Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Two years after making her debut as Canada coach at the SheBelieves Cup, Bev Priestman is headed back to the four-team tournament, this time stocked with a deeper arsenal. Priestman has named an 18-player roster for a pre-tournament camp Feb. 8-12 with reinforcements expected to arrive for the competition, which […]
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – Indian Ocean countries wanting better safeguards for local marine life by updating fishing quotas and restricting harmful catch methods are facing resistance from the European Union, conservation groups say. Officials are gathering in Mombasa, Kenya on Friday for a meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission […]
Fletcher Gailey-Snell likes to draw t-rexes and triceratops, hammerhead sharks and belugas. He doesn’t particularly enjoy thinking about taxes. It’s why the Ottawa man and his wife Ashley Faragher hired a professional to help them understand the tax implications of their small business, Fletch Robbins, which sells Gailey-Snell’s illustrations of […]
First Nations youth were twice as likely to be hospitalized for mental health issues in 2011 as they were in 2006, according to a report published by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. The study is the first to investigate changes in patterns of hospitalization among Indigenous children and youth over time […]
After four years of trying in vain, an advocate from Niagara is hoping to convince regional council to declare homelessness, mental health and addiction public emergencies. “I think I’m gonna see a lot of changed hearts and a lot of changed minds,” Steven Soos told The Lake Report. Before the […]
Scams targeting the elderly are on the rise across Canada, and police forces are raising the alarm, to help seniors be aware. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are launching a fraud prevention campaign, February 6 to 10, 2023, to raise […]
The Cine 5 movie theatre in International Falls, Minn., the only theatre close to Fort Frances, is staying open for now. The theatre was forced to close earlier this month due to repairs needed to the waterline feeding the building’s sprinkler system. At the time, theatre owner Mason Hanover said […]
Confederation College has continued to score high marks in Colleges Ontario’s key performance indicators released this month. Two standouts for the college include a tie for second place in the province for Graduate Employment Rates, and a third-place finish in Graduate Satisfaction Rates, said a press release from January 30. […]
Nicholas Presenger of Marnics Mobile in downtown Fort Frances pulled the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s All-Cruise Trip of the Month draw for February this morning. Ken and Tracy Wright of Fort Frances are the winners of an Ireland and Scotland cruise, valued at $4,100. Next month’s […]
Students at Donald Young School in Emo had a truckload of special guest visitors last Wednesday, January 25, 2023, as teams of sled dogs from Borealis Dog Sled Adventures, based out of Vermilion Bay, stopped by to take the students for a sled ride around the school grounds. Each student […]
An alliance has been formed between four northern First Nations to create a united front on land protection issues. Leadership from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI, or Big Trout Lake First Nation), Wapekeka, Neskantaga, and Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows) met on Monday in Grassy Narrows to sign a Mutual Cooperation Agreement. The […]
