Local News from Across the Rainy River District
NOSM University is pleased to announce that Dr. Owen Prowse has accepted the position of inaugural Vice-President, Clinical Partnerships and Hospital Relations, effective March 1, 2024. Dr. Prowse is an experienced and respected urologist at TBRHSC and a leader with more than a decade in leadership roles within NOSM University. […]
This year the NOSM University President’s Lecture Series celebrates the joy of a career in family medicine. The theme is Reviving the Heart of Health Care: The Joy of Practising Family Medicine. Experts will discuss why family medicine continues to be a rewarding career, explore some of its challenges, and share why medical students […]
Last year, the Pikangikum First Nation received a year-long $147,600 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) and since then, has been working to rebuild and recover from impacts of COVID-19 by hiring a Food Security Project Manager and Coordinator to align cross-organizational supports to facilitate access, […]
Three generations of the Faragher family signed up for the 36th annual Open. Grandpa Mark Faragher, centre, is flanked by his son, Chris and daughter-in-law Sarah Noonan Faragher, with grandson Theo Faragher in front. Missing is Mark’s other son Chad Faragher. All five family members competed over the weekend.
Siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick, left, took the top spot in the NOCA Mixed Doubles Provincials for Northern Ontario over the weekend at their home rink of the Stratton Curling Club. They had three wins and one loss in round robin play. Coming in second were Chris Silver and […]
A newly installed freezer in downtown Fort Frances will make a significant difference for those in need going forward. The Salvation Army headquarters in downtown Fort Frances recently celebrated the official ribbon-cutting for a brand new walk-in freezer that has been installed in the basement of their Scott Street location. […]
Last Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 the Rainy River Activity Depot with financial support of the Ontario government hosted an Active Living Fair entitled “Building a Better Buddy System” at the Club Room of the Rainy River Royal Canadian Legion Br #54. Headed by seniors dynamo Norma Jean Johnston and her […]
FedNor funds will help the local community futures development corporation support new growth and stability and expansion of the current market Marcus Powlowski, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, announced a FedNor investment of $1,000,000 in the Atikokan Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). The announcement was made on behalf of […]
A.J. Wensley happily holds the 50/50 draw cheque he was presented with on Saturday, January 6th. at the Dance Hall. The winning amount was $8,460.00. Standing beside A.J is his finance Sydney King. A.J shared he was very surprised about his winnings, he does purchase quite a few tickets and […]
The annual general election meeting for the Emo Legion Branch #99, takes place January 30th. All executive positions are open and members are encouraged to attend. The meeting is at 7 a.m. in the Legion Hall. The Beer and Burger held last Friday night (January 12th.) saw Dale Stamarski and […]
Even I’m not old enough to be able to tell you what a great athlete Red Storey was, even if we were once fellow “inmates” at a Quebec penitentiary (relax, it was for an awards dinner). I am old enough to know that an athlete of his stature, a referee […]
