Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – After Marc Larocque’s mother died eight years ago, a maple tree was planted in her memory at Multiple Sclerosis Society Park. Larocque, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), said the tree was planted as a memorial because his mom loved the park. “I don’t want my mom’s tree […]
As summer weather settles in to the Rainy River District, thoughts will turn to regular summertime activities like fishing, boating and off-roading with ATV’s, and the Ontario Provincial Police are warning riders to use their heads this summer to stay safe on the trails. This week, June 1-7, marks ATV […]
A partnership of local agencies and organizations is inviting the community to join in the Interagency Pride Event being held “in a spirit of inclusion and celebration” on Monday, June 8, at the 52 Canadians Arena ice surface at the Memorial Centre. The event will run from 2:00 p.m. to […]
A wildfire burning about 50 kilometres north of Thunder Bay got a bit smaller in size on Monday, but still remained classified as not under control, provincial officials said. The Smiley Lake blaze is located about 4.5 kilometres west of Highway 527, burning on the southeast side of the lake, […]
KENORA – Eight new Water Operators are ready to begin providing safe drinking water to their communities as Class 1 Water Operators, after graduating from the Drinking Water Internship Program on May 21. “Safe water should be a given anywhere. Having qualified operators are basically the last line of defence […]
Indigenous searchers are calling for the creation of a permanent search and rescue team in Thunder Bay, where the bodies of four missing persons have been found over the past two weeks. Meanwhile, Thunder Bay’s police chief and the region’s First Nations leaders traded barbs on social media, amid criticism […]
Seventy years after its publication, Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 can still be found holding on with white knuckles to the required reading list of some grade 10, mid-level English classes. The copies that are handed out would fail to spark a flame of interest under students, even if […]
Creativity does not cease to be at the end of an artist’s brush, nor is it reserved solely for artists. If you are a human being, you are creative in impressive and at times overlooked ways. The problem is not the absence of creative impulse or talent, but an often-narrow […]
Lately in the news, topics related to land ownership and title and who gets to leave and who gets to stay (among other things) have been consistent (and at times equally divisive). However, those debates are not where I’d like to play catch today (as I have my own personal […]
Did we just miss spring? I wonder as our timing of seasons continues to change. We still had snow and ice through the last weekend of April. For three weekends in May, the thermometer struggled to get into double digits. And last week we welcomed summer temperatures. They did not […]
Whoa…. June 1. The date makes me a bit nervous. Since we just got spring and summer simultaneously last week, there are many jobs to tick off. This last week of weather has been incredible, and I don’t mind it one bit. We did have to finally turn on the […]
