Local News from Across the Rainy River District
From the ashes spread across the area surrounding Crystal Lake, an area hit by the wildfire the past two summers, plants such as fireweed and Bicknell’s geranium appear abundant. Local biologist Brian Jackson says these particular plants thrive in open ground where there is heavy exposure to sunlight, and therefore […]
Atikokan Council met early for a special session on Monday, welcoming a delegation from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). Erik Kremer, a senior advisor with NWMO, spoke to Council about the program, and afterwards answered several questions posed by councillors. “I think it comes down to trust,” said Kremer […]
More than 900 people came out to the former Brandon Residential School property on Wednesday as Premier Wab Kinew announced the purchase of Turtle Crossing Campground — the site of a cemetery for students who attended the school. Explaining the decision to purchase the campground in partnership with the City […]
As dawn broke over the Detroit River, the University of Windsor’s Vanier Hall buzzed with anticipation. More than a hundred cyclists—fresh from breakfast and brimming with energy—clipped on their helmets and wheeled out for a moment they’d long awaited: the official ribbon-cutting of the Gordie Howe International Bridge’s new bike […]
Thirty years after her young daughter’s disappearance, Céline Ethier only wants one thing: to be able to lay her child to rest. On the anniversary of the day her daughter, Mélanie Ethier, mysteriously vanished in the fall of 1996 in what is now called Temiskaming Shores, the grieving mom is […]
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Earl, who will be dearly missed by his wife Eileen; siblings Harold (Priscilla), Dwayne (Leone) and Ellen. He was predeceased by his parents Norman and Germaine; first wife Maureen; siblings Donald, June and Geraldine; grandson Joey; stepson Peter; brothers-in-law Harry […]
