Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – Parents and children move into the new programming space at the County Park Library to enjoy their first Baby and Me Storytime. “We’ve had the space under development for months now, and we’re finally able to welcome people in. It’s bringing the life in, right? And I’m […]
I think most of us are still recovering from our Cattle Sale this past Saturday. We sold 1,580 head. We had one of the biggest receiving days on Thursday that we have seen in many years. We had over 1,000 head. The staff were exhausted and didn’t get a lunch […]
Droplets are falling from rooftops, and we are arriving at sunsets later and later into the evening. Spring has arrived here in beautiful Borderland. Very soon, our remaining mini ice shelves will split on the lake, and the ice will vanish cleanly from our highways. Summer is right around the […]
The Women of Our Lady of the Way will host a Spring Tea and Bazaar this Saturday, April 25, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Admission is $5 and the Bazaar takes place at Our Lady of the Way school. There will be bake tables, a door prize, draws and more. Come out […]
Sometimes I like to imagine how I would have spent my time if I had a second run at living my life, given the chance. The exercise may sound laced with regret, but on the contrary, the imagining is just for fun. There would be a few things I would […]
EVENTS CALENDAR The Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts runs from March 26 to Apr. 24 for the full schedule visit ff-festival.com. The Fort Frances Public Library is hosting a reading of Don’t you Dare Run Away a new comedic play by Robin Taylor Wright featuring local talents Darren […]
After dropping two games at home for the first time all year, the Fort Frances Lakers are looking to fight their way back to the top in the SIJHL finals. The Lakers fell 4-3 to the Thunder Bay North Stars in overtime on Friday night, and surrendered the game winning […]
Rural residents living in areas just outside Thunder Bay braced for the prospect of flooded roads late Friday, as warming temperatures and a rainy forecast elevated the risk for ice jams, rising rivers and accelerated melting of an unusually deep snow-pack. “We have been on flood watch all day (Friday), […]
KENORA — Nearly 150 employees at the Weyerhaeuser TimberStrand Plant in Kenora have voted to join the United Steelworkers union. In a media release issued Friday, the union said it has added 147 workers, who voted 97 per cent in favour of joining the Steelworkers. Prior to the vote, those […]
OTTAWA — The Ontario government wants to go fast on connecting the Ring of Fire to the highway system, but conservation scientist Adam Kirkwood cautions that haste carries risk. “There are definitely quite a few risks,” Kirkwood, a research associate with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, told Newswatch. Financial risks are […]
THUNDER BAY — Kaveh Lozoomi-Garmroodi’s cell phone was connected to the blue Dodge Ram truck that was tracked to the scene where Samatar Warsame’s body was found, according to testimony heard in court this week. Information gathered during the first 24 hours following the homicide of Warsame in Thunder Bay […]
GRASSY NARROWS — “Dogs really are man’s best friend,” says Jason Cherry, who led the efforts to rescue Caesar, a husky mix dog, from a rock crevice in Grassy Narrows earlier this week. On April 14, Caesar sadly passed away after three days of community members and travellers from as […]
