Local News from Across the Rainy River District
As Fort Frances moves toward the Oct. 26 municipal election, residents will soon be choosing the mayor and council who will shape the direction of the town for the next four years, making decisions that will potentially have an impact for many more. With 11 candidates on the ballot and […]
A newly appointed judge will sit on the judicial circuit that serves the Rainy River District, Ontario’s attorney general announced Tuesday. Among a slate of five new judges in Ontario, Justice Brent Davidson has been assigned by Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas to Kenora-Fort Frances effective next Thursday, Aug. 27, Attorney […]
A bevy of queen bees have made it to their new empire at Spry Farm after getting a lift from their new mom’s dad. Leanne Spry had put out a call last Monday for a volunteer to pick up the new queen bees in Winnipeg for delivery to The Spry […]
If you’re heading from Winnipeg to the Rainy River district over the next few days, would you consider giving a lift to about a dozen single ladies looking to reach a new home where they can adopt tens of thousands of lonely offspring? And these are no ordinary foster moms-to-be, […]
Northwestern Ontario wildfires tracked by the Ontario Forest Fires (OFF) agency have tapered off a little after recent rainfall dampened parts of the region and temperatures cooled. OFF’s most recent fire update Tuesday evening pegged the tally at 113 active in the Northwest Region; 17 were not under control, nine […]
This wildfire season has been a brutal one in Northern Ontario, with dry conditions creating the conditions for a whopping total of 604 fires so far—outstripping the 388 seen in 2025 and far above the 10-year average of 408 per year. The fires have been big and nasty: more than […]
A total of 117 active wildland fires were reported as active in the Northwest Region late Monday, down from a high of 148 earlier in July, after a rainy weekend helped to dampen forest conditions. There were 23 fires not under control, three being held, eight under control and 83 […]
Our readers may have noticed that over the past few months, the number of flyers from major national retailers included in the Thursday Bulletin of the Fort Frances Times has dwindled to next to nothing. We want you to know that those changes aren’t coming from us and to explain […]
The number of wildfires burning across Northwestern Ontario continues to increase, with 146 active, 53 not under control, five being held, seven under control and 81 being observed, according to the latest update from Ontario Forest Fires (OFF). The closest large fires, Fort Frances 14 in Quetico Provincial Park and […]
Despite some overnight rain and cooler conditions, Northwestern Ontario entered Tuesday with 140 active wildland fires, 47 not under control, six being held, seven under control and 80 being observed. The largest fires remain concentrated in the Thunder Bay-Ignace corridor, with several new starts recorded in the Fort Frances fire […]
The Canadian Bass Championship is arriving in Fort Frances just as the Rainy Lake District begins to cool down from a punishing stretch of heat and very little rain. The lake will still be holding the warmth of those 30‑plus days, but by mid‑week the atmosphere will start to shift […]
The region’s health unit is expanding free access to the Hepatitis A vaccine as it monitors an ongoing outbreak of the virus in Manitoba that has made inroads into parts of Northwestern Ontario. The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) said it has confirmed two cases of Hepatitis A in the Sioux […]
