Local News from Across the Rainy River District
For turtles that call Haliburton Highlands home, survival is a numbers game with increasingly deadly odds. According to researchers with the Turtle Guardians, a program of The Land Between charity, a single snapping turtle may have to cross a roadway up to 16 times in a single migration season. “You […]
After a busy first weekend, the Back Alley Bar and Restaurant at the Emo Inn is back and under new management, who have simple plans to keep it a local hotspot. The bar and restaurant previously had trouble staying open due to staffing issues. This resulted in the inn having […]
What started as a conversation between parents has led to a large volleyball club with teams across multiple age groups. The Cobra Kings and Queens Volleyball Club has been giving young indigenous volleyball players the opportunity to show that they can compete with the best players from all over the […]
Occupying a large room filled with completed and in-progress projects as well as the equipment needed to do them, the Makerspace is a part of Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) that provides a wide variety of modern tools and machines to be used in creative practices. The area is open […]
It was Ashley Siemens’s mother who first turned her on to the importance of a good skincare routine in keeping a youthful appearance, but more recently her inspiration has been more bovine than human. “When I was a little girl, my mom taught me that taking care of my skin […]
With a weekend sweep of the Ironwood Lumberjacks, the Fort Frances Lakers clinched the first overall spot going into the SIJHL playoffs and earned a bye through the first round. Friday night’s performance was lackluster by head coach Luke Judson’s standards. Despite the 3-2 win, he knew the team could […]
Editor’s note: This article was submitted by the local 4-H Hook It Club for their meetings in mid-February and we missed it in our inbox. We always enjoy letting the District read what our local 4-H groups are up to, so with apologies to the Hook It Club for the […]
CAT LAKE — Several winter road construction projects have received provincial funding, and one First Nations council manager says those corridors continue to be crucial lifelines. Jonathan Salo is the technical unit manager at Windigo First Nations Council. The organization provides a number of social, economic development and other services […]
A coroner’s inquest will be held into the death of 18-year-old Justin Fiddler, who died in hospital in Thunder Bay in 2019 after sustaining injuries at the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre in Fort Frances. The inquest will investigate the circumstances of Fiddler’s death while in custody at Ge-Da-Gi-Binez, which opened in […]
A Fort Frances resident has been charged following a traffic stop earlier this month. According to a press release from the Rainy RiveR District Detachment of the OPP, on Sunday, March 8, officers conducted a traffic stop after observing a vehicle fail to stop at an intersection on Armit Avenue. […]
Final Drives Canada, a Thunder Bay-based international distribution company, is expanding and relocating to Dawson Road thanks to $78,000 given from the Ontario government. The funds, which are made possible through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), are part of the province’s spending aimed at providing northern businesses the […]
Neebing’s fire chief is urging the province to add medical first responders to a list of crew members eligible for compensation should they become ill with cancer following exposure to carcinogenic materials at emergency scenes. In a letter last month to various provincial agencies, including the Workplace Safety and Insurance […]
