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SNnewswatch.com is the digital platform of Dougall Media, a multimedia organization located in Thunder Bay. This company runs two television stations, a weekly newspaper, and several radio stations, along with tbnewswatch.com. Our mission is to deliver local news reported by local journalists from the communities we cover. Besides news, our website features weather updates, event listings, obituaries, and a variety of community information. The newsroom at SNnewswatch.com will provide news stories from the Superior North region, highlighting areas such as Marathon, Wawa, Manitouwadge, Geraldton, Schreiber, Terrace Bay, Nipigon Red Rock, Beardmore, White River, and everything in between.

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Drug trafficker sentenced to six years in prison

4 days ago | snnewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — A Superior Court justice has sentenced a repeat offender to six years in prison for drug trafficking. Marc Quirion of Greenstone, now 32, was arrested by OPP on New Year's Day, 2021 after they conducted a traffic stop. Inside his vehicle they found quantities of methamphetamine and other drugs as well as $6,600 in cash. He was charged with trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, and failing to comply with a release order.
Southern Ontario driver charged with stunt driving

6 days ago | snnewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

NIPIGON — Police say they have charged an aggressive motorist with stunt driving. In a release issued on Saturday morning, OPP say at about 9:39 a.m. on Thursday, June 19 they received a complaint about a vehicle that did not stop for a flag-person in a construction zone on Highway 17, west of Marathon.
Ford says he'll meet with 40 First Nations chiefs on Bill 5 this week

1 week ago | snnewswatch.com | Ian Ross

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said he plans to meet with influential Indigenous leaders this week to smooth over any bitter feelings from First Nations sparked by the passage of his government’s contentious Bill 5.
Kompon, Panthers win second straight Stanley Cup

1 week ago | snnewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

SUNRISE, Fla. – Thunder Bay’s Jamie Kompon is running out of fingers. The Florida Panthers assistant coach on Tuesday night captured his second straight Stanley Cup championship, the fourth of his illustrious National Hockey League coaching career. Buoyed by Sam Reinhart four-goal performance in Game 6, the Panthers won the second title in franchise history, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 to win the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final 4-2.
Webequie road would have 'significant' impact on caribou, wolverines: EA

2 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Steve Cornwell |Jessica Cross

WEBEQUIE — Webequie First Nation has released an environmental report on a road between its community and mineral deposits in the Ring of Fire, a key step toward opening the region to mining development. The draft environmental assessment (EA) and impact statement (IS) is for one of three different stretches of a road link to planned mining operations in the region.
District paramedics overwhelmingly support strike mandate

2 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — Mediated contract negotiations involving paramedics working at 13 rural EMS stations in the District of Thunder Bay resume this week under the threat of a strike. Members of Unifor Local 229 have given their bargaining team a strike mandate, with 97 per cent voting in favour. The union describes it as a serious warning that Superior North EMS paramedics in the rural areas have reached a breaking point over what it calls a staffing crisis.
Motorcyclist charged with stunt driving on the highway

2 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Katie Nicholls

NIPIGON — A motorcycle driver was allegedly caught travelling 152 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone on Saturday. Provincial police were focused on motorcycle safety on Highway 11-17 between Nipigon and Schreiber over the weekend. Officers from the Nipigon and Schreiber detachments conducted traffic enforcement, resulting in charges against a 54-year-old New Brunswick driver.
Annuity payments life-changing, Fort William chief says

3 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – As a large First Nation, Fort William will receive about 17 per cent of whatever it and the 11 other Robinson Superior Treaty nations receive in compensation for historical underpayment in treaty annuities, Chief Michele Solomon says. That comes out to at least $640 million, maybe more.
Bucks score late to edge Border Cats by one

3 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Leith Dunick

WATERLOO, Iowa – The bullpen couldn’t hang on. Starter Ethan Froud pitched five innings of two-hit, shutout ball on Thursday night, leaving with a 1-0 lead. But the host Waterloo Bucks simply outlasted him. With Jimmy Cerha on the mound in relief, Trey Butler led off the sixth with a walk, stole second and scored on Marcus Heusohn’s double to left. Waterloo’s Jimmy Nugent followed with a double of his own, giving the Bucks a 2-1 lead.
Tories slam NDP for opposing Bill 5

3 weeks ago | snnewswatch.com | Mike Stimpson

THUNDER BAY – The Ontario NDP’s opposition to Bill 5 shows how the party doesn’t support mining when it should, Progressive Conservative legislators say. “We are taking real action to support the North. The NDP can either get on board – or get out of the way,” Kevin Holland, the PC representing Thunder Bay-Atikokan, said Thursday in an email to Newswatch.