario noted celebrations in Dryden Ignace Red Lake Schreiber Terrace Bay Marathon Manitouwadge Geraldton Atikokan Kenora Fort Frances Sioux Lookout Nipigon. In Thunder Bay more than 95 people attended with a choir from Ecole secondaire catholique de La Vérendrye. Dryden drew over 50 and Red Lake about 150. The organization distributed over 110 flags 60 signs and 60 licence plates as celebrations look toward the 50th anniversary next year.
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Ontario
Thunder Bay
Dryden
Ignace
Red Lake
Schreiber
Terrace Bay
Marathon
Manitouwadge
Geraldton
Atikokan
Kenora
Fort Frances
Sioux Lookout
Nipigon
Claudette Gleeson
Association Des Francophones du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario
Ecole Secondaire Catholique de la Vérendrye
Réal Deschatelets
Ecole Catholique Franco-Terrace
Club Francophone du Lac Supérieur
Confederation College eyes ANAO BPSO recognition for practical nursing
Confederation College launches a three year plan to earn ANAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization status for its practical nursing program. Dean Shane Strickland says three Indigenous focused guidelines will be embedded, with Oshki Wenjack Institute as a partner. The college aims for first graduates in fall 2027.
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Confederation College
Nurses’ Association of Ontario
ANAO
BPSO
Shane Strickland
Negahneewin and Community Services
Strickland
ANAD
Oshki Wenjack
Wenjack Education Institute
Michelle Salo
Salo
Lakehead University
Cocaine seized in Sioux Lookout traffic stop leads to arrest
Police pulled over a vehicle on Highway 72 around 9 30 p m and seized more than 1 3 kilograms of cocaine and unmarked cigarettes. The 57 year old Worthington Ontario man was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking driving a motor vehicle with cannabis readily available and possessing unmarked cigarettes. A second report notes $30 000 in illegal drugs seized in Kashechewan First Nation with a 20 year old charged with two counts of possession for trafficking and released on conditions. A third item covers NWORTA completing a five kilometre section of a rugged Shabaqua to Adrian Lake trail as part of a five phase plan near Thunder Bay.
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Sioux Lookout
Ontario
Highway 72
Worthington
Ont
Jodi
Kashechewan First Nation
Nishnanbe Aski
Jodi Landmark
Thunder Bay
Adrian Lake
Shabaqua
Kakabeka Falls
Association
Nworta
Roadwork closes Balmoral Street for asphalt lifts
Drivers in Thunder Bay are urged to avoid Balmoral Street from Forest to Cameron as roadwork causes lane restrictions and closures. Southbound lanes are restricted today while northbound traffic is detoured to allow a lift of asphalt. A full closure Saturday completes the final lift, weather permitting, with significant delays likely and motorists urged to take alternate routes.
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Thunder Bay
Balmoral Street
Forest
Cameron Streets
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IES DU Nord-Ouest DE Lontario
Thunder Bay City Hall
Northwest
the Chronicle Journal
Jodi Lundmark
the Chronicle-Journal
SAI
Tania Pynn
Lindsay MacFarlane
Northwestern Ontario Recreational Trails Association
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