By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

Since 2021 Riverside Health Care has offered patients without other means of transport, the opportunity to avail of its Medically Stable Patient Transport (MSPT) service. David Black is the Director of Community Services for Riverside Health Care he says that the organization acknowledges the difficulties that some Rainy River District […]

FEATURED POST The Monthly Supper by The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch #29 will be held Friday, January 31. On the menu is a pork cutlet dinner, with all the trimmings. Tickets are $25 or $12 for those under 12. Only 125 meals are available, and must be […]

–Submitted photo

The U11 AA Canadians were big winners in their home tournament last weekend. The Canadians went undefeated to claim the Canadians Cup. They bested the KC Sabres 5-3 in the final on Sunday to claim the gold.

From the OPP
Press release

(FORT FRANCES , ON) – Rainy River District Detachment (Fort Frances) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested three individuals following an investigation of a Break and Enter into a residence. On January 26, 2025, just after 01:00 a.m. members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police […]

By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

Population, economic and agricultural growth are some of the reasons for an increasing demand for electricity and Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says Northern Ontario simply needs more hydroelectric power.  “The average in Ontario is 75 per cent more power by the year 2050, but here up north, it’s 81 […]

By Clint Fleury,
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
TBNewswatch.com

THUNDER BAY — Conservative MPPs are backing their leader’s decision to call an election more than a year before the end of their four year term, while the NDP opposition accuses the premier of political opportunism. Thunder Bay–Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland and energy minister Stephen Lecce were in Thunder Bay […]

By Hugh Kruzel
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star

Science North’s ability to deliver new and innovative projects was given a boost last week with a significant commitment of federal funding. Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe announced more than $2.3 million for Science North to expand programming at its Ramsey Lake site as well as Dynamic Earth. Calling Science North […]

By John Woodside
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer

Former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has weighed in on the future of carbon pricing if she becomes the next Liberal leader, but what she said raises more questions than answers. In an interview with French-language TVA last week, Freeland said climate action is a major issue for her and she […]

By J.P. Antonacci
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Hamilton Spectator

First they lit up Jarvis. Now the committee behind Haldimand County’s premier Christmas festival wants to light up Canada by showing what a little kindness can do. Jarvis, a small town southwest of Hamilton, was named “Canada’s kindest community” after a nationwide search for “communities that embody kindness” led by […]

By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Jets customized a memorial jersey for Nello Altomare with a number that nods to the hockey superfan’s final role as Manitoba’s 35th minister of education. Roughly 1,000 mourners who packed into Transcona Country Club for a public funeral Wednesday learned the career educator died shortly after the Jets’ […]

By Marissa Lentz-McGrath
Local Journalism Initiative
Timminstoday.com

PEAWANUCK – In the tiny fly-in First Nations community of Peawanuck, nestled near Polar Bear Provincial Park in Northern Ontario, Émilie Veilleux has found a life she never imagined.  Veilleux wasn’t always a northerner.  Born and raised in Quebec, she became a registered nurse and began her career in southern […]