Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Ruth Gerber, sole owner of Stratton Groceries, is happy to offer the residents of Stratton, plus passersby, an opportunity to purchase home baking and a variety of other in-store items. “The store is doing very well,” she said. Ruth opened Stratton Groceries on February 19, 2025, but the wheels started […]
It was an ending fit to honour the two players who were on many people’s minds the afternoon of Sunday, April 13, 2025, as Fort Frances team Betty’s Boys won the final of the first-ever Fort Frances Men’s Mental Health Memorial Basketball Tournament. Between the third place game and the […]
There have been many milestone birthdays to celebrate recently. Mary Curtis and Don Kinnear both turned 80 on April 21. Mark Hyatt will join them, turning 80 on April 26. Dawn Booth turned 50 on April 22. Here’s wishing all four of these great people a happy birthday and wishes […]
It was truly lightning caught in a bottle. Who would have ever thought a magic-mix of an off-the-wall plot, a handful of comedians and puppeteers, slapstick peanut gallery commentary, and low-budget films would rocket way past greatness into a cult-following on par with the Kiss Army? Maybe it was the […]
There will plenty of fun on offer for kids at this year’s Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. The Chamber is hard at work getting ready for the annual expo, scheduled to run at the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre from Friday April 25, 2025 through to Sunday, April […]
In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, we have declared the end of the respiratory outbreak in the East Wing of Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. However, we are entering a Gastrointestinal Outbreak on the East Wing, which will unfortunately extend some restrictions. Enhanced visitor restrictions include visitation, with only […]
Founded in 2009, the mission of Rainy River District Stewardship (RRDS) (https://www.rrds.ca/) is to advance the responsible care of nature in the Rainy River District for benefits now and in the future. RRDS became a formal not-for-profit corporation in February of 2013. The Stewardship is actively engaged in facilitating, developing, […]
Spring is in the air — and so are the Harvards, according to the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre. Aviation and history enthusiasts in Thunder Bay will have a chance to see in-person, four North American Harvard aircraft from around the country this July, during the Wings of Time, A […]
The Thunder Bay Public Library has embarked on a technological enhancement to its digital collection aimed at giving patrons an improved user experience while being a more cost-efficient use of the library’s budget. Ruth Hamlin-Douglas, the library’s head librarian, said that since mid-March, their staff have been transitioning its digital […]
THUNDER BAY — Nurses and caregivers from Bayshore Home Care Solutions held a rally Thursday afternoon, claiming they haven’t been able to negotiate a new contracts despite being unionized in November. Kathleen Moore, president of OPSEU SEFPO Local 745, claims nurses, personal support workers, and caregivers see a only small […]
A collaborative cross-border study digging into forested tidal swamps in the Pacific Northwest has determined these ecosystems are carbon storage superheroes. Found upstream from coastal estuaries and shorelines, but still subject to the flux of ocean tides, the woody wetlands feature a tangle of shrubs, grasses and trees, like willows […]
The Louis Riel School Division plans to transform more classrooms into child-care spaces before and after its bells ring to better support working parents. “We have a child-care crisis in the province… The school system has to be part of the solution,” said Christian Michalik, superintendent of the division that […]
