Northeastern Ontario

Lagging internet. Fewer board staff. Funding disparities. In the James Bay area, schools face a specific set of challenges heading into the year.

Kirkland Lake’s Northern Thunder drag race was postponed due to the pandemic — but contestants recently got the chance to burn rubber.

Last year, North Bay hosted 15 productions that brought in $46 million to the local economy. This year, COVID-19 has created new challenges on set — and halted many shoots altogether.

Cities across the province are looking at bus-hailing services — and the government is encouraging them. But not everyone is on board.

In the spring, TVO.org spoke to cottage-country business owners afraid that COVID-19 would harm their summer prospects. This week, we check back in.

It looked as if local brand Temagami Dry wouldn’t survive. Then the Town of Tegamami came forward with a bid. 

As Ontario experiences a surge in suspected drug-toxicity deaths, front-line harm-reduction workers in the north are fighting to save lives during a pandemic.

Truckers spend long hours on the road keeping the supply chain up and running. They need to stay rested and fed — but COVID-19 is making that tougher in northern Ontario.

TVO.org is speaking to activists across Ontario to find out what's happening in their communities — and how they're fighting injustice. Today, we interview TiCarra Paquet and Liam Cousineau, who helped organize the June 3 march in Sudbury.

After libraries and other service providers shut down, Sudbury’s homeless population lacked access to various amenities. So the YMCA stepped in.

Across the province, Indigenous groups are setting up assessment centres to fill what they call a gap in the health-care system.

Each spring, the remote First Nation faces the risk of flooding and evacuation. This year, the coronavirus is making matters even more complicated.

COVID-19 has brought massive and unexpected costs — and communities in the north are trying to brace for them.