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Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Matt joins the Newswatch team after more than 15 years working in print and broadcast media in Thunder Bay, where he was born and raised. A lover of music, he refuses to part with his (still growing) CD collection.

He covers civic issues in Northwestern Ontario under the Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the Government of Canada.

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Recent Work by Matt

Ontario can help small airports by helping airlines: Rickford

Ontario can help small airports by helping airlines: Rickford

The Kenora-Rainy River MPP says Ontario “has not ruled out” some short-term help that would benefit airlines that fly regionally.
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A chance to ‘be involved’: Nuclear waste site assessment begins

A chance to ‘be involved’: Nuclear waste site assessment begins

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has publicly posted the initial project description submitted by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
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Colour coded: Environment Canada launches new weather alerts

Colour coded: Environment Canada launches new weather alerts

The new yellow, orange and red coded warnings, advisories and watches are designed to more accurately reflect what impacts more severe weather could have.
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First Nations mental health funding not contingent on development deals: Ford

First Nations mental health funding not contingent on development deals: Ford

Premier Doug Ford and Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford were asked about the issue at Queen’s Park Wednesday.
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First Nations opioid death rate in Ontario nine times higher than rest of province

First Nations opioid death rate in Ontario nine times higher than rest of province

The study was co-authored by researchers at the Chiefs of Ontario and the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network.
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New specialist residencies will benefit all of northern Ontario, NOSM says

New specialist residencies will benefit all of northern Ontario, NOSM says

The medical school has added four post-graduate streams to its slate of programming.
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New specialist residencies will benefit all of northern Ontario, NOSM says

New specialist residencies will benefit all of northern Ontario, NOSM says

The medical school has added four post-graduate streams to its slate of programming.
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Wild rice restoration can support ‘cultural resurgence,’ researcher says

Wild rice restoration can support ‘cultural resurgence,’ researcher says

The initiative recently received $50,000 from the province’s Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative.
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Poilievre blaming immigration for job shortages is ‘pitting us against each other’: Northern MP

Poilievre blaming immigration for job shortages is ‘pitting us against each other’: Northern MP

Federal jobs and families minister Patty Hajdu says the temporary foreign worker program accounts for less than one per cent of Canada’s workforce.
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Politicians praise billion-dollar softwood lumber funding package

Politicians praise billion-dollar softwood lumber funding package

Local representatives agree that all levels of government working together is crucial to the industry surviving the ongoing tariff war with the U.S.
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