Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Community Economic Development Commission is calling on Indigenous entrepreneurs in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario who are looking to start, expand or buy an existing business, to apply for their Miinikaanan Badakidoon program. Kirsten Kabernick, program co-ordinator with the commission’s Thunder Bay and District Entrepreneur Centre, said participants are […]
A 4.3 ha – or 10 acre – bog has been a topic of discussion since it floated into Sunny Cove last summer. It had broken free from its original home during the lake’s historic flooding, and settled in, blocking boat access to the Fort Frances campsite’s shoreline. It was […]
This article is reprinted with the generous permission of Quetico Superior Wilderness News. To see the original story, visit https://queticosuperior.org/mineral-licks-may-be-to-blame-for-deer-infecting-moose-with-deadly-parasite/ A recent study conducted on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation has uncovered a new clue about problems facing Minnesota’s moose population. The number of moose in Minnesota began to fall […]
(KENORA, ON) – An individual from Kenora was charged with impaired operation after a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles. On Tuesday August 22, 2023, just before 9:00 a.m., members of the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, City of Kenora Fire and Emergency Services (CKFES), and Kenora Northwest Emergency […]
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with his federal cabinet to find ways to make life more affordable for Canadian families, his government should immediately consider removing the GST on home heating. “Winter is coming and so is your heating bill. Like food and medication, heating a home in Canada […]
One week after people began gathering at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, a group of 26 people landed at Northwest Angle near the original signing site of Treaty 3. Community members from all across Treaty 3 territory were invited to participate and no canoeing experience was required. Canoe and safety training was […]
Mike Schnekenburger owns a house on Hopkins Bay Road, right by Rainy Lake. Nearly a month ago, a neighbour came by and told him the bog that had been sitting near Sunny Cove Camp had started floating around the lake. It was coming north toward their bay, and they decided […]
Of the provincial funding recipients announced last week, Community Living Fort Frances and District took the bulk of it, with $333,700 headed their way for a variety of infrastructure work. “It’s a great announcement for all of us,” said Greg Rickford, MPP for Kenora–Rainy River. CEO Ted Scholten said the […]
Daniel McCormick, CAO at the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB), now known as the District of Rainy River Services Board (DRRSB) as of yesterday, will celebrate his retirement at the end of this year. Starting work at DRRSB as the health services manager in 2002, McCormick was […]
The Knox United Church in Emo is receiving significant funding to renovate its kitchen area. Kenora–Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford, who is also Ontario’s minister of northern development, announced on August 17 that $153,000 would be provided to the church through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) in order […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and the United Native Friendship Centre are partnering up to host a Summer Fun Day on August 25th.( Friday) from 9:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Point Park. Making up the day will be Sunset water sports (waivers must be signed for by parents/guardians […]
A vote could be coming by the middle of September as to whether most elementary and secondary teachers across the province will strike. Members are calling for the vote in an effort to push stalled bargaining with the provincial government forward. Some unions within the education sector have been without […]
