The date was Friday October 16, and temperatures on this fall morning had dropped precipitously since the relatively warm sun reigned during the previous weekend. Though rays of sunshine did eventually emerge through the glum pack of grey clouds, it was not enough to quell or counter the wind's aggressive gust of chilly air. It was clear, as I zipped up my light jacket in a failed attempt to decrease direct contact with these discomforting elements, that we had reached a new

{This article was originally published in the Atikokan Progress, October 9th 2024} I always thought of Manitoba as but a lush and vast prairie region; and indeed - it is vast, boasting more than 14,000 farms province wide. But as I drove home after a trip to Winnipeg, first through the town of Ste. Anne, passing by the water park near the Paradise Village neighborhood, then into Richer and beyond, the view outside my window transformed. Seemingly within a blink of an eye the

About halfway between the city of Thunder Bay and our town of Atikokan, only a few kilometres from the height of land, lives the village of Kashabowie, just up the north-bound highway 802. South from Kashabowie, past Burchell Lake and near Snodgrass Lake one arrives at the site of the Moss Gold Deposit, the mining rights of which are owned by a company that readers of the Progress have become familiar with: GoldX2. Their operational headquarters: a warehouse in Kashabowie le

Originally published in the Atikokan Progress, March 4 2026 On February 5th, GoldX2 CEO Michael Henrichsen announced the discovery of two ‘mineralized shear zones’ 2 km south of their Moss Lake site, in the midst of an “aggressive exploration program”. Due to ongoing findings within the area of ‘Reasonable Prospects of Eventual Economic Extraction’ (RPEEE), the exact lifespan of the mine site, as well as total extraction, is currently unknown. Also unknown, based only on roug

December 2nd, 2024, Toronto, Ontario A lengthy snowfall swept its way through southern Ontario during the last hours of November, so that when this reporter travelled to Toronto for the December 2 session of Queens Park, it felt like a winter wonderland. Certainly not every part of the city streets elicited a joyous wonder - the sight of a person shriveling up on the sidewalk wrapped around their sleeping bag was common. But entering the parliamentary premises, the bright li

From Toronto, the seat of the Ontario Legislature The provincial legislature returned to action November 18, after an eleven-day break. On this day Toronto was bustling with energy, still in the midst of a series of Taylor Swift concerts taking the city by storm. {The Ontario Legislative Building, in all its Glory} Queen’s Park harboured its own energy: a mix of assurance and anxiety; of youthful ambition and prideful