Local News from Across the Rainy River District
As parents prepare to send their kids back to school some oppose new rules that will ban cell phones from Manitoba classrooms and intend to send their kids to school with their phones. “Yes, my children will still be bringing their devices, and no I do not believe they should […]
Ottawa, ON – September 4, 2024 – The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) is urging the federal government to take the necessary steps to prevent a looming labour disruption at Air Canada. The potential strike comes at a time when the Canadian tourism industry is still reeling from recent […]
A Tyendinaga man accused of unprecedented drug and gun crimes has been denied bail. A bail hearing for Matthew Boldrick took place on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, before Justice of the Peace Deanne Chapelle at the Ontario Court of Justice on Dundas Street in Napanee. Of the four Boldrick family […]
THORNBURY — The Ontario government is investing up to $6 million in the Ontario Craft Cider Marketing Fund over the next six years to help provincial craft cideries market their products to more consumers and stimulate growth across the sector. “Our government is supporting Ontario cideries in reaching more local […]
Nobody in a canoe that capsized Monday in St. Thomas resulting in one man’s death was wearing life-jackets, city police said. Three adults were canoeing on Lake Margaret – a small lake created by gravel mining in the city’s south end – when the canoe tipped about 8 a.m. Two […]
Police Believe There May Be More Victims (ORILLIA, ON) – A 10-month interprovincial human trafficking investigation has resulted in two arrests and numerous charges. In September 2023, the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) launched Project Nebula, in response to reports of suspected human trafficking in eastern Ontario. […]
POLICE BRIEFS (NIPIGON, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public that one individual has been apprehended and the Lockdown/Hold and Secures at Nipigon and Red Rock schools have been lifted. On September 4, 2024 at approximately 1:03 p.m., the OPP received a report of a threat […]
Fort Frances Express Oil Change owner Trevor Bowles pulled the winning ticket for the 2024 Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s British Isles Trip of the Month draw for September on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Angel McCormack and Brittany Corrigal are the winners of a Devon and Cornwall trip, valued at $4,100. […]
A perceived lack of nursing support formed a wedge between the doctors of Rainy River and Riverside health Care. However, Riverside maintains that their staffing choices were appropriate to the community, with more changes in the works moving forward. According to Dr Joe Ennett, the physicians had requested a second […]
The 75th season of Muskie Football kicks off with a home game at 3:00 Friday September 6 vs John Taylor Collegiate from Winnipeg. Prior to kickoff (around 2:50 PM) the Muskies will honour the contributions of long time coach Dave “Monty” Montgomery. Coach Monty’s widow Bonnie and family members will […]
