Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Ministry of Education released a statement from Minister Jill Dunlop and ministry officials to the Fort Frances Times about current and future revisions and updates to curricula. The curriculum reviews in the coming school year include revisions focusing on literacy, math, science and technology for Kindergarten students, and further […]
Nothing stays the same, unless one lives in the mostly rural riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. If a federal spring election that now seems likely takes place after April 22, the riding’s slightly rectangular-shaped boundary will stay as it is now, stretching from Thunder Bay all the way to the […]
If there are any Newfoundlanders in the area, they will be well versed in the Christmas season tradition of “mummering”. I believe most communities of this country are blessed to have Newfoundlanders in their midst, those who bring their special appreciation of laughter and fun, of resilience and recovery, of […]
We have just spent a week with our granddaughters who are three and five. They can operate the remote control for the television, know how to use their iPads and blow me away with their imaginations. I wonder what they will see in their lifetimes. As we stumble into a […]
As I write this column for the Holiday Paper – I am still not fully decorated, and I am certainly not finished shopping. It may very well be that I will be shopping after Christmas. It is not for the great deals; it is for the lack of time and […]
An annual Christmas tradition will seem a bit different this year as the Cridland family prepare for the Community Christmas Dinner without their patriarch. The Cridlands have been at the helm of the annual Community Christmas Dinner celebrations since 2019, and hosting from the Flint House restaurant beginning the year […]
THUNDER BAY — Liberal MP Marcus Powlowksi says he was watching from the back benches Monday when Chrystia Freeland quit federal cabinet. And, he said Tuesday in a Zoom interview from Ottawa, he didn’t see it coming. “I don’t think anybody did, and I don’t think you can sugar coat […]
The Fort Frances Safeway is hosting its annual food bank donation and fundraising drive for the Salvation Army. According to Keifer Childerhose, store manager of Safeway, they are nearing the fundraising goal for the Salvation Army. Moreover, Childerhose is proud to participate in the fundraising efforts and is happy to […]
Time is running out to purchase the hottest stocking stuffer in town -tickets to the Riverside 50/50 draw. Tickets for the next Riverside 50/50, Ring in the Riches, are available now at www.riverside5050.ca or by calling the Foundation Office to arrange for offline sales. Offline sales will close on Friday, […]
The Canadian Mental Health Association, Fort Frances Branch, in partnership with the Northwestern Health Unit, is hosting a Holidays Together event. Each day from December 28-30 from 10 30 a.m. -3;30 p.m. and December 31 from noon to 4 p.m., gather at the CMHA office, 612 Portage Ave. For an […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A routine traffic stop for expired validation ended with criminal charges for an impaired driver. On December 15, 2024, at approximately 1:00 am, a member of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had […]
THUNDER BAY — People need to understand it’s far from a done deal that a nuclear waste site will be built in Northwestern Ontario, Dodie LeGassick said Wednesday. LeGassick, a We the Nuclear Free North member, made the remark after a petition against the deep geological repository, or DGR, was tabled in […]
