Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – The 2026 shipping season is officially underway at the Port of Thunder Bay as the MV Kathy McKeil passed the breakwall at 3:23 p.m. on March 26. On Friday morning, Capt. Adam Barnes and chief engineer Matthew Rankine were named as Top Hat Award winners, continuing a […]
A northern Ontario MPP submitted a formal complaint to Queen’s Park’s house speaker on Thursday after security wouldn’t allow observers into the gallery wearing an “Every Child Matters” t-shirt, and in another case, a sewn patch of the Transgender pride flag. Thunder Bay-Superior North NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois sent speaker […]
A lack of good water infrastructure persists as a health and welfare threat for Indigenous communities across Canada, as two days underscoring the issue surfaced last week in the Alberta legislature. National Indigenous Water Operator Day was March 21 in Canada, followed by World Water Day on March 22. Both […]
Riverside Health Care has confirmed that an outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home is the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which has spread to become a facility-wide outbreak following an increase in RSV activity across the district. Riverside, in consultation with the Northwestern Public Health Unit, has implemented precautions throughout […]
THUNDER BAY — The city is seeing increasing levels of poverty due to a lack of affordable and supportive housing, barriers to employment for marginalized populations and growing reliance on emergency shelters and community services, according to a new report. The Lakehead Social Planning Council provided the city’s quality of life standing […]
ATIKOKAN — An Atikokan councillor wanted to “start the conversation” to reexamine what time zone the town is in. That discussion has now ended — at least in council chambers. At its March 23 committee of the whole meeting, council agreed with a recommendation by administration to halt further exploration […]
A proposal by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to bury millions of spent and radioactive fuel rods from the country’s nuclear reactors in a specialized underground facility near Ignace is going to be subject to a federal independent review panel process. The decision by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada […]
THUNDER BAY — At an information session on Wednesday local staff learned about the government’s plan for both the Thunder Bay jail and the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre to remain operational once a new complex is complete. Members of the provincial leadership, including Kevin Sawicki, executive director of corrections and […]
TEMISKAMING SHORES – Increased enforcement, more transport rest areas and additional signage are among a list of government initiatives planned to increase safety on Highways 11 and 17. Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP John Vanthof, a long-time advocate for Northern highway safety, said the government plan falls far short of what is needed. […]
The Community Economic Development Commission and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce are following up on their appeal to federal ministers, urging the government to apply the federal Buy Canadian policy to Via Rail’s upcoming fleet procurement. The appeal was made to Melanie Joly, minister of industry; Dominic LeBlanc, minister […]
Local playwright Robin Taylor Wright has been hosting play readings in Fort Frances and around Canada for the last couple of years, and now, over the next few months, one of his shows will take to the stage in the United Kingdom. Wright is producing his works under the banner […]
The Township of Emo will increase the maximum fee for building permits, implement additional user rates at the local landfill and collaborate with Chapple and Rainy River First Nation on water services, the township’s council decided at its Tuesday meeting. Building permit fees in Emo are based on the estimated […]
