Local News from Across the Rainy River District
$12,247,165 in capital carries over from 2024 with $17,063,530 of new capital spending proposed A number of local projects will potentially see funding in 2025 as administrations presents town council with next year’s capital budget. Council of the Town of Fort Frances held a special meeting on Monday, November 18, […]
The Town of Fort Frances is gearing up for significant work on the water tower in order to keep it in tip-top shape providing pressure and reserves for the system for decades to come. The discussion of the water tower and the work it requires was one of the key […]
Fresh off the release of his new full-length album Canadian Folk Music Award Winner, Ian Sherwood will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre in Fort Frances on his Broken Little Heart Tour on Dec. 6. Sherwood, who hails from Nova Scotia has been interested in music for as […]
When it’s your business to help improve herd genetics for cattle farmers across the Rainy River district, well, sometimes your peers and the province make sure you’re recognized for it. That’s life for Aaron Bujold of Bujold Farms lately. On November 2, 2024, Bujold Farms was awarded the Northern Business […]
There’s a long way to go to get a new ice plant at the Rainy River Rec but fundraising efforts are well underway and the Rec Committee is hoping for a big boost with its first annual Christmas Party. Recreation Director Lindsay Bourre says they fixed the plant on a […]
Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton, right, was joined by Jacquee Loerzel is the community family violence counsellor forRiverside Community Counselling Services, left, to raise funds for the rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope in Atikokan.-Ken Kellar photoAs the month of November draws to a close, a special tea helped […]
On October 3, in conjunction with the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs(OAPC) Fall Symposium, at the Blue Mountain Resort and Conference Centre, Stanley Vlotaros Jr., Donna O’Sullivan and Chris Weilinga received the prestigious Governor Generals Emergency Medical Services Exemplary in recognition of their career accomplishments. As part of the Canadian […]
THUNDER BAY — No matter where you are in Northwestern Ontario, CEO of Smart Modular Canada Bill Boulton told Newswatch, they are seeing a need for affordable housing . “Everywhere is in the same problem. Even our own little area, Fort Frances has no housing or you buy, rent or […]
WABIGOON LAKE — Chief Clayton Wetelainen wouldn’t disclose the numbers, but he said Monday that his First Nation near Dryden voted overwhelmingly to proceed as a potential host to a below-ground facility for nuclear waste. A referendum completed on Saturday delivered “an overwhelming mandate to continue to the next phase […]
A countrywide postal strike at Christmastime is of great concern for many retailers who are preparing for the impacts. Matt Carr, owner of Matt Carr Repair and Retro North Games, relies on Canada Post for his shipping of gaming components and said that his gaming company “is largely online.” “We […]
KENORA — An MRI machine at Lake of the Woods District Hospital will be a leap forward in local health care, says the region’s member of provincial parliament. “Oh, we’re just thrilled,” Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford told Newswatch this week after the Ontario government announced it will put up […]
A new nurse practitioner clinic aims to fill gaps in Thunder Bay’s health care by providing services through the clinic, virtually, and by home visits. Encompass Healthcare, which offers a fee-for-service model, has opened across from Wendy’s Restaurant on Red River Road in the Shopper’s Drug Mart building. Lead nurse […]
