EVENTS CALENDAR Manitou Mounds is hosting a PA Day winter carnival. Join us for a day of outdoor adventures, skiing, hockey, s’mores, smoosh races and more. Jan 30 & 31. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission $10 for one child, $20 for one adult, $40 for family of four. The […]
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EVENTS CALENDAR The Curl Fort Frances Community Centre is hosing A Very Tropical Friday Fun-Night. Join us for a tropical curling party. Come out in your best vacation wear and bring clean footwear. Jan. 23 check-in at 6:30 p.m. $15 per person. Sticks, sliders and brooms available for use. Never […]
It was a two-hour sports show on the radio every Sunday morning. Anybody who has worked in radio knows Sunday morning is typically a wasteland of listeners… unless the station is way down south and features a televangelist. After almost a year of being responsible for “Sunday Morning Sports Page” […]
By Luke Hildebrand
Northern Co-Chair, President
Kenora—Rainy River Ontario
NDP
Northern Co-Chair, President
Kenora—Rainy River Ontario
NDP
The Ignace sawmill is set to shut down on March 12, 2026. Dozens of skilled workers will lose their jobs. Another northern town will be pushed to the brink. This comes only months after the Ear Falls sawmill went dark, laying off more than a hundred people. These aren’t random […]
By Robert Animikii Horton
Northern Reflections
Northern Reflections
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 […]
