Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Canadian Women’s Foundation received $19.6 million to give as grants for women’s and other organizations offering gender-based violence support. These grants were given from the federal government to help organizations deal with the surge in reported gender-based violence incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Women’s Foundation is Canada’s […]
The province of Ontario has renewed the lease agreement with the Town of Fort Frances to rent the vacated OPP building. The extension came after the OPP moved to their new location on McIrvine Road. Cody Vangel, chief building officer and municipal planner for the Town of Fort Frances, said […]
Member of provincial parliament, Greg Rickford, announced three supports for businesses impacted by COVID-19. The applications for these grants will be available through the Ontario website. Ontario Small Business Support Grant This grant offers up to $20,000 to small businesses that must close or significantly restrict services due to the […]
Future Majority’s Thunder Bay hub is organizing a Zoom town hall to have an open discussion about the Green and Just Recovery Campaign, designed to address environmental, social and racial issues as the country’s economy emerges from COVID-19. Future Majority is a national, a non-partisan and a non-profit organization that […]
Naotkamegwanning First Nation has launched a new business development website, which aims to showcase its community’s startups and enterprises to northwestern Ontario. Denise Lysak, CEO of Naotkamegwanning Business Corporation, said the website is a tool to raise the profile of businesses in the community, and offer assistance to start-ups. “We […]
Paws and Claws, a non-profit charity based in International Falls, Minnesota, is expanding into Fort Frances. Before the borders closed, animals found on the Canadian side were transported to International Falls where they received treatment and foster families, until they got adopted. However, with the border shut, Paws and Claws […]
On Thursday, about 15 protesters gathered in front of 479 Government Rd. in Dryden, Ontario, to ask the provincial government for increased staffing and funding for long-term care homes. Katrina Peterson, vice-president of Unifor Local 324 and a full time registered practical nurse at the Princess Court long-term care home […]
The Ontario government there are investments underway in infrastructure expansion projects at both the Kenora Jail and Thunder Bay Correctional Centre. The projects are part of the government’s strategy to invest more than $500 million over five years to transform correctional services and improve health and safety through new hiring […]
On Tuesday, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath held a virtual media conference via Zoom and promised to improve long-term care homes in northwestern Ontario. With the provincial elections coming up, one of Horwath’s promises to the province’s 630 long-term care homes is expanding the public system and ending for-profit long-term […]
A blessed house, formerly known as the St. Jude’s Convent is up for sale after current owners Gord and Nancy Witherspoon found another retirement home by the lake. “We love the place,” Gord said. “We hate getting rid of it. The place has warmth. We love all the original woodworks. […]
The Town of Fort Frances is looking to amend the current zoning bylaws around tenting and camping on residential and non-residential areas. Cody Vangel, chief building official and municipal planner, said rather than formatting an entire new bylaw, they looked at other municipalities’ bylaws and templates regarding administering tenting. “It […]
It has been almost six months since the province of Ontario restricted indoor gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The repercussions of this for the Fort Frances Senior Centre, also known as the Sister Kennedy Centre, meant that bingo nights, Thursday lunches and coffee hangouts were no longer possible. Cindy […]
