Local News from Across the Rainy River District
When you hear Amber Kivisto enthuse about her company’s success, you can’t help recalling one of Edith Piaf’s signature torch songs, which translates into English as “I regret nothing.” Certainly Kivisto is not sorry about remaining in the Thunder Bay region, nearly a decade after she co-founded a new enterprise […]
TORONTO — The Ontario government is updating the rules governing the province’s real estate brokerages, brokers, and salespersons to strengthen consumer protection, educate home buyers and sellers, and enhance professionalism. The new rules, effective December 1, 2023, will give Ontarians more choice in the real estate trade process by allowing […]
TORONTO —The Ontario government is introducing new mandatory learning in the Grade 10 Canadian History course about the Holodomor famine and its impact on the Ukrainian community in Canada. This new learning will elevate Canadian values focused on embracing democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law. The new […]
Warning: This story may be traumatizing for some readers. The metal buffalo at Calgary’s Central Library is hard to miss. Its body is made up of hundreds of letters strung together to form 120 words in the language of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The statue, called Education is the New Buffalo, […]
A new protocol will ensure an efficient and respectful transition when police officers bring individuals, apprehended under the Mental Health Act, to a hospital for examination. The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Riverside Health Care, Atikokan General Hospital, and Treaty Three Police Service have formalized […]
Parks Canada confirmed this week that zebra mussels have been discovered in another Manitoba waterway, as the spread of the invasive species in this province shows no signs of slowing down. According to Parks Canada, test results from water samples collected from Clear Lake in the Riding Mountain National Park […]
The family of Brenda “Beth” Angus announce her passing on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Brenda was born on December 12, 1950, to Muriel and Wes Curtis in Hamiota, Manitoba. Left to cherish her memory are her brothers Brock Curtis (Sara) and Brian Curtis; her children Dominic Cormack, April Cormack (Darren) […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Brian Ross Cawston on the evening of Friday, November 24, 2023, at La Verendrye Hospital. Brian spent the day surrounded by family and friends and passed after a lengthy battle with cancer.Brian was born September 30, 1958, to Mihlan […]
Lenora Ruth Gustafson (nee Kavanagh) passed away peacefully in her room at Riverside Health Care in Rainy River during the evening of Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the age of 97. Mom was born in 1926 in Dilke Township, raised on Kavanagh Road, educated at Morley Consolidated School in Stratton […]
It’s with great sadness that the family of Carl Wade Lind announce his sudden passing on Sunday, October 26, 2023, at the age of 57 in Fort Frances, Ontario. Carl was born October 27, 1966, in Vernon, British Columbia, to parents Sharon Lind (Grasser) of Coronach, Saskatchewan, and Myron Kermit […]
The family of Lloyd Lovelace, 75, is saddened to announce his passing on November 27, 2023, at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
