Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A local performer’s star is rising as she faces down a busy summer. Fort native Cassandra Star Armstrong is a well-known singer, dancer and actor across the Rainy River District, having participated in numerous shows, recitals, sporting events and more. Further afield, Armstrong has amassed millions of views on YouTube […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited Thunder Bay on Tuesday and announced $2,804,955 in funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) for upgrades at the Port of Thunder Bay and the Peninsula Harbour Port Authority in Marathon. Ford called both terminals key gateways in Northwestern Ontario for expanding east-west […]
THUNDER BAY — Coming into physical contact with MPP Kevin Holland’s car came as a bit of a surprise, Dan Dubray said Tuesday. Video recorded at the scene shows a vehicle driven by Holland, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, move forward slowly and hit Dubray’s right leg as the union member was protesting on Hewitson […]
OTTAWA — Canada Minister of Indigenous Services put forward the First Nations Clean Water Act, Bill C-37, on Tuesday morning, along with the “single largest funding commitment ever made for First Nations,” $4.6 billion over five years. “Across Canada there are laws and regulations that set minimum standards for drinking […]
Sunday held more than a regular worship for Fort Frances churchgoers who gathered for an annual baseball game and barbecue on June 7 at the St. Francis Sports Fields. Now, the group is looking to have their game and social event grow throughout the community for years to come, according […]
KENORA — Someone loses a limb to diabetic wound complications every four hours in Ontario. “And 85 per cent of those are estimated to be preventable,” said Micayla Harland, the project manager for lower limb preservation at Kenora’s Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig (WNHAC) clinic. In the north, that percentage is significantly higher. […]
KENORA — A small group of protesters with signs reading “Justice for Mekhi” gathered outside the Kenora courthouse on Friday. Inside, a hearing took place to decide whether the woman charged with accessory after the fact to the murder of Mekhi Pelly should be released on bail. That afternoon, the […]
The Salvation Army has unveiled a new Emergency Disaster Services truck in Kenora, providing Northwestern Ontario with a mobile emergency response unit capable of delivering meals, supplies and support during disasters. The vehicle, which will be permanently stationed in Kenora, is designed to respond to emergencies ranging from wildfires and […]
Qillaniq, the largest contemporary circumpolar Indigenous exhibition in the world, launched in Ottawa June 12 and will long be remembered through a book of the same name. “A book lives well beyond the exhibition,” said Taqralik Partridge, one of six members of the all-circumpolar curatorial team for Qillaniq at the […]
The morning had unfolded like any other. Less than two weeks before the start of winter, after starting her day, the 74-year-old woman went on an early walk near her Scarborough home. She began to cross an intersection, when a driver struck her. She later died from the injuries caused by […]
Selfies are now standard protocol for all visitors to public schools in St. Vital. The Louis Riel School Division is doing away with physical sign-in binders and installing intercoms, among sweeping security upgrades that began after a registered sex offender snuck into two of its facilities in the fall. The […]
A request to change a municipal bylaw and allow local breeding and keeping of ball pythons as pets was denied during Monday’s town council meeting. The discussion was first prompted during the April 13 council meeting when lifelong Fort Frances resident Kaya Hammond submitted a letter requesting the bylaw amendment. […]
