Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The buzz of hundreds of children fell to silence Tuesday morning as a bagpipe player marched with a dozen uniformed military personnel behind him at the Brandon Municipal Cemetery. The annual No Stone Left Alone ceremony took place on the frosted grass at the cemetery Tuesday morning. Hundreds of children […]
The federal government has issued its first call for proposals for a new program dedicated to national Holocaust remembrance, which is also designed to address the rising threat of antisemitism across Canada. Ya’ara Saks, the associate federal minister of health, announced the project at the Toronto Holocaust Museum on behalf […]
The Town of Fort Frances has announced that it will be starting with its 2025 Municipal Budget Deliberations this month ahead of deciding the final budget in the new year. In a post to the Town’s social media, communications coordinator and deputy clerk Chelsea Greig laid out the timeline the […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will be wrapping up its annual Women’s Wellness Gathering with a Country Hoedown dance, which is free and open to everyone. A Country Hoedown Dance will be held on Friday, Nov. 8 at the Copper River Inn with doors opening at 7 p.m. “The Country Hoedown Dance […]
November marks Woman Abuse Prevention Month, and Riverside Health Care’s Community Counselling Services, along with the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope, is running their annual Shine the Light campaign to help bring an end to woman abuse. The annual campaign was originally started by the London Abused Women’s […]
TORONTO – The Ontario government announced a $200 treat on Halloween for residents – a rebate that will be sent out in early 2025. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy formally made the announcement when delivering his government’s fall economic statement. “At a time when the cost of living remains stubbornly high, […]
Researchers at the University of Guelph are taking a unique approach to environmental conservatorship: studying local fish species at the cardiovascular level. Master’s student Liz Manchester is currently studying how the hearts of zebrafish, a commonly used lab animal, are affected by hypoxia, a decreased level of oxygen in the […]
Amanda Colvin has experienced firsthand what it is like to watch an elderly family member suffer from isolation and loneliness. The Niagara-on-the-Lake home builder, along with her husband, Scott Colvin, has moved into the tiny home business, which they see as an opportunity to help ease the housing crunch and […]
THUNDER BAY – It seems that the public is getting fatigued by the council composition review process. Krista Power, director of legislative services and city clerk, told Newswatch, “we are finding that people are fatigued in having the conversation and potentially have given us their feedback. And they are not […]
Rainy River will be receiving a new clinic thanks to a partnership that will see a continuum of health care in the region, while expanding representation for Indigenous voices in local health care. In a press release dated November 1, 2024, Riverside Health Care, along with Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre […]
According to Kevin Knutsen, Executive Officer of Employee and Labour Relations for the Rainy River District School Board, the need for teachers will “increase significantly” by 2027 on both a provincial and national level. Moreover, Knutsen thinks the teacher shortage will influence “a shortage of teachers to become administrators.” Furthermore, […]
On December 12th, 2015, Canada signed the Paris Agreement and ratified it in parliament on October 5th, 2016. According to a statement on the Government of Canada website, the agreement outlines “the essential roles of subnational governments, cities, civil society, the private sector and financial institutions in responding to climate […]
