Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

After working at newspapers across the Prairies, Mike found where he belongs when he moved to Northwestern Ontario.

Recent Work by Mike

Wabigoon Lake gave an ‘overwhelming’ yes, chief says

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is considering a site between Wabigoon Lake and Ignace for its deep-underground nuclear waste repository.

Nov 18, 2024 4:45 PM Read more >

Eric Rutherford, Beardmore’s last mayor, opposes closing the community’s multi-use facility.

Nov 18, 2024 3:50 PM Read more >

Nov 15, 2024 4:00 PM Read more >

Critical highway infrastructure improvements have been made, and more are to come, the premier says.

Nov 14, 2024 4:21 PM Read more >

The First Nation’s chief says Ontario’s Indigenous affairs minister has not reached out to her since a state of emergency was declared.

Nov 14, 2024 4:07 PM Read more >

Premier Doug Ford toured the hospital on Wednesday and then got on the phone to ‘make that 8.5 million happen.’

Nov 14, 2024 11:35 AM Read more >

The premier made the surprise announcement at a media event on Wednesday.

Nov 13, 2024 4:49 PM Read more >

Terry-Lynn Johnson’s This Christmas: Seasonal Poems for Peace gets its launch Nov. 23 in Nipigon.

Nov 12, 2024 1:46 PM Read more >

A resolution passed at the provincial party’s convention embraces Canadian reactors as part of a mix of low-carbon-emission electricity sources.

Nov 11, 2024 2:15 PM Read more >

Thunder Bay-Superior North’s MPP calls for changes in the rules for WSIB cancer coverage for wildland firefighters.

Nov 7, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

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