Local News from Across the Rainy River District
MARATHON — School buses in this lakeshore town will make fewer stops this year, and that has parents worried for their children’s safety. “I just don’t see this going well,” Pat Tanasichuck, who has a son in Grade 4 at Holy Saviour School, said Wednesday. Tanasichuck said his family was […]
The “mega trial” of Michael Mark Haaima resumed Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after a two-week summer hiatus, with testimony from the boyfriend of one of Haaima’s alleged victims. Justice Robyn M. Ryan Bell is presiding over the judge-only trial, which began at Frontenac County Court House in Kingston on May 29, […]
A Gimli-area tenant says his personal struggles with unsafe housing conditions reveal deeper flaws in Manitoba’s rental system, pointing to weak oversight, regulatory loopholes, and what he calls “profit farming” by landlords. For more than six years, the Gimli resident, who wished to remain anonymous, has lived in an apartment […]
Golden Lake – Jennifer Wiertel loves to read and her dream of creating a free, large lending and exchange library was made a reality this summer by her husband, Mathew Felske, and it is already creating quite a reading buzz in the area. “I love the idea of little free libraries […]
The groovy place to be on Wednesday was the Midland Cultural Centre, where seniors were able to learn how to be teenagers again through a ‘Seenagers’ event. A portmanteau of senior and teenager, ‘Seenagers’ was promoted tongue-in-cheek for those aged 65 and up who enjoyed life with the freedom, attitude, […]
Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of showers and a low of 4 C (39 F). Tomorrow will see cloudy skies with a chance of showers during the day and cloudy periods with a chance of showers overnight with a high of 12 (54) and a low of 5 […]
A growing group of curious shoppers were lined up outside of Hometown Furniture and Appliance this morning for the store’s Grand Opening. The store will be celebrating the opening through Saturday with special sales and draws.
EVENTS CALENDAR The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch #29 will be holding their monthly supper on Friday, September 26, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.). Dinner this month is Pork Cutlets and tickets are $25 each, or $12 for those under 12. Tickets for delivery, […]
The words were like a beacon. A constellation. Like arcane parchment, a conscious remnant from some ancient heart. Reaching forth from the outward-facing spine of the book, the title might as well have been incandescent. Far left. Top shelf. “Citizen of the World.” For years, it was as if the words, with […]
Back at their first meeting in August, Fort Frances Council voted unanimously to oppose provincial legislation that granted Strong Mayoral Rule granting them the right to overrule decisions made by council. As Andrew Halikas noted, the Fort Frances council works well together. It was a good decision. Council returned authority […]
DID YOU KNOW? According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, hospitalizations in Canada from injuries caused by electric kick-style scooters (e-scooters) jumped by 32% in the last two years. In addition, recent hospitalization data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 has been a central focus of extensive media coverage throughout Canada. […]
