Local News from Across the Rainy River District
KENORA — The majority of councillors in Kenora voted to oppose the province’s imposition of strong mayor powers on the municipality, but they ultimately remain in effect. At its June 17 committee of the whole meeting, councillors debated a motion that, in part, formally opposes “the imposition of strong mayor […]
WARNING: this story contains references to suicide. OTTAWA — If federal leaders want to fast-track resource development projects, then they’ve got to help fix a number of longstanding health and social issues in First Nations, says a Northwestern Ontario chief. Jeff Copenace, the chief of the Ojibways of Onigaming First […]
THUNDER BAY – “It’s not a solution,” David Kisselgoff, director of Kisselgoff Motorcycle Museum, said in his deputation regarding the temporary shelter village site at last night’s committee of the whole. On Monday, city council voted 6-5 in favour of 114 Miles Street East as the site for the temporary shelter village. In a […]
The wretched worm that ravages spruce and fir trees and leaves a brownish mess in its wake seems to be everywhere one looks this summer, while options for trying to prevent the pest from wreaking its havoc are limited. For some rural property owners just outside Thunder Bay, spruce budworm […]
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 […]
