Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Toronto versus Edmonton in the Stanley Cup final? According to popular sports betting sites, today’s smart money is on an all-Canadian clash for the Cup. That “revised” outlook comes after the earlier favourites — Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche — turned out to be pauper tigers and were eliminated in […]
Thunder Bay, Ont. — In the words of Environment, Conservation and Parks Minister David Piccini on the possible problems of reintroducing endangered caribou to different areas in Northwestern Ontario, “Ultimately, there would be nothing more embarrassing than moving caribou just essentially serving up a caribou buffet to wolves.” That was […]
The Liberal government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force. Under the scheme, the government would make regulations through the Firearms Act to ensure that guns are classified correctly before entering the Canadian market. It also plans to revive […]
DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) – An interstate highway in Illinois reopened Tuesday after a windstorm that kicked up clouds of blinding dust from farm fields and led to crashes that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, police said. More than 70 vehicles, including dozens of commercial vehicles and […]
Thunder Bay, Ont. — The Bear Pit to close out the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference on Friday was rather tame until it came to discussing the motor vehicle tragedies in the region, especially on Highway 17 west of Thunder Bay to Kenora. The Minister Forum, known as the Bear […]
Two individuals have lost their lives in a crash on Hwy 17. Members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision which occurred on April 28, 2023, on Highway 17 east of the Town of Upsala. Officers along with Emergency […]
It will be a busy week in Fort Frances Town Council, with several committee meetings and a Special Council Meeting on the agenda. This morning, both the Planning and Development Executive Committee and the Community Services Executive Committee met. Coming over the next few days will be an Administration and […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a COVID- 19 Outbreak for the East and West wings of Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. Enhanced visitor restrictions are in place that permit two (2) visitors or caregivers at a time in the affected unit. In […]
(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking to the public to assist in locating a missing 67-year-old male. Stanley is described as a Caucasian male with a slim build, short grey hair last seen wearing jeans, a green jacket, and beige shoes. […]
The Orangeville & District Animal Centre has joined other Ontario SPCA and Humane Society animal centres to help give over 30 cats a chance at finding loving homes through a northern animal transfer initiative. The special feline passengers arrived last week and were transported by the Ontario SPCA from the […]
Next-generation nuclear technology “has no part in fighting the climate emergency,” Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Tuesday as a handful of MPs joined anti-nuclear activists to voice concern about the federal government’s intention to expand nuclear power. “It, in fact, takes valuable dollars away from things that we know […]
Two children who died in a highway crash last week are being remembered as always smiling and spreading light and joy to everyone around them. A procession for Callie Joseph, 15, and her younger brother Evan Joseph, 11, took place Tuesday afternoon from Kenora to their home Iskatewizaagegan 39, also […]
