Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A wrestler who represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics and a former professional football player are among the latest individuals to be inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Justina Di Stasio, a member of Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, and John Macdonald, a member […]
While the Port of Thunder Bay will not likely be impacted by steel and aluminum tariffs threatened by the U.S. government earlier this week, there could still be implications. Although U.S. levies would increase the cost of Canadian steel south of the border, port chief executive officer Chris Heikkinen said […]
New research out of the University of Waterloo led to the creation of tiny robots controlled by light to provide environmental and biomedical applications. Dr. Hamed Shahsavan, a Department of Chemical Engineering professor, has developed a swimming robot that can be steered by light. They designed these robots with the […]
The Fort Frances and Area Human Trafficking Coalition is hosting a Dinner & Documentary event on February 21, 2025, at the Sunset Country Métis Hall 5-9 p.m. This powerful evening aims to educate the community about human trafficking while offering an opportunity to hear from guest speaker Cynara Vondra, an […]
For Us. For You. Equitable, high quality, primary health care services. As Primary Care organizations in the Rainy River District, the Fort Frances Family Health Team, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, and the Atikokan Family Health Team will be participating in the For Us, For You campaign, spearheaded, in partnership, by […]
As we all know there is nothing like the first scent of the lilac to tell us spring is officially here. What we refer to as the common lilac in North America, is actually native to mountainsides in southeastern Europe but was brought across the Atlantic, to North America, in […]
Ho-hum hockey. That’s how a learned friend of mine refers to what’s replacing the National Hockey League for two weeks — the 4 Nations Faceoff. This is the NHL’s attempt to recapture the magic of international hockey, to have fans wave the flags of four countries: Canada, the U.S., Sweden […]
Another week, another tariff. I, like most other Canadians, thought we’d be done with this, at least for the month. We had our tariff scare last week, a bit of political theatre that felt more like a circus act. A strongman’s ruse, in a way; watch how he bellows as […]
Scott Dingwall with one of the biggest whitefish I have ever seen, caught from Lake of the Woods several years ago. – Submitted photoSince the start of the year this column has been focused on ice fishing for our most popular species of fish across the Sunset Country Region. We’ve […]
Labour shortages continue to be felt across Northern Ontario where population growth is limited and unemployment rates are significantly lower than the provincial average. In the last five years, the federal Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot brought over 4,000 newcomers to Northern Ontario, however Ontario’s provincial program brought less than […]
DID YOU KNOW? Motor Vehicle Collisions are the second-leading cause of injury hospitalizations and third-leading cause of unintentional injury deaths in Canada. RISE IN FATAL VEHICLE COLLISIONS Imagine a family receiving a phone call they never expected, their lives permanently changed by a single moment on a roadway. Sadly, this […]
