Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Noah Lambert, Mason Orlowski, Ryan Cassie and Robert Jickling have created a mine rescue device that could one day save the life of a miner in Sudbury or anywhere across the world. Jickling answered questions about the Motorized Mine Rescue Cart at a recent event at the Cliff Fielding Centre […]
The Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Championship is wrapping up this week at the Fort Williams Gardens where eight teams from Algoma, Kirkland Lake, Sudbury, Onaping, Thunder Bay, Red Lake, Timmins, and southern Ontario competed for the coveted golden hard hat trophy. Shawn Rideout, the chief mine rescue officer at Workplace […]
The ‘social’ is back in Strawberry Social for the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary. After several years of covid restrictions, the sweet event is returning to its in-person format, in addition to business deliveries. It will take place Thursday, June 13, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at a the Senior Centre. So […]
Ahead of its All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety Awareness Week campaign, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting a 125 per cent increase in ATV fatalities in 2024, with more than half of the deceased found without a helmet. Nine people (eight drivers, one passenger) have died in OPP-investigated ATV […]
Here are some of the local graduations you may want to know about. Seven Generations Education Institute Graduation Today June 6 3:30 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre Confederation College Graduation Monday June 10 3:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. Fort Frances High School Grade 8 Graduation June 18 7-8 […]
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in partnership with the Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS), is investigating a death in Eagle Lake First Nation. On May 31, 2024, at approximately 12:35 p.m., an individual was located deceased in Eagle Lake First Nation. A post-mortem examination will be conducted at the Centre […]
On Saturday June 1, Increase Fitness held its grand opening. The new gym on Scott Street had an open house from noon to 4 p.m. and everyone was invited to go and visit the new facility. “We’ve already started to build a really good gym community here,” said Simeon Firth, […]
GRASSY NARROWS – More than 50 years into its struggle with mercury poisoning, this First Nation is suing the governments of Canada and Ontario for alleged failure to protect its treaty rights. Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation announced its lawsuit Tuesday morning in a news conference in front of the […]
The Lake Winnipeg Foundation (LWF) is sharing what they are calling “shocking and disturbing” photos online they say show signs of sewage contamination in Lake Winnipeg. In what LWF said was a “disturbing update” from the Sandy Hook area, the not-for-profit organization that advocates for the health of Lake Winnipeg […]
The Rainy River district regional abattoir is hoping to stave off a permanent closure by selling off its processing facility, Rainy River Meats. At their recent Annual General Meeting, the abattoir’s board of directors set a deadline of July 31 to sell the meat shop. “If at that time, there […]
Interim Fire Chief Dave Robertson has been in the fire service for nearly three decades. He started as a volunteer and became a career firefighter. He has worked in both the United States and Canada and in urban, rural, and wildland environments. “I was a suit, working in and out […]
There may no longer be a bowling alley in Fort Frances but that didn’t stop one local bowler from finishing in the top men’s spot at the Canadian Five Pin Bowling Association National Open. Jeff Watts has been driving to Dryden twice a week to keep his bowling skills sharp. […]
