https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/en-caCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comSun, 28 May 2023 17:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/heat-warnings-issued-in-northwestern-ontario/Sun, 28 May 2023 17:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/heat-warnings-issued-in-northwestern-ontario/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/recruitment-retention-issues-plague-ontario-wildfire-program/Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/recruitment-retention-issues-plague-ontario-wildfire-program/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/severe-thunderstorm-heat-warnings-issued-for-northern-ontario/Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/severe-thunderstorm-heat-warnings-issued-for-northern-ontario/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/unruly-passenger-caused-ontario-flight-to-be-diverted-had-to-be-restrained-onboard-police/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/unruly-passenger-caused-ontario-flight-to-be-diverted-had-to-be-restrained-onboard-police/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-fire-shrinks-to-552-hectares-as-manitoba-sends-water-bombers-aid/Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-fire-shrinks-to-552-hectares-as-manitoba-sends-water-bombers-aid/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-fire-creeps-closer-to-community-as-manitoba-sends-water-bombers-aid/Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-fire-creeps-closer-to-community-as-manitoba-sends-water-bombers-aid/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/northern-ontario-first-nation-begins-to-evacuate-some-residents-due-to-forest-fires/Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/northern-ontario-first-nation-begins-to-evacuate-some-residents-due-to-forest-fires/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-residents-ordered-to-evacuate-area-as-forest-fire-burns-nearby/Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-residents-ordered-to-evacuate-area-as-forest-fire-burns-nearby/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/police-warn-against-impaired-driving-after-northwestern-ontario-man-charged-in-lawnmower-incident/Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/police-warn-against-impaired-driving-after-northwestern-ontario-man-charged-in-lawnmower-incident/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/evolution-mining-vows-to-invest-after-buying-ontario-gold-complex-for-us375m/Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/evolution-mining-vows-to-invest-after-buying-ontario-gold-complex-for-us375m/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/north-spirit-lake-first-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-over-water-drugs/Thu, 24 Oct 2019 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/north-spirit-lake-first-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-over-water-drugs/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/pikangikum-first-nation-evacuees-heading-home-as-officials-bring-forest-fire-under-control/Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/pikangikum-first-nation-evacuees-heading-home-as-officials-bring-forest-fire-under-control/ Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford says the Progressive Conservative provincial government’s roll-back of sex education is not going back very far.
“I don’t think 2014 is that old of a curriculum, for starters,” he said in a conference call earlier this month, calling it “a fairly modern curriculum by any academic standards.”
The Ontario Ministry of Education is reverting to the sex education curriculum last updated in 1998, prior to an upd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/curriculum-changes-owing-to-need-for-consultation-cost-savings-rickford/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/curriculum-changes-owing-to-need-for-consultation-cost-savings-rickford/ Names are in for the Red Lake council and school board elections.
Running for the role of councillor are Red Lake’s Tom Doherty, Mike Desmeules, Samantha Dykin, Jack Goodwillie, and Dale Butterfield; Madsen’s Gene Vallee and Ted Nowakowski; Balmertown’s Carol Baron, Allistair McRae, Warren Badiuk, and Jamie Kristoff, and Cochenour’s Janet Hager. Baron and Goodwillie are incumbents.
Vying for mayor are Balmertown’s Fred Mota; Cochenour’s Dale]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/nominations-close-for-upcoming-municipality-of-red-lake-elections/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/nominations-close-for-upcoming-municipality-of-red-lake-elections/ Perry Bellegarde is Assembly of First Nations national chief again, re-elected during the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly held July 24 to 26 in Vancouver.
Bellegarde won 328 of 522 votes in a second ballot after failing to earn the required 60 per cent of votes during the first round. Sheila North won 125 votes, Miles Richardson won 59 votes and Russ Diabo won 10 votes, while Katherine Whitecloud did not move onto the second round.
During his acceptance speech, Bellegarde said, &ld]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/bellegarde-elected-to-another-term-as-afn-national-chief/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/bellegarde-elected-to-another-term-as-afn-national-chief/ Goldcorp released its second quarter earnings and exploration reports July 25, highlighting the work the company has done during this time frame.
“With the first half of our 2018 exploration program behind us, we are pleased to report that the momentum continues to build on the results generated in the first quarter throughout the second quarter… At Red Lake, both Cochenour and HG Young advanced on schedule, the diamond drill results continued to support the prospe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-area-goldcorp-exploration-advances-on-schedule/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/red-lake-area-goldcorp-exploration-advances-on-schedule/ The North West Company will no longer use Wasaya Airways to deliver freight shipments to northwestern Ontario communities, a decision Wasaya says its First Nation owners do not support.
“Wasaya has been delivering food for the North West Company to both our ownership and non-ownership communities for over 10 years,” the company said in a statement. “As a First Nation owned airline, we have always researched and found ways to provide cost effective services to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/north-west-company-drops-wasaya-as-freight-deliverer/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/north-west-company-drops-wasaya-as-freight-deliverer/ The Kenora District Services Board (KDSB) and Windigo First Nations Council are joining forces to address housing needs for Indigenous students accessing education away from home.
The two parties entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which indicates both organizations will collaborate to develop new housing units in order to provide student safety, coordinated supportive services for students and housing and supports for their families.
The MOU also intends to establ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/kdsb-windigo-sign-student-housing-mou/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/kdsb-windigo-sign-student-housing-mou/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/alberta-firefighter-dies-while-helping-battle-ontario-blaze/Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/alberta-firefighter-dies-while-helping-battle-ontario-blaze/ BY SHAYLA BRADLEY
Ontario’s Progressive-Conservative government is launching into changes immediately, after Premier Doug Ford was sworn into office June 29, along with 21 members of cabinet.
In the throne speech delivered July 12, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell read, “The fact is that Ontario is at a critical juncture. We face mounting challenges at home and abroad. These challenges, if left unchecked, threaten livel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/ontario-pcs-rapid-moves-in-first-weeks-of-power/Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/balmertown/ontario-pcs-rapid-moves-in-first-weeks-of-power/