Local News from Across the Rainy River District
FORT HOPE — One of the most welcome components of the Ontario Final Agreement (OFA) to reform child welfare services on reserves is the remoteness quotient, leaders of northern First Nations say. The remoteness quotient is the factor by which child and family services funding is increased to account for […]
The fly-in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation lost another home to fire over the weekend, as the Auditor General of Canada refuses to investigate allegations that the Canadian Human Rights Commission is “slow-walking” complaints over inequitable firefighting resources in northern Ontario First Nations. The March 28 duplex fire in the community […]
When I was a child, I had experience with a religious cult I’m not kidding. During regular visitation with a family member in my younger years, I got my first bitter taste of indoctrination from a large group walking the edge between belief and extremism. As intense as that experience […]
Did you know? Canada currently marks only one day a year for injury prevention (National Injury Prevention Day)—a window many safety advocates claim is far too small to address such a critical public health issue. Transitioning to a dedicated National Injury Prevention Month would better reflect the seriousness of the […]
As black bears emerge from hibernation in spring, the Government of Ontario and the OPP are advising the public on how to avoid attracting their attention and the best ways to keep them from sniffing out a potential meal in the neighbourhood. Bear sightings in rural areas are a common […]
TORONTO — First Nations leaders in Ontario are celebrating a decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over the future of child welfare. On Monday, the tribunal approved the Ontario Final Agreement — the nine-year, $8.5-billion deal that the Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation reached with the federal […]
An outbreak of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been declared over at La Verendrye General Hospital, although masking protocols will remain in effect, Riverside Health Care said Wednesday. An outbreak of the virus, which has seen an increase in activity across the district in recent weeks, had been declared […]
The Fort Frances Lakers will be kicking off their playoff season this Friday, April 3, but there was still time for celebration as they held their annual awards banquet to recognize the hard work and dedicated players who have carried them through the year and into the top spot in […]
Interested in the ugliest, most beautiful piece of clothing that grown men would do everything short of cheat just to wear? And have their loved ones dress them in it just before they reach their final resting place? Or have it kind-of cloned (illegally) to be given to the winner […]
“When are you going to start writing your column for The Times again?” This question has knocked on my soul’s door so many times in the last few years through all the amazing humans who have told me they missed reading it since I laid down my pen. I stopped […]
