Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an agreement Tuesday worth more than $20 million to help prepare a remote northern Ontario First Nation for possible mining development in the future. Aroland First Nation, 345 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, is located near the “gateway to the Ring of Fire” mining region, […]
A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through the North extended its reach. Poplar Hill First Nation, 570 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, is a remote, fly-in community, save for the brief ice road season. Until this week, most […]
Ontario voters are heading to the polls. Ontario PC leader Doug Ford has dissolved the Legislature, and triggered a provincial election for Thursday, February 27. Our region is within the Kenora-Rainy River riding. As of press time, two candidates have been selected to run for the seat. ONTARIO NDP PARTY […]
The mayor of Fort Frances is part of an alliance he says is aimed at standing up for the rights of Canadian border towns as the United States government continues to threaten heavy tariffs against the country. As part of his regular update to council made at Monday night’s regular […]
Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Aysanabee (pronounced Ace-in-abbey) will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre on Saturday Feb. 8 on his cross-Canada Now and Then Tour. The artist who has close ties to northwestern Ontario will be the fourth artist in the Tour de Fort Series this year. Born […]
A long-serving Fort Frances business is changing hands, passing down through the family who has owned it since its opening and committing to continue to help the town with all of its cleaning needs. Share Bears Laundromat, located in the town’s west end, recently announced that longtime owner and operator […]
A local OPP officer has organized a hockey game between players from local organizations and the local high school hockey teams in a fundraising effort for a first responders support organization. Kristina Bombay is a Mobile Crisis Response Officer with the Fort Frances OPP detachment and she has organized the […]
Fort Frances, Ontario – 2025/01/28 – The District of Rainy River Services Board (DRRSB) extends its congratulations to the successful recipients of the recently announced HART (Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment) Hub funding in the north, Greater Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, and Kenora, and applauds their work to create positive […]
(FORT FRANCES , ON) – Rainy River District Detachment (Fort Frances) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested three individuals following an investigation of a Break and Enter into a residence. On January 26, 2025, just after 01:00 a.m. members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police […]
Population, economic and agricultural growth are some of the reasons for an increasing demand for electricity and Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says Northern Ontario simply needs more hydroelectric power. “The average in Ontario is 75 per cent more power by the year 2050, but here up north, it’s 81 […]
The OPP responded to a sudden death call at a residence on Kings Hwy, on January 22. While specific details cannot be released at this time, the police investigation is ongoing. There is no threat to public safety, but officers have been active in the area conducting a canvass and […]
THUNDER BAY — Conservative MPPs are backing their leader’s decision to call an election more than a year before the end of their four year term, while the NDP opposition accuses the premier of political opportunism. Thunder Bay–Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland and energy minister Stephen Lecce were in Thunder Bay […]
