Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Adam Bachynski and Andrew Beernaert were in the lead after day one at the 35th-annual Kenora Bass International (KBI) with a 20.93-lb. bag. They maintained their top spot going into day three, and never moved from there. The pair from Winnipeg and Keewatin finished first of 130 teams with 58.67 […]
The Rainy River District Transportation Services Consortium (RRDTSC) safely transports 1,963 students on 41 buses, over 5,807 kilometres, for 17 schools every day during the school year. With the summer soon coming to an end, the consortium is bustling to prepare bus routes before the school year begins. “That would […]
Lake Despair Lodge’s Bill Godin has proved once again that he owns the local fisheries. This past weekend, he and Nolan Mann took to Rainy Lake to compete in the Mitaanjigamiing First Nation Bass Championship. Never heard of the tournament? That’s because this is the first year it’s run. Godin […]
Fort Frances town council is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate Sunny Cove Camp, by approving an unbudgeted capital expenditure of $215,000, to put towards the repair of Russell Hall. The Town has applied for a Northern Ontario Heritage Fund grant, which could award the project up to $500,000 to […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared a respiratory outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. This outbreak is facility wide, including the East and West wings and the Special Care Unit (SCU). Enhanced visitor restrictions are in place that permit two (2) visitors or […]
It has been nine years since the death of Tina Fontaine and the discovery of her body in the Red River shocked Winnipeg and the entire country and led to demands for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Now almost a decade […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public’s assistance to locate an individual for their well-being. On August 10, 2023, members of the Thunder Bay OPP Detachment were made aware of a missing person report. Andrew Waters (34) […]
(KENORA, ON) – An arrest warrant has now been issued in connection to a suspicious death in Sabaskong Bay (Ojibways of Onigaming) First Nation. On August 7, 2023, shortly after 1:30 p.m. Treaty Three Police responded to a home on Anishinaabe Road, where a woman was located deceased. The victim […]
UPDATE: An individual who was reported missing on August 7, 2023, has been located deceased by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Aviation Services and members of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT). On August 16, 2023, members of the OPP Aviation Services and ERT located an individual who […]
The former Resolute Forest Products paper mill in Thunder Bay has been acquired by Atlas Holdings and has undergone a name change to Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Inc. The mill, which has been a leader in the pulp and paper industry in Ontario for more than a century, is […]
Last week, Richard Bee began his new position as the chief executive officer (CEO) at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC). He officially began his permanent contract on August 2, 2023, and says things have been going well so far. “Everyone’s been very nice to talk to. [They] […]
Quetico Provincial Park will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Breaking the Barrier, the dedication of the of the Sheila Hainey Memorial Boardwalk and her son’s swim across the Park in her honour, with a special event at the Park on Saturday, August 12. The event will include a reenactment of […]
