Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Danny Masuzumi Sr. shakes his head, recalling the jumble of emotions he experienced as a raging wildfire bore down on the remote K’ahsho Got’ine community of Fort Good Hope, NWT. A year ago, local leaders, other emergency personnel, Masuzumi and his team of Indigenous Guardians had to make a terrifying […]
The winners in Betty’s first Warhammer painting contest have been revealed. The store held the contest for local hobbyists who take part in the tabletop strategy game. Participants were invited to submit a custom-painted miniature figure from the popular game in both a Beginner and Advanced category. Once the entry […]
After Ontario’s Bill 223 banned supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools, the province announced that Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs would replace them. But months after Peel Region’s only SCS shut down, the promised Brampton HART Hub has yet to open. In a July 11 email, Peel […]
Métis scholar Kristy McLeod is bracing for more hateful online comments when Decolonization and Me: Conversations about Healing a Nation and Ourselves hits the stores in mid-August. She wrote the book with Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad. “I’ve made as many (of my social media accounts) private as I can so that […]
It was a night to remember as Taylor’s Story–A Live Experience brought hundreds out to the Fort Frances Canadian Bas Championship big Tent last night, July 16, 2025, for a massive show celebrating the pop music legend’s catalogue of hits. The fan funded, non-official tribute show was the next-best thing […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 12 C (54 F). Tomorrow will see increasing cloudiness and a chance of showers during the day, becoming cloudy with a continuing chance of showers overnight and a high of 20 (68) with a low of 10 (50). Saturday will bring […]
I’m sitting at a baseball game one night, doing what I’ve always done at a thousand or so ball games, most of them during five seasons as a Montreal baseball writer. I’m keeping score. To my right, there’s an old guy…ok, another old guy, doing the same thing. So what […]
The weather is not cooperating well to make dry hay, and it is driving me slightly crazy. My mind is programmed that we should be making hay, and I find it difficult to work on something else because my focus is making hay. I found myself a bit stir crazy […]
Born March 8, 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Passed away peacefully on July 14, 2025, with his beautiful daughters and family by his side. A full obituary to follow.
EVENTS CALENDAR The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship events continue all weekend On Thursday kids activities start at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Fort Frances Market Square will take place on the waterfront from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Mr. Richard–Magic, Music, and ventriloquism show for all […]
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nancy Gladu (née Green), who died peacefully in her sleep at home on July 7, 2025. Nancy was born in Fort Frances on July 23, 1950. Nancy was the beloved daughter of Yvonne Person, from Flanders, Ontario, and Walter […]
