Local News from Across the Rainy River District
This one is for teachers of civics as much as it is for everyday citizens breathing life into our democracy. Let’s roll. Teaching civics and democratic education faces a paradox in the 21st century. Learners (and those who teach them) have unprecedented access to massive amounts of information. The challenge […]
The world has changed. We have learned that under Donald Trump neither Canada nor Europe can any longer depend on our closest ally. We can watch as the American president flexes his economic and military power against nations in the western hemisphere that Mark Carney’s drive to create new trading […]
Did you know? The rapid aging of Canada’s population is a historic demographic shift that demands immediate attention. We are facing a projected spike in “unintentional injuries” and costly fall-related incidents, yet our core systems are unprepared. From healthcare to housing and employment, Canada currently lacks the people (workers) and […]
It seems as though winter had found us and is planning to stick around for a bit. I was planning to leave Lexi at home this morning but she insisted on going for our morning walk but she was very anxious to get in the house when we got back. […]
James Randolph Jarvis, 79, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026. Jim was born in Rainy River, Ontario, to Henry and Helen (Lindberg) Jarvis on June 6, 1946. As a child he went to the Atwood 1 School near the family farm and later the Hill School by Miller’s Creek. […]
With sorrow the family shares the passing of our mother Ellan Kawulia, known as Jessie and in the inner circle as Jay. She passed in La Verendrye Hospital with family by her side after a sudden illness overcame her at her residence in Rainycrest. She was born on the fifth […]
April 26, 1936 – January 16, 2026 Arthur Grenfell Olsen passed away peacefully with his wife at his side, on January 16, 2026, at the age of 89. He had been surrounded by his loving family since the holidays. Arthur was a logger throughout his life, a trade he was […]
The Rainy River Valley Association Society is holding its meeting on Tuesday, January 27, at 7 p.m. The meeting takes place at the 4-H exhibition hall. There are four positions to be filled. The next three projects to be completed on the fair grounds are the Borderland Racing concession, an addition […]
Children’s deaths become a statistic in the debate over gun control in the United States, their names and their short lives quickly forgotten, while there seems no restraint on providing details of the one wielding the weapon. It is a disturbing reality how the National Rifle Association (NRA), with its […]
EVENTS CALENDAR The first 55+ movie matinee of 2026 at the Fort Frances Public Library will be on Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. featuring The Big Chill (1983) Rated PG. “A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the […]
In an editorial yesterday, I indicated that after weeks of trying, we had failed to get any response from Canadian Tire about what’s going on with the Fort Frances store that was closed due to a fire on Dec. 18, 2025. As fate would have it, the Times received a […]
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, with family by her side, a beautiful soul, Eva Abbott / Collett, age 93, peacefully left on her final journey to her Heavenly Home. She will be met by her family and friends, who left before her. Eva was born to Anna Louise Gorge and […]
