Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted a mayoral forum on Tuesday and welcomed all nine mayoral candidates to attend at the Da Vinci Centre to share their ideas and platforms with Chamber members. Of the nine candidates, Maureen Comuzzi, Peter Diedrich, Trevor Giertuga, Volker Kromm, Aldo Ruberto, Wolfgang Schoor, […]
THUNDER BAY – More than a dozen people gathered at Oliver Road Community Centre on Thursday evening to hear more about the city’s 20-year road map for its water treatment system. Joshua Daniels, a water and wastewater engineer with the city, said the meeting was to gain public input to […]
Waasigan-binesiwag Ikwe Beloved partner of Parker Strong, and her little love Phalen. Courtney was a loving daughter, sister, auntie, granddaughter, niece, cousin, partner, and friend. She made friends everywhere she went, leaving a special place in the hearts of so many people along the way. Courtney loved to socialize, she […]
The leaves are falling, another year passing taking with it a beautiful person, MaryLouise Parks, released from the grip of MS, cancer, PML and more cancer on the evening of September 17. 2026. She was under the care and compassion of the nurses at LaVerendrye Continuing Care and watched over […]
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Candace Rae Perrault, who was found deceased on September 21, 2026, at the age of 51. She was born on April 29th 1975, in Fort Frances, Ont., to Valentine Sr. and Eleanor Perrault. She was a very outgoing, fun-loving, […]
With great sadness, the family of Robert Louis Veillieux, 92, of Fort Frances, Ont., announce his passing on September 22, 2026. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd.
EVENTS CALENDAR Ther will be a Sunrise Ceremony to kickoff Orange Shirt Day at 6 a.m. at Agency One Point Park Beach. Breakfast provided, please bring a lawn chair. Orange Shirt Day Awareness walk is taking place on Wednesday Sept. 30 (TOMORROW) the walk will take place starting from the […]
Students from schools in Fort Frances had a first-hand look at the making of bannock at Seven Generation Education Institute’s (SGEI) Rainy Lake campus as part of their Fall Harvest event held last week on Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25. Students learned about several different Anishinaabe fall-time traditions, […]
This Thursday’s Election 2026 Town Hall will now be held at the Townshend Theatre, a change from the originally planned venue at the Memorial Sports Centre’s auditorium. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The change was made to ensure that the venue is fully accessible, as the lift at the […]
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) announced on Friday that it will be conducting a strike vote from Nov. 6-16. The announcement was made during OSSTF/FEESO’s provincial council meeting in Toronto. Ongoing negotiations between the teachers’ union and the Ontario goåvernment are based on several issues around growing student […]
The Lake of the Woods District Hospital (LWDH) is developing a plan to address growing surgical wait lists caused by the May flood, while discussions are underway with the province about possible additional funding to support recovery. During a media scrum held earlier in the week, hospital president and CEO […]
