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Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative

Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative

Marissa Lentz-McGrath covers civic issues along the Highway 11 corridor under the Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the Government of Canada

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Recent Work by Marissa

Firms hired to design proposed Timmins HART Hub

Firms hired to design proposed Timmins HART Hub

If provincial funding doesn't come through, the project lead says it will be 'very challenging having a facility'
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'Heartbreaking': Kapuskasing native loses home in LA fire

'Heartbreaking': Kapuskasing native loses home in LA fire

In the aftermath of the blaze that destroyed her neighbourhood, Natasha Dowling says there's a lot of good happening, with the community rallying to help eachother
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Fight to save Matheson train station gets 'boost of confidence'

Fight to save Matheson train station gets 'boost of confidence'

A newly formed community group is talking to Huntsville volunteers who successfully protected their station in the early 2000s
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Majority of Cochrane-area snowmobile trails open

Majority of Cochrane-area snowmobile trails open

Next month, a charity poker run is hitting the trails for the seventh edition of an event raising money for fallen firefighters
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Kirkland Lake museum readying to reopen

Kirkland Lake museum readying to reopen

'It almost feels a little bit unbelievable that we are here. In a relatively short time, we’ve accomplished quite a bit,' says Ann Black
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California wildfires hit close to home for Iroquois Falls hockey player

California wildfires hit close to home for Iroquois Falls hockey player

Andrew Scott is closely monitoring updates from his family, who are about 30 minutes away from one of the devastating fires
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Cochrane helicopter ready to help fight California wildfires

Cochrane helicopter ready to help fight California wildfires

Expedition Helicopters' Black Hawk can be in the Golden State within 24 hours of getting a call for service
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'Genuine concern': Conservation funding at risk with prorogation

'Genuine concern': Conservation funding at risk with prorogation

With parliamentary business suspended, Mushkegowuk Council is pushing ahead with its work to conserve the waters of the Far North, but there are uncertainties
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Community rallying to save Matheson train station

Community rallying to save Matheson train station

'We don’t want to just put up a little bus shelter there. We want to actually use what’s there, if we can, in order to honour the history of the place,' says Barb Cornthwaite
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Surge in respiratory illnesses leads to masking mandate, school closures in Far North

Surge in respiratory illnesses leads to masking mandate, school closures in Far North

'We are seeing an increase in people coming into all of our emergency rooms in Fort Albany, Moosonee, and Moose Factory with respiratory infections'
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