Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – Parks Canada is working with Red Rock Indian Band to make amends after a “flawed process” culminated in the unearthing of Indigenous ancestral remains in Nipigon, Patty Hajdu says. “I’ve spoken with (Red Rock Chief Allan) Odawa a number of times about the Parks Canada build and […]
THUNDER BAY – The federal government is providing $980,595 over the next four years to Lakehead University for programming that focuses on youth dating violence prevention. “When our young people are experiencing a crisis, they need a safe place and safe people to turn to,” Patty Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s […]
The Ontario government’s current ongoing expansion of the number of retail outlets that could sell beer, wine, liquor and other alcoholic beverages would at it completion see 8,500 stores peddling booze, Southwestern Public Health Board was told at its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24. Public Health Nurse Jacqueline Deroo delivered […]
FORT ALBANY – Fort Albany First Nation is receiving federal funding to help provide safety and support for women and families. On Oct. 23, the federal government announced over $58 million for 12 Indigenous housing projects in Ontario. Among the recipients is the Fort Albany Women’s Shelter. TimminsToday reached out […]
“People are dying left and right,” Meno Ya Win Hospital staff told Sol Mamakwa as the Kiiwetinoong MPP toured the Sioux Lookout area’s largest health care facility. The backlog in the 55-bed acute care facility was worse than Mamakwa had ever seen it during his years as health system transformation […]
Jeff Wright of Wright Physiotherapy pulled the winning ticket for the 2024 Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s British Isles Trip of the Month draw for November on Friday, November 1, 2024. Reo Walton of Fort Frances is the winner of an Orkney and Scotland tour, valued at $4,000. Next month’s draw […]
The Ministry of Health says it received the letter from Northwestern Ontario municipal leaders about the dire state of paramedic services, but it remains to be seen if it got the entire message. The ministry has yet to say publicly if it would respond to one of the Northwestern Ontario […]
(FORT FRANCES) In the early morning hours of Wednesday October 30, 2024 at approximately 1:00 a.m. Rainy River District OPP received reports of a possible break and enter in the Town of Fort Frances. Police attended the area and located a motor vehicle matching the description provided of the involved […]
Confederation College’s Tec Hub was abuzz yesterday with enthusiasm as it hosted the “Jill of All Trades” event, aimed at young women in grades 9 through 12. This initiative provided hands-on experiences in skilled trades, highlighting opportunities available in a traditionally male-dominated field. The “Jill of All Trades” (JOAT) events […]
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay’s only safe injection site, Path 525, is set to close in March 2025, but the provincial New Democratic Party won’t let the site go down without a fight. Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois presented a petition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday demanding the government […]
Cinema 5 Skatepark has built one of the first adaptive skateboard trainers in Canada in Thunder Bay. The project is made possible by a new partnership between the skatepark, Junior Inclusion Thunder Bay, Autism Northwest and Confederation College Developmental Service Work Program, and funding from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities program. Vanessa Bowles, the […]
According to Midland resident Scott Ashley: “You can’t save everybody, but you sure can save a lot of people.” He would know. Having served an extensive career as an emergency responder across Canada and in the United States, he was working as a critical-care flight paramedic on the Ornge air […]
