News from Thunder Bay: Neskantaga First Nation’s chief and council are calling for better communications from the Provincial Urgent situation Operations Centre (PEOC) amid itsongoing state of urgent situation over the region’s wildfires. The remote Ojibway the area, located about 440 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, declared a state of critical incident on July 16. The First Nation’s unease were…
Thunder Bay, ON — Yolanda Sakanee says she wants to go home, but there's too much uncertainty in her First Nation, which declared a state of urgent response last week due to northwestern Ontario’s wildfires. Sakanee is one of more than 130 evacuees from Neskantaga First Nation, a remote Ojibway citizens about 440 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay. Its chief…
A developing story from Thunder Bay: the Lakehead region – LIVING –Thunder Bay’s police-reported crime rate rose 18 per cent in 2025, giving statistical weight to misgivings already being expressed by residents, families, seniors, young people and regional businesses. From social media posts, to many neighbourhoods in the urban centre, the evidence of problems is quite apparent. At the base…