Local News from Across the Rainy River District
As Canada faces growing economic pressures and ongoing labour shortages, Gananoque Mayor John Beddows is calling for a bold shift in how the country regulates its workforce: national free trade in labour. In a social media post last week, Beddows questioned why interprovincial trade barriers remain firmly in place for […]
When Jenifer Brousseau’s father closed the shaft of the uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ontario, he asked himself a hard question. “I turned around and I looked back after, and I asked myself, ‘What did I do? What was I a part of?’” he told Brousseau. As an Indigenous man, […]
Local public-health officials at the centre of a measles outbreak are expanding first-dose vaccination eligibility to help protect infants from the highly infectious disease. Southwestern Public Health – which serves Oxford and Elgin counties and St. Thomas – is booking first-dose measles vaccination appointments for infants between the ages of […]
Premier Doug Ford’s cruise to lead a third-straight majority government in Thursday’s provincial election didn’t disappoint at least one Northern municipal politician. Ford’s lopsided victory also included Conservative MPP Kevin Holland’s re-election in Thunder Bay-Atikokan. Conmee Mayor Sheila Maxwell said on Friday that given the choice between a provincial member […]
With the Mushkegowuk-James Bay riding being decided by just four votes, the ballots will likely be recounted. The unofficial results from Elections Ontario show NDP incumbent Guy Bourgouin with 3,606 votes (45.4 per cent) and PC Dave Plourde with 3,602 votes (45.35 per cent). Given the tight margin, a recount […]
Rainy Lake Sports’ Missy Nelson pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s 2025 Trip of the Month draw for March yesterday morning. Bryan Patterson is the winner of a Riviera Maya Mexico trip, valued at $4,100.00. Next month’s draw is for a Portugal Coastal Cities trip ($4,200.00).
Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of -7 C (19 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with a chance of flurries during the day before becoming clear overnight with a high of -2 (28) and a low of -15 (5). Thursday will be cloudy […]
The call went out at about 5:15 a.m. to a fire at 710 Wright Ave. in Fort Frances, according to interim fire chief Dave Robertson. Robertson called the incident a ‘grinder’ for the responders. There is currently no indication as to the cause but the entire upper level of the […]
FEATURED POST TODAY is Election Day in Ontario. Every Ontario resident who is a Canadian citizen has the right to vote for whatever party you choose! Your polling place is on your voter information card. If you have not received a card in the mail you can still vote. Bring […]
Riverside Health Care is pleased to announce a new same-day appointment option for community counselling services. This will provide flexible and accessible support for individuals aged 18 and older by providing a single-session conversation, virtually or in person, with a registered therapist. This initiative provides community members with timely access […]
During a visit to Thunder Bay late last week, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford reiterated his election promise to speed up project approvals in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire by pushing Ottawa to remove what he called “unnecessary federal barriers and red tape” from major projects under provincial jurisdiction. […]
