Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Viktoria Sotnyk landed in Canada with her daughter on May 1, 2022, after fleeing the war in Ukraine. It was a move she never planned to make, and she arrived with little knowledge of her new country and a worry about her language skills. “I was a journalist back in […]
MARATHON — Experts on aquatic ecosystems say confirmed reports of blue-green algae blooms on Lake Superior are a cause for concern, but the degree to which they’re tracked nowadays is much more robust than in the past. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Parks Canada announced a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom at […]
Everything’s Going to Be Great is coming to the Capitol Centre for a free screening on Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m. Parts of the film, which stars Bryan Cranston, were filmed inside North Bay’s historic Capitol Centre, and the film’s producers are bringing it back to where it began. The […]
For many Canadians, starting a family is more challenging than ever. With fertility rates at such lows and access to care uneven across the country, World Fertility Day on Nov. 2 is a reminder of both the obstacles and the solutions that exist for those pursuing parenthood. After generally declining […]
Newfoundland business owner Jerry Joy is taking it upon himself to help out evacuees and first responders in the ongoing wildfires in the only way he knows how: by feeding them. Joy has run The Indian Express for seven years now, a quaint pair of stores in St. John’s and […]
Peterbilt Fort Frances celebrated 25 years of business last week on Thursday, August 14, 2025, with plenty of activities for the whole family and a look at some of the trucks that make up their fleet.
In the homestead, in private industry, and even in municipal operations, the question holds about fixing something that isn’t broken. Marcel Michaels, the town’s CAO, was appointed in April to the role of acting fire chief. Council asked then that staff present a follow-up report by the end of this […]
Fort Frances will take another swing at an off-leash dog park. Council agreed when it met Aug. 11, 2025, to establish an ad-hoc committee to plan and develop a municipal off-leash dog park. It’s hoped development of the park will begin next summer. But there’s much work to be done […]
Funday was held on July 30, 2025, and began at 6:00 p.m. at the Miller’s Farm. First, everybody unloaded their animals and got them settled in the barn and then proceeded to eat dinner and visit. At 7:04 p.m. Henry called the meeting to order and we began with the […]
If athletes were thoroughbreds (as in racehorses), who would be each sport’s leading sires — the quarterback or centre fielder or defenceman with an offspring of equal or greater ability? As generational all-stars go, baseball has the Ken Griffeys (Jr. and Sr.) and the Bonds (Bobby, Barry); hockey has Bobby […]
To best describe: it’s always like a thunderbird, rolling like advancing storm clouds. Rumbling, a slipping fault-line, especially when climbing gears. First. Second. Third. Passing the Sorting Gap. Fourth. Fifth. Up and over the Noden Causeway during a smooth trade-off from setting sun to stellar skies. Locking into Sixth […]
