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The Fort Frances Museum set out to answer one of life’s big questions – whose paper airplane will fly further? Tuesdays are fun days at the Rainy Lake Square and Museum, with the return of Square Days. Each week brings a new theme – Mad Scientists for this week – […]
As floodwaters recede and clean -up efforts continue, effective July 14, 2022, the following areas will reopen to pedestrian and vehicular traffic: Front Street (Mosher Avenue to Minnie Avenue) Front Street walking path Front Street bike path Front Street Fitness Equipment Sorting Gap Marina Point Park (open to pedestrian traffic […]
(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a person in relation to the counterfeit money that has been spent in the Kenora area. On Wednesday June 29, 2022, at 9:12 a.m. Police responded to a call of a person attempting to purchase […]
On July 12, 2022, Stanley Sockolotuk passed away at Rainycrest Long-Term Care at the age of 95. Full obituary to follow.
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Chronicle-Journal
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Resolute Forest Products Inc. is set to be in new hands after the Paper Excellence Group signed a deal to purchase the company valued at US$2.7 billion. Under the proposed deal, Resolute would become a completely owned subsidiary of Domtar, while continuing to operate on a […]
The Community Living Open Air Art Studio will feature mini wall hangings. Stop by and get your creative juices flowing, Thursday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Rainy Lake Square. All ages welcome! Teddy Bear Picnic will be July 15, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Head down to […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A Muslim inter- national relief charity is telling the Supreme Court of Canada the federal government should not be allowed to “shoot first and hold a hearing later” when it comes to levying administrative penalties. Ottawa-based Human Concern International is asking the top court to review the Federal […]
OTTAWA – A Senate committee says forced and coerced sterilization should be a criminal offence and those subjected to it need an apology and compensation. The human rights committee says in a report today that forced and coerced sterilizations persist in Canada today and both legal and policy responses are […]
Bramwell Tovey, the London-born composer and conductor who’s been the principal conductor and artistic director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018, has died. Tovey died Tuesday at his Barrington home surrounded by his family, one day after his 69th birthday, the orchestra said in a statement Wednesday. Tovey […]
Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazis during World War II in forest executions that the Nazis later tried to hide by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits. Investigators from […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Long lines are back at food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for the first time, and more are arriving on foot. Inflation in […]
