Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A local resident is spearheading a new initiative to try to raise funds to support those doing volunteer work with animals in the district. Empties for Paws is a movement spreading across Canada that is challenging everyday citizens and businesses to help raise money for local animal rescues by donating […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services – Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and the United Native Friendship Centre are once again partnering up to host a back-to-school Summer Fun Beach Day on Friday, August 30, from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. at Point Park in Fort Frances/Agency one. Activities include pontoon rides, lawn games, sand […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An erratic driver was charged with impaired offences after refusing to provide breath samples. On August 25, 2024, at approximately 8:30 pm, an officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle in the 700 block of Scott Street when it was observed […]
KASABONIKA LAKE – A wildfire south of Kasabonika Lake First Nation is being held, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The fire labelled Nipigon 36, which was confirmed on Aug. 20, “received immediate aerial suppression from CL-415 water bombers which over the course of several hours were effective in […]
THUNDER BAY — A “debt clock” is making its way around the province on a tour. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking the mobile clock on tour to showcase the province’s growing debt load. While in Thunder Bay, the truck showed the province’s debt was increasing by $768 a second and is well over […]
THUNDER BAY — Delegates from the city are back after a trip to Ottawa for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference. Mayor Ken Boshcoff, Westfort Coun. Kristen Oliver, and At-large Coun. Shelby Ch’ng were represented the city by securing seven meetings with six ministers and a parliamentary assistant […]
Almost nine years after her sister’s shocking murder, Maddie Laberge sees disturbing similarities with the horrific mass murder that took place in a rural Manitoba community last week. “What I see is a disastrous repeat of an abuser who couldn’t be stopped, despite a protection order,” Maddie Laberge, the sister […]
The Grassroots Response to the Ukrainian Crisis team has been on an epic road trip through the North to meet with local organizations and community leaders to discuss ways to support and integrate Ukrainian newcomers into the workforce. First stop was in North Bay, then on to the Sault, Thunder […]
The University of Manitoba is suing its former law school dean to recover hundreds of thousands of public dollars he spent upgrading his resumé with U.S. Ivy League college courses, joining members-only clubs and covering personal bills. Jonathan Black-Branch’s five-year deanship at Robson Hall was cut short in 2020 when […]
Seven Generations Educational Institute is providing a local solution to the growing problem of paramedic shortages in northwestern Ontario. The facility is part of the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant, which offers full, up-front funding for students who are willing to start their paramedic careers at home, in northern Ontario. […]
In what has been called an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis,” municipal leaders across Ontario are rallying the provincial and federal governments for more funding to better address homelessness and mental health issues. Representing 230 municipalities and more than 2.6 million people across Ontario, the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC), Western Ontario […]
A new peer-reviewed study has raised alarm about the deteriorating conditions faced by Ontario’s hospital workers, most of whom are women and many of whom are from racialized communities. The report, titled ‘Running on Empty,’ highlights the severe staffing crisis that is undermining both the well-being of healthcare workers and […]
