Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Content warning: This story details police violence towards Indigenous people. Please look after your spirit and read with care. The Winnipeg Police Service has announced charges against a security guard alleged to have assaulted an Indigenous man last weekend using brass knuckles — a weapon outlawed in “Canada.” The 23-year-old […]
Riddle me this. If a rez dog is walking around outdoors and no one is around to hear it, does Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam” play loudly from the sky? Where do I begin? Skipper the Rez Dog did not belong to us. That’s the official line. Technically, he belonged […]
The winner of Riverside Health Care’s 50/50 Draw for the month of February has been announced. Neal Webb of Fort Frances will be taking home $13,390 after yesterday’s ticket draw revealed him as the winner. “Oh, fabulous,” Webb said when he received the call. According to a press release from […]
Local shoppers and motorists who have signed up to be part of Clearview Co-op in west Fort Frances should be checking their mail, as the company has sent out its most recent round of equity cheques. Clearview Co-op is a southeastern Manitoba based business that follows the co-operative model that […]
It is with sadness that the family of Lisa LaRocque announces her passing at her home on February 28, 2026, with her family at her side. Lisa was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, on November 10, 1969. Her family moved to Fort Frances in 1970. Her early education was in […]
Meminosing Sadly the family announces the passing of Clifford Boshkaykin, 74, of Seine River First Nation on February 24, 2026, at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. Clifford was born on February 8, 1952 in Fort Frances, Ontario, to parents Anson and Marlene Boshkaykin. He loved the outdoors, logging, fishing and […]
Time is certainly marching on! It doesn’t seem like Christmas was that long ago. We made it through another cold day or two and it looks like we are going to be trending warmer. There doesn’t seem to be a happy medium. It hasn’t been too bad for calving at […]
We live in an ever-shrinking world. The internet brought us images of the first bombs striking Iranian territory before the dust from those bombs settled. The U.S. government supplied us with videos of aircraft being launched from carriers and missiles being fired from destroyers and then photographs of those missiles […]
It was just days before Newfoundland first won the Brier. Curling’s national championship was being played at the Regina Exhibition Stadium, which by today’s site standards might rank as an oversized barn that held 7,000 spectators and a few cows. Curling brooms were made of corn straw… you sweep, and […]
At a lunch and good conversation at the Flint House on Scott Street, the new General Manager of the Fort Frances Times extended an invitation that genuinely meant something to me. Alongside my usual columns on Canadian culture, history, music and art (and the occasional attempt at humour), he asked […]
