Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Seven Oaks School Division is doing a comprehensive audit of its carbon footprint to create a plan to help staff and students do their part under the 2016 Paris Agreement and signal-boost eco-friendly projects. “It can’t be a select few people caring for the Earth. It’s at the point […]
Manitoba MLAs are slated to debate whether elementary school teachers should be mandated to use a standardized tool to screen children for learning disabilities on a regular basis. The Manitoba Liberals co-drafted legislation with educators that would introduce universal monitoring to better detect early signs of struggle with reading and […]
Tonight will be cloudy with a low of -3 C (27 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy with a chance of flurries throughout the day and overnight with a high of 4 (39) and a low of -10 (14). Saturday will continue to see cloudy skies with a chance of flurries […]
Born to Haley Bruyere and Paul Kelly of Couchiching, Ontario, a girl, Rhiannon, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz, on March 11, 2025 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
The Town of Fort Frances Operations and Facilities Division, through winter weather monitoring activities, is following a system that could bring significant snow accumulation that could pose a risk to the users of the roadways and sidewalks within the Town of Fort Frances. The Operations and Facilities division will continue […]
Riverside Health Care is pleased to announce the launch of its new focused fundraising efforts aimed at advancing and expanding the future of health care across the Rainy River District.These efforts reflect our commitment to investing today for a better Riverside tomorrow – ensuring our care evolves to meet the […]
Despite heading into a federal election, the Canadian government has voiced support for finding a long-term solution for the Fort Frances – International Falls bridge. The comments came through a letter sent before the election writ dropped on Sunday, March 23, 2025, to Thunder Bay-Rainy River Liberal Party of Canada […]
For time immemorial Blackfoot people relied on buffalo (bison) for all of their basic needs and to this day the buffalo continue to be a centre piece in Blackfoot culture. Tim Bruised Head, from the Kainai Nation, hosts buffalo harvests for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to better understand Blackfoot […]
At the risk of dipping into the recipe boxes (electronic or printed) of chefs whose culinary talents exceed mine, which is pretty much everybody who walked through a kitchen, this column is about cooking. Well, cooking with a touch of sports, from the archives that make this column worth reading. […]
It’s 8:12am on a Sunday. Minus 4 degrees. Partly cloudy Ontario skies and I’m firing up a barbecue grill for the first time ever at this hour. After prepping and seasoning this early (and rather random) morning treat with spices that have taken me all of my life to figure […]
#1 Rookie of the year Gunnar Simon with assistant coach Cody Mosbeck #2 Most Improved Player Gunner Paradis with assistant coach Cody Mosbeck #3 The Lanny Freeman Award for best Defenseman Evan Kabel with Cody Mosbeck and Sarah (Freeman) Kivimaki #4 The Bev Kotnik Award for volunteerism Foster Couvier with […]
