Local News from Across the Rainy River District
SIOUX LOOKOUT – With thousands of visitors every summer, Sioux Lookout has launched a program aimed at promoting local businesses with both travellers and locals. The “Experience Sioux Lookout” program is tourism punch-card that invited people to visit local restaurants, shops and outdoor amenities between July 1 and September 30, […]
KASABONIKA – Recent rainfall has been helpful to wildland firefighters working to protect Kasabonika First Nation. The community “is currently being affected by a cluster of six wildland fires of varying sizes, and located between six kilometres to the south and as far as 20 kilometres away to the north-west […]
Reflecting back on becoming the first Indigenous bobsledder to represent “Canada” in the Olympics, Eden Wilson hopes she can inspire more young people to enter the sport. “Representation is huge,” said Wilson, who competed with Team Canada in the 2026 Winter Milano Cortino Olympics. “If even one kid sees me […]
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society is petitioning Ottawa to make it illegal to deny, downplay or justify the harms of residential schools. Its e-petition — formally known as “e-7191” on the House of Commons website — will close mid-morning Thursday, after a 120-day campaign to collect signatures in support of updating […]
EVENTS CALENDAR The Fort Frances Library will hold its annual Teddy Bear Picnic on Friday, July 3 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. admission $5 under 2 years old, free. Hotdogs on sale $2. The event will feature a magic show, games, face painting, bouncy Castles and more. Pick up […]
EVENTS CALENDAR CANADA DAY EVENTS: The Fort Frances Legion Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting a pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. $10 per person under 5 are free. Pancakes, sausage, juice, coffee and tea. There will be Canada Day events held at the Fairgrounds in Emo on […]
A fast‑moving severe thunderstorm rolled through the Fort Frances area last night, creating near‑constant lightning that was the signature of a storm with extremely strong updrafts and high atmospheric instability. When warm, humid air surges upward into a colder layer aloft, the storm’s internal charge separation accelerates, producing rapid‑fire cloud‑to‑cloud […]
Rainy River District OPP have been busy in the back half of June as drivers continue to choose to operate their vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. According to press releases from the OPP, on June 14, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers received a report of a […]
The Municipality of LaVallee held a zoning meeting on June 24. The meeting was well attended. This meeting was to obtain community input regarding the Municipal Official Plan. Another meeting will take place, likely in the fall regarding zoning. The newly decorated Devlin Hall is available for booking. Call 486-3452 […]
“To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them.” (Hamlet, Act III, Scene i) This Shakespearean soliloquy situates us front […]
How many shades of green can one discover as you cross the Canadian prairies at this time of year? I gave up counting as greens in fields turned from vibrant Irish green to a deep, almost black-green. This may be the best time of the year to cross the prairies, […]
