Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Manitoba’s education minister says her office has issued clear guidance to better support school staff who have been forced to confront a rise in student outbursts and related workplace injuries. Tracy Schmidt said “concerns about health and safety” have been relayed to her office by both the Manitoba Teachers’ Society […]
NIPIGON — Federal officials are receiving new proposals to site a multi-million dollar tourism and administrative centre for the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area. The project, which had been valued at $37 million, was slated to be built on a site at the Nipigon marina, but the property was disqualified once excavation uncovered […]
Peacefully on Monday, July 14, 2025, at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Kathleen Robinson (nee Alexander) at the age of 83 years passed into glory. She was the beloved wife of 59 years to Brian Robinson. Loving mother to Mark, David (Eva), Peter (Barbara), and Leah Zeidler (Glen). Sadly missed […]
It is with great sadness the family announce the passing of Gail Elizabeth Anne Moser on Friday, July 18, 2025, in Huntsville at the age of 84. Gail was predeceased by her beloved husband of 60 years, Ken. She is survived by her loving children and their families, Kenna (Chuck) […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Sheila Manty (Donaldson) announces her passing at age 87 after a brief, but courageous battle with cancer. Mom, Grandma, Nana, Auntie and Friend as she was known to loved ones was born in 1937 and grew up on the still standing […]
The family of Robert Edmund Lidkea, 94, of Fort Frances, Ontario, is very saddened to announce his passing on July 28, 2025, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
Paulette Sylvia (Eastman) Fisk of Raymond Alberta, passed away after a short illness on July 24, 2025, at the age of 84, surrounded by family. A beloved matriarch, Paulette was mother to 14 children, and grandmother to 41 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, who will carry forward her spirit […]
By James Matthews Local Journalism Initiative Reporter jmatthews@fortfrances.com Fort Frances council will work with Agency One to meet municipal storage needs until a solution can be decided during next year’s budget discussions. Travis Rob, the town’s operation and facilities manager, said the only heated storage currently available is the garage […]
Staff Lindsey Coyle, the nurse who pleaded guilty to a charge of Criminal Negligence Causing Death in the death of Hermina Fletcher in November of 2022, will be facing the College of Nurses of Ontario next month. Coyle served less than one year of her two year sentence in the […]
I don’t make a habit of sending birthday greetings to sports personalities I’ve met, especially if they were casual acquaintances… especially if we talked perhaps a dozen times… and especially if we hadn’t seen each other in almost 50 years. The exception is Marv Levy. Next week, one of the […]
