Gord Ellis

The Fur Harvesters Inc. auction, in North Bay, Ont., is hoping the return of a live auction in March will bring better days for the Canadian fur industry.

Vaughn Murray of Rainy River, Ont., has parked his ice-fishing limousine on the river, and it’s available for rent until the end of the ice season. And he’s not the only northern angler with a souped-up ice fishing machine.

A moose is very lucky to be alive after being saved from falling through the ice near Thunder Bay earlier this week.

Brian Edwards has seen some interesting wildlife over the years, but the five wild cats he saw a few weeks ago got his full attention. Luckily, he had a camera with him.

This past week was Invasive Species Awareness Week in Canada. We asked several experts in the field bout three key invasive species that pose a significant threat to our native species and bio-diversity.

If you walk near Thornloe Park, on Thunder Bay’s south side today, you will see a tree on the street that stands out from all the rest. The tree is covered with 300 large red poppies, each one hand crocheted by Nancy McKercher.

A company based in Thunder Bay is working with fishers in Naujaat, Nunavut on a project to sell wild-caught arctic char to northwestern Ontario. Eat the Fish is part of a project called Lake to Plate that’s helping Inuit fishers in Nunavut develop a sustainable commercial fishery near their home com…

The Canadian Ice Service is predicting that Lake Superior is on track to have a low year for ice cover, and above-average temperatures predicted for the rest of the season won’t be helping.

For the past nearly three years, people around the world have dealt with Covid 19 and the threat is not over. For some, the after effects of the virus have been very debilitating and long lasting. Janine Hopkins is one of them.

Three people have now been confirmed dead after a fire tore through a home in Pikangikum First Nation last Wednesday. It’s the latest deadly fire in a First Nation in northern Ontario this winter.