Thunder Bay MPs tout new defence strategy as good for region The city and region will benefit from a recently-announced federal national defence strategy. That’s according to the Thunder Bay area’s two Liberal MPs. Thunder Bay-Superior North’s Patty Hajdu and Thunder Bay-Rainy River’s Marcus Powlowski were at Confederation College’s aviation centre on Friday touting the … Read more
Goodbye EV sales mandate, hello purchase rebates. Carney shakes up Canada’s auto industry Prime Minister Mark Carney is repealing Canada’s electric vehicle mandate that required all new car sales to be electric in a decade, scrapping another Trudeau-era environmental policy. Instead, Carney is taking his own approach by introducing stronger greenhouse gas emission standards for … Read more
CRA Confirms $628 Canada Grocery Rebate for February 2026 – Eligibility and Payment Amounts Everything you need to know about all of these rebate cheques. If you care. What is not being told is that GOVERNMENTS cause inflation. How? By running massive budget deficits. Inflation is brought on by the devaluation of the dollar. Pumping … Read more
Doug Ford asks Ontarians to boycott Chinese EVs Premier Doug Ford is asking Ontarians to boycott Chinese electric vehicles, further condemning a deal made by Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing last week. “I’ve been clear about my concerns with this deal,” Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park on Wednesday. “By opening up our country … Read more
The UK And Canada Lead The West’s Descent Into Digital Authoritarianism “Big Brother is watching you.” These chilling words from George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984, no longer read as fiction but are becoming a bleak reality in the UK and Canada—where digital dystopian measures are unravelling the fabric of freedom in two of the West’s oldest … Read more
Quw’utsun Nation won an Aboriginal title case in Richmond B.C., but what does Aboriginal title mean? A landmark case in British Columbia has put a spotlight on Aboriginal title, and how it fits with federal and provincial laws. In early August, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Quw’utsun Nation had fishing rights in the Fraser River, … Read more
Another example of how your government works against you. If the Canadian Government can kill these ostriches for no reason at all, then what can it not do? Everything is about money today. Taking your money, and giving it to corporations owned by billionaires. PM Carney is quite comfortable living in the world of … Read more
Sawmill workers victims of ‘economic warfare’ with the U.S.: union Union officials representing sawmill workers at the Interfor facility in Ear Falls say employees are “caught in the crossfire” of ongoing “economic warfare” with the Trump administration. Unifor represents the roughly 160 unionized workers at the sawmill in Ear Falls. Interfor, which owns the mill, confirmed on … Read more
Shuniah eyed for two new energy projects Ontario’s projected need for additional sources of electricity could see two separate power projects developed in the Thunder Bay area. In response to a request for proposals from the province’s Independent Electricity System Operator, submissions are in the works for a battery energy storage system (BESS) and for a … Read more
Survivors’ Flag rises: reconciliation takes time In preparation for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, Lakehead University raised the Survivors’ Flag. On Friday, inside the Lakehead University Agora building, the ceremony served as a poignant reminder that understanding the impacts of residential schools is vital to reconciliation. Bob Baxter,an … Read more