Local News from Across the Rainy River District
IGNACE — Three new community safety services will give Ignace the tools to protect current and future residents, says township communications lead Jake Pastore. A mobile emergency alert system, satellite phones for the fire department and municipal administration, and backup generators at emergency shelter locations will come to Ignace within […]
During weeks of radiation treatment in Winnipeg, Penny Norris wanted two things at the end of each day: supper at home and a night in her own bed. It meant travelling about five hours round trip from Kenora, Monday through Friday. But returning home gave her something familiar during a […]
The new fantastical world that young adults will soon be exploring In the Long Shadows is steeped in Indian residential school history and intergenerational impacts. Ojibwe and Scottish writer Bear Meawasige (a pen name) explains that in his hometown of Spanish, Ont., there are the hulls of two residential schools acknowledged only […]
An immigration lawyer sent Sofia a one-line message on Aug. 31, 2026: “Stop working immediately.” Her employer’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) renewal —filed on time, with all documentation complete — was still pending with Service Canada and the government was not prepared to wait for it. The Immigration, Refugees […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Come on down to Safeway this Saturday and show your support for the Muskie Boys hockey team at their Barbecue. Season passes will be available for purchase, $50 gets you into every regular season home game. Have a sweet tooth? Chocolate covered almonds will be available for purchase. […]
The Northwestern Health Unit and Government of Ontario are encouraging people at heightened risk of hepatitis A to get vaccinated against the virus amidst an ongoing Manitoba outbreak. Hepatitis A is a virus that affects the liver. It spreads mainly through contaminated food and water, or close direct contact with […]
THUNDER BAY – The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre is making it easier for forestry-sector businesses to get up and running in the region. The centre’s Boreal Springboard program received $1.5 million through the province’s trade-impacted communities program. The Boreal Springboard project offers an accelerator and a soft-landing program, says Richard […]
The Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and several regional Indigenous leaders want Ottawa to withdraw its major projects bill, saying faster approvals could leave communities without enough time to examine what development would mean for their lands and waters. COO and NAN are being joined by the Assembly of […]
A Northern Policy Institute researcher says safer highways around Kenora could be built sooner and at a fraction of the cost of twinning by adding alternating passing lanes and a barrier separating opposing traffic. William Dunstan, the institute’s vice-president of research, says traffic volumes in the area favour a three-lane […]
