Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The recommended avenue to handle issues of dressing room space among Memorial Sports Centre users was not a well thought-out solution. That was one of the reasons Councillor Wendy Brunetta came out against a proposed dressing room allocation at the Fort Frances arena when council met July 14. Staff recommended […]
Fort Frances council decided on a strategic course of action to bring to the Kiwanis Club for rehabilitating Sunny Cove Camp. Council heard when it met July 14 that municipal staff have two preferred options from a list of four. Both Options 1 and 2 in tandem will be brought […]
An effort is underway to make easier the licencing of food trucks in Fort Frances. Council asked during its July 14 meeting that municipal staff come up with a pilot bylaw to better regulate food trucks up to Dec. 31, 2026. A report on the pilot program will then be […]
Borderland Pride is expected to gain supporting arguments from Fierté Canada Pride and Justice for Children and Youth as intervenors in a request for a judicial review of a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) decision from November 2024. The judicial review application was submitted by the Corporation of the […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has arrested and charged multiple people in connection with drug trafficking. The arrests were the result of a four-week investigation into the trafficking of illegal drugs and substances in northwestern Ontario. With assistance from […]
Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit, has declared a Respiratory Outbreak on the West Wing of Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home. Enhanced visitor restrictions and masking protocols are in place. Only two (2) visitors or caregivers may visit at a time, and visitors should only visit […]
RED LAKE — National weather officials say they’re expecting heavy smoke that’s causing poor air quality throughout much of the far north to remain, especially closer to the Manitoba border. As of Monday morning, the weather office had air quality warnings in effect for areas north of Red Lake and […]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — The mayors of the nine municipalities in Northwestern Ontario who have been granted strong mayor powers overwhelmingly say they are choosing not to use them. While some mayors have formally delegated some or all of the expanded authority granted to them by the Ford government back to […]
WARNING: this story contains references to suicide. ONIGAMING — “We just don’t want to be left behind.” Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation Chief Jeffrey Copenace said he feels he was able to bring to federal leaders his concerns about what the government’s Building Canada Act and stated focus on economic and infrastructure […]
In a field as complex as neurology, groundbreaking solutions rarely start with cardboard and mirrors. However, for Dr. Neda Anssari and Dr. Behzad Mansouri — a pair of Winnipeg-based neurologists, married co-founders of Neuroptek, and co-inventors of a medical device called Eye Mirage — their quest to reshape vision and concussion […]
A local house cat that went missing a month ago recently returned home after being found almost 100 kilometres away. Guelph couple, Emily Rutledge and Crystal Chilvers, were celebrating their second anniversary on May 21 when they noticed one of their pets, a five-year-old black cat named Ruby, was missing. […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer on patrol arrested a driver for impaired operation after witnessing the vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road. On July 14, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m., an officer with the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was patrolling the […]
