Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Canada wants to leverage its G7 presidency to shape international objectives on the use of artificial intelligence to understand oceans, documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) hoped to host meetings in the fall to develop shared priorities and a global blueprint for […]
DID YOU KNOW? Ontario’s Third Annual “Test Your Smoke Alarm Day” will take place on September 28th. Being prepared to be SAVED BY THE BEEP with a WORKING SMOKE ALARM is your best chance to keep you and your family safe in the event of a fire. FIRE IS DEADLY […]
Here we are; sales barn week. I could have been travelling to and from Guelph as we had a BFO board meeting today but I was able to join by zoom. Our meeting was long but when I logged out a 4 p.m. I wasn’t rushing to catch a plane […]
Who realized that in the last federal election that we would elect a progressive conservative to lead and transform the Liberal Party of Canada into a progressive conservative party. Mark Carney has done that single handed and today Canada is already stronger and more independent from the United States. Under […]
Riverside Health Care has secured a contract with Siemens Healthineers to introduce leading-edge diagnostic imaging technology to the Rainy River District, marking a transformative step forward for local healthcare. The agreement includes new state-of-the-art digital radiography units for La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) in Fort Frances and the Rainy River […]
There are moments in history that linger in the collective memory of a people. For the Métis of Northwestern Ontario, one of those moments happened 150 years ago this month with the “Halfbreeds of Rainy River and Lake” signing an Adhesion to Treaty 3. As Canada expanded westward following Confederation, the […]
Tonight will see a few clouds and a low of 13 C (55 F). Tomorrow will bring a mix of sun and cloud during the day, before clearing overnight with a high of 24 (75) and a low of 5 (41). Friday will see sunny skies during the day before […]
THUNDER BAY — The medical school that serves northern Ontario says the addition of four new residencies will improve access to health care across the region. NOSM University has added post-graduate specializations in medical oncology, a new emergency medicine program, palliative care, and obstetrics and gynecology. In a media release, […]
THUNDER BAY — Patty Hajdu, the federal jobs and families minister, was at Thunder Bay Hydraulics on Friday morning to announce help for businesses dealing with shocks and strains from U.S. tariffs. The Montreal Street employer is one of those businesses. Hydraulics president Jamie Crozier said he was surprised to […]
If Kapuskasing Paper shutters its operation within the next two weeks, more than 2,500 jobs across the Northwestern Ontario forestry sector could be lost. Sawmills in Kapuskasing, Hearst, Chapleau and Cochrane, which rely on chips and bark from the paper mill, would face cascading shutdowns. The Federation of Northern Ontario […]
THUNDER BAY – OPSEU workers rallied together with other local labour organizations outside Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland’s office on Wednesday to send a collective message to the Ford Government: they may be black and blue, but they are certainly not broken. “The Ford Government and Kevin Holland all say […]
Garden River First Nation Chief Karen Bell says Ontario’s investments in the community do not fully address ongoing Indigenous challenges, and “fall short” of the economic gap. Ontario is investing $8 million over three years to support economic development in First Nations communities, partnering with the Ontario First Nations Economic […]
