Local News from Across the Rainy River District
After raising more than $762,000 over the past 45 years, organizers of the Kenora Terry Fox Run are hoping to reach $1 million by the event’s 50th anniversary. The 46th annual run takes place Sunday, Sept. 20, at Valleyview School. Kenora has held a Terry Fox Run every year since […]
After years of planning, the footprint of Kenora’s proposed 126-acre Campus of Care is now taking shape. Kenora Chiefs Advisory and the Lake of the Woods District Hospital have approved an updated master site plan that establishes where the new All Nations Hospital, Wiigwas Elder and Senior Care, major roads, […]
MANITOULIN—Canada has traditionally advised its communities, infrastructure and institutions around the promise of a relatively stable climate. Now, the climate is changing faster than the machinery of government was built to respond to it. A sweeping new federal scientific assessment released September 3 finds that some of the changes subliminally […]
A national professional choir is marking its 25th anniversary with a Manitoba tour that will bring together professional singers, local choirs, students and community members. The Canadian Chamber Choir will tour the province from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5, with concerts in Brandon and Winnipeg alongside workshops, school visits and […]
Residents across the Rainy River District are being asked to complete a survey and attend a number of town halls across the region to share their healthcare experiences and help identify priorities that will guide future planning across the district. Rainy River District Health Care Matters, a public engagement campaign […]
The Emo Legion will host Beer and Burger this Friday, Sept. 18, and a meat draw will also take place. Beer and Burger is from 5-7 p.m. A reminder that cribbage is played every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. This is open to everyone, and the cost is $5. Bingos […]
A Kenora Park employee who pulled a struggling toddler from Lake of the Woods has been formally recognized for her actions. Camryn Dewar received a Lifesaving Society Rescue Award of Merit following the July 1, 2025, rescue near the Anicinabe Park boat launch. Dewar was leaving to go fishing with […]
Zeel Shah moved to the neighbourhood of Windermere in Edmonton from Toronto and quickly found that the quieter life she and her husband wanted came with an immediate challenge: Getting around without a car. On weekends, when buses ran less frequently, Shah sometimes walked for half an hour in -20 […]
I’ve been doing some more head laundry lately about those good old life lessons, and I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me because I’ve accumulated enough thoughts, memories, mistakes and lessons to keep the washing machine going for quite some time. Relationships: the complicated, wonderful, occasionally maddening business of allowing another […]
