Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate in relation to separate incidents that took place in the City of Kenora and Pikangikum First Nation On February 16, 2025, at 5:00 a.m. in the City of Kenora, members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded […]
KENORA — The federal government’s appointment of a longtime advocate for victims’ rights as chief adviser on human trafficking was great news to the coordinator of Treaty Three Police Service’s Maanaji’win Project. Gary Anandasangaree, the minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, announced Jennifer Richardson’s appointment to the adviser position, with a three-year […]
A decision by the Ministry of Natural Resource to allow a high-voltage power line to go through a portion of a protected area just west of Thunder Bay may be challenged at an Ontario Land Tribunal hearing. “We are currently filling out the paperwork to request a hearing, which we […]
Connecting the Toronto-Quebec City corridor with high speed rail could shave 39 million tonnes of carbon pollution in the coming decades, the equivalent of taking nine million gas powered cars off the road for a year, according to project documents. Transportation experts interviewed by Canada’s National Observer said a high-speed rail network […]
The business of running a cemetery should be on the shoulders of the province and country instead of municipalities, Tay Township Deputy Mayor Barry Norris said during a recent committee of the whole meeting. A report costing out the cemetery operations for 2024 was discussed at the meeting, as it […]
Rising costs and economic uncertainty are slowing Ontario farm business growth, according to the latest Farm Business Confidence Survey released this week by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). Compared to the previous year, Ontario farmers are focusing on maintaining the status quo and dialing back expansion and investment in […]
Love them or hate them, Fort Frances’ resident deer populations seem like they’re here to stay, and have gotten quite comfortable doing so, as seen in this photo taken earlier this year. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the most numerous of Ontario’s cervid species, which includes woodland caribou, American elk […]
The Invictus Games are an international sporting event for injured and ill members of the military, both serving members and veterans. In this year’s Games, Team Canada includes Clifford Samms, a Codroy resident who served in the air force for over 20 years. Samms joined the forces after he finished […]
A growing number of Manitobans are avoiding American-made goods and travel south of the border, a new poll found, as tough talk and threats of tariffs from the U.S. appear to be shifting consumer habits here in Manitoba. “With a trade war imminent and even talk in the air of […]
It’s time to get to know your local symphony, North Bay. The North Bay Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) is hosting a “Meet the Orchestra” concert this Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Capitol Centre at 150 Main Street, North Bay. It’s a family-friendly event, designed to help introduce children to the world […]
The North West Company (NWC) has been accused of misusing federal subsidies that were supposed to bring down grocery prices in the north, which the company said isn’t true. Last week lawyers representing multiple current and former residents of Nunavut filed documents in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench asking that […]
An additional five measles cases have been reported in the Grand Erie Public Health region as of Wednesday, bringing the confirmed total to 53 cases. The outbreak is largely concentrated in Norfolk County, with one case in Brant County, according to Sarah Titmus, the health unit’s program director. Nearly all of the […]
