Local News from Across the Rainy River District
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. […]
Anyone who doubts there are enough provincial police cruisers patrolling routes in areas just outside Thunder Bay may feel otherwise after they’ve pondered a recent service-call report. Or received a ticket last week. According to a statistical update for the OPP’s Thunder Bay detachment, officers handed out more than 130 tickets just for the period between […]
KENORA — A vital bridge in this Lake of the Woods city will have important work done on it in a few months. Maintenance work on the Keewatin Channel Bridge is expected to take place in late summer or early fall, according to the city’s website. A protective coating will […]
Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual following reports of a motor vehicle in the ditch. On February 19, 2025, at approximately 11:58 p.m. the Provincial Communications Centre received a phone call from a driver advising police he put his […]
THUNDER BAY – Human trafficking is a much more complex issue than one might think. It’s often described as an abduction where an individual grabs a person, more often a female, off the street and holds them captive. Although there are cases where this scenario happens, the co-chair of the […]
