For this first day of March, we’ll look at what’s happening at a safe injection site in Thunder Bay, also spurring economic growth in the Ignace area, and we’ll hear about a musical play that refers to a general strike in Winnipeg from 100 years ago.
We start in Fort Frances, where the town council is looking for some safety reassurances from CN after a train derailment near Emo. In spite of no injuries and council being told there were no environmental impacts, they still have more questions.
Randy Thoms has more of a lengthy resolution passed Monday that includes asking CN officials to address council.
One local municipality is not standing ideally by and waiting for economic growth to come its way.
As Mike Ebbeling reports, officials in Ignace are securing allies to spur action in their community. Many are very impressed with how the collaboration of many groups are helping the cause.
A one-of-a kind service in Thunder Bay has expanded its operations and is now open seven days a week.
Staff at the safe injection site PATH525 held an open house in February, one of a handful they’ve hosted to give people a look at what goes on at the facility.
Colin Redston spoke to the head of PATH525 to find out what they want you and I to know.
A Canadian musical was screened in Kenora yesterday at Century Cinema. Tim Davidson spoke with Danny Schur, composer, co-writer and producer of Stand! about his movie and the 1919 general strike in Winnipeg. He says for those who don’t like musicals, this one is not ‘typical’.
