Ontario

Ford promises anti-encampment bill without notwithstanding clause The Progressive Conservative government has announced that it is bringing forward legislation to crack down on homeless encampments by giving municipalities new powers and funding to allow cities to disband them. But after weeks of floating — and defending — the possible use of the notwithstanding clause to allow … Read more

Township to pay damages for refusing to declare Pride month The Township of Emo will have to pay damages after refusing to proclaim Pride Month. In 2020, Borderland Pride requested the township declare June as Pride Month and display a rainbow flag for one week. The township refused that request and now the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario … Read more

 Nothing represents Indigenous culture more than flags. I am sure that use of flags in the Indigenous culture predates European contact.  Every village had a flag. A flag made of cloth that came from somewhere. In no way do flags represent colonization.  Not a chance.

New equipment helped port services company through busy cruise season Local company get $340 thousand to expand hangar I remember when companies were the ones that borrowed money to expand their businesses.  They paid interest on the loans. Usually to a bank. Now, for some reason, Governments borrow the money  that businesses require to expand … Read more

NAN welcomes upcoming inspection of Thunder Bay Police Service Nishnawbe Aski Nation and family members of two Indigenous individuals who died in the city are welcoming an inspection of the Thunder Bay Police Service by the Inspectorate of Policing. The Inspector General of Policing, Ryan Teschner, announced last week that he will be conducting an inspection of … Read more

Grassy Narrows on the cusp of a housing boom Chief Rudy Turtle disclosed on YouTube recently that his First Nation northeast of Kenora has secured a federal commitment for scores of new housing units in the next few years. A meeting last month with Indigenous Services Canada produced a $24-million pledge to fund 50 new … Read more

First Nations take a stand against nuclear waste in the North Pays Plat First Nation member Sharlene Bourdeau Waboose was clear about her reason for participating in Wednesday’s rally at Waverley Park. “Because Pays Plat is against the burial of nuclear waste in the North,” she said just before the rally got underway. Leaders “have … Read more

First Nations oppose potential arrival of nuclear waste Fort William First Nation and Gull Bay First Nation are among a dozen regional Indigenous communities that are formally opposing a plan to transport spent nuclear-fuel rods to a potential underground storage facility near Ignace. In a letter to Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) president Laurie Swami … Read more

Infrastructure funding will aid Thunder Bay in reaching housing targets Just in time for the city to start preparing their 2025 budget, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan Kevin Holland announced that $10.4 million in additional funding will be allocated to Thunder Bay’s Interocean Development Servicing Program under the Housing Enabling Water System Fund (HEWF). “It’s a … Read more

 TBTnews coverage of the Harm Reduction Industrial Complex’s Awareness Day held at Waverley Park.  Lives were at stake because of the Ontario Governments closure of many Harm Reduction Centres across Ontario. I believe that the people, the Industrial Complex that has flourished around the addiction crisis, whose very income is depended on perpetual government … Read more