These are definitely trying times for everyone. The start of this pandemic produced epic shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Then with the onslaught of people staying at home, the shortages expanded to include staples originally destined for our kitchen pantries, like flour, yeast, baking powder, and sugar. No […]
COVID-19
Merna Emara
The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home in Kenora is in an active COVID-19 outbreak after the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reported a total of 10 positive COVID-19 cases across Kenora schools, care homes and in the general public, at the end of last week. The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home […]
Merna Emara
The Rainy Lake Market season has come to an end with the last day taking place on Thursday Sept. 24. Christine McGoldrick, economic development officer intern at the Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC), said the market started off with three or four vendors before having 16 to 20 vendors […]
Ken Kellar
Spooktober fans rejoice, Halloween 2020 will be coming to Fort Frances after all. Following news that the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre would be unable to put on their annual Trunk or Treat celebrations this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, at a meeting on Friday the library and Legion […]
Three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Northwestern Health Unit region in the past day. The NWHU has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Rainy River region, and two positive cases in the Sioux Lookout region. Our region has received nine […]
Staff
On the advice of the Ministry of Health, Riverside Health Care’s COVID-19 Assessment Centres will begin following the updated testing guidelines to prioritize those who are at the greatest risk and shift away from testing individuals with no COVID-19 symptoms. Effective immediately, Ontarians should only be seeking testing at our […]
Merna Emara
The province of Ontario launched a Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP) to help small businesses offset the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Greg Rickford, Ontario’s minister of energy, northern development and mines, and Indigenous affairs, made the announcement Monday morning via Zoom. He said this funding will help support […]
The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Ontario predicts daily counts of COVID-19 could hit 1,000 new cases by the first half of October. The stark new forecasting comes in updated modelling released today by the provincial government. The projections say the province has seen an upward trajectory in COVID-19 in recent weeks, with cases […]
Merna Emara
As the region sees its sixth positive case in the past two weeks, the Northwestern Health Unit is encouraging people to avoid non-essential travel outside northwestern Ontario. Yesterday, the NWHU announced a new positive case in the Kenora region. That adds to two active cases in Dryden/Red lake, two in […]
Len Gillis
A Northern Ontario mining company has stepped up with a new process to fight the pandemic. New Gold Inc. mine employees near Rainy River are being tested for COVID-19 and are getting their results within a couple of hours of their test thanks to the use of a Precision Biomonitoring […]
Staff
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wants to ensure everyone is aware of how it is supporting efforts to limit transmission of COVID-19. Frontline OPP members will be enforcing provisions of the Reopening Ontario Act (A Flexible Response to COVID-19; ROA), 2020 and will encourage the public to follow the direction […]
Staff
Positive COVID-19 reports have been announced by both the Northwestern Health Unit and Rainy River First Nations for September 25. Northwestern Health Unit received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Dryden / Red Lake area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has […]
