Carl Clutchey

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore Burea at The Chronicle-Journal

Articles

Wildfire Season Off To Not-so-fiery Start

1 week ago | cdnfirefighter.com | Carl Clutchey

May 5, 2025, Thunder Bay, Ont. – Though some wildfires popped up in April during the first official month of forest fire season, the province began light compared to previous years. According to Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) department, there were 10 wildfires across the province last month, compared to 24 for the same period last year.
Expansion cost covered by Ontario revealed

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Home News Canada The provincial share of a 5,200-square-foot expansion to Thunder Bay’s Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA) facility is $2 million. The expansion underway at the Syndicate Avenue South agency will allow it to install a training kitchen, as well as renovate the existing facility and increase food-storage capacity.
Van driver died in crash last year

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Home News Canada A serious collision last year in Upsala that left one person dead and two others injured involved a transport truck and a passenger van, provincial police confirmed this week. Police said the person who died at the scene in the Highway 17 crash was driving the van when the two vehicles collided shortly after 11 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2024. The van’s two injured passengers were taken to hospital.
Nuclear waste plan 'not a done deal'

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Home News Canada Those who remain troubled by the prospect of spent radioactive nuclear-fuel rods being trucked or railed through Northwestern towns and villages may take some solace in the projected timeline: it’s not going to be happening anytime soon. Though community support for a deep underground storage site to be built just west of Ignace was obtained late last year, approval for the project is a decade away, the project’s proponent says.
Some road shoulders could be soft from rain

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Motorists travelling rural routes in Oliver Paipoonge should be mindful of sodden road shoulders, which could remain soft for another 10 days or so following Monday’s big rain storm across the region, the municipality advised in a bulletin. All roads in the municipality remain open in the wake of the storm, with the exception of a section of Harstone Road, which is to be closed until further notice, the bulletin said.
Nuclear waste plan 'not a done deal'

1 week ago | pentictonherald.ca | Carl Clutchey

Those who remain troubled by the prospect of spent radioactive nuclear-fuel rods being trucked or railed through Northwestern towns and villages may take some solace in the projected timeline: it's not going to be happening anytime soon. Though community support for a deep underground storage site to be built just west of Ignace was obtained late last year, approval for the project is a decade away, the project's proponent says.
Processing plant ends milk intake from area farms

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Home News Canada The number of dairy farms operating near Thunder Bay isn’t expected to be impacted by operational changes by a national milk products company, which is no longer processing milk at a long-time city location. “The number of farms should not go down because of this change,” Peggy Brekveld, whose family owns a Murillo-based farm, said on Wednesday. “We will still get the pooled milk price, the same as we always did,” Brekveld added.
Wildfire season off to not-so-fiery start

1 week ago | thespec.com | Carl Clutchey

Home News Canada Though some wildfires popped up in April during the first official month of forest fire season, the province began light compared to previous years. According to Ontario’s Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) department, there were 10 wildfires across the province last month, compared to 24 for the same period last year.
Processing plant ends milk intake from area farms

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Carl Clutchey

The number of dairy farms operating near Thunder Bay isn't expected to be impacted by operational changes by a national milk products company, which is no longer processing milk at a long-time city location. "The number of farms should not go down because of this change," Peggy Brekveld, whose family owns a Murillo-based farm, said on Wednesday. "We will still get the pooled milk price, the same as we always did," Brekveld added.
Wildfire season off to not-so-fiery start

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Carl Clutchey

Though some wildfires popped up in April during the first official month of forest fire season, the province began light compared to previous years. According to Ontario's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) department, there were 10 wildfires across the province last month, compared to 24 for the same period last year.