Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford were in Napanee Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, to join representatives from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as they announced the company’s more than $575 million project to modernize and expand its plant in Napanee, Ontario. This investment will help Goodyear create […]
THUNDER BAY — Residents of a nearby neighbourhood expressed concern about encampments at McVicar Creek, stating they’re worried about the damage being done to the creek and the surrounding habitat. Russ Wakewich, board chair at Brookside Manor, Wednesday took part in a tour of the controversial encampments on Wednesday, a […]
A pair of Indigenous artists are among those whose work is on display in the newest exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada located in Ottawa. The exhibit is titled HOME: A Space of Sharing and Strength. The exhibit opened on Aug. 2 and will run until Dec. 15. The […]
A First Nations community in northern Ontario will be compensated more about 90 years after nearly 11,000 acres of their land were flooded for a hydroelectric project. The agreement between Lac Seul First Nation and the federal government was finalized in a signing ceremony last month – which will compensate […]
Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of showers and a low of 16 C (61 F). Tomorrow will see cloudy skies with a chance of showers during the day before becoming clear overnight with a high of 24 (75) and a low of 16 (61). Saturday brings a mix […]
A documentary about a series of wrestling events in Indigenous communities throughout northern Manitoba is now being screened at various theatres across Canada. The film is titled The Death Tour. The wrestling trip, which starts in Winnipeg each year, lasts a couple of weeks. Its moniker was earned for the […]
Jamie Bruce and Bryan Gustafson won the Kenora Bass International tournament last weekend, which ran from Thursday, August 8 to Saturday, August 10, 2024. The team went wire to wire for the win, bringing in 20.16 lbs on day one, 17.76 lbs on day two and 18.44 lbs on day […]
The Ontario government is providing over $857,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to three agricultural economic development projects in the Rainy River region. This investment will improve community infrastructure and boost agribusiness operations in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s no secret that Rainy River is a bustling agricultural hub […]
When I made my first “friend” in professional baseball, he was on crutches, sitting in a snow-tainted box seat watching his teammates-to-be. His name was Ellie Hendricks and Winnipeg was the furthest he’d been from his native Virgin Islands, in both miles and degrees. How the baseball equivalent of a […]
Dear editor, A recent letter to the Fort Frances Times and Chronicle Journal, authored by Joanne Jacyk of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) deserves a response and as a member of the general public who has followed the issue of nuclear waste I felt compelled to make the following […]
While the Kenora Bass International was going on at Lake of the Woods, I have been out in New York for the last two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The first event at Champlain just wrapped up over the weekend […]
