Local News from Across the Rainy River District
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – One individual from Hamilton is facing several charges under the Criminal Code (CC) and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) following a drug trafficking investigation in Thunder Bay. In September 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) began an […]
Kap Paper could soon be coming out of idle thanks to the provincial and federal governments agreeing to a path forward that provides near-term stability to the mill while partners continue working on a long-term solution. Last week, hundreds of people from the towns of Kapuskasing, Hearst, Cochrane, and Chapleau […]
GREENSTONE — Dozens of Nakina residents are pressing Tbaytel to better the infrastructure they say will allow for prolonged cell service during power outages. And those lobbying efforts are being backed by, and will get some extra weight from, Greenstone’s municipal council and city staff. “Unfortunately, when power outages occur, […]
Craig Baird’s new book takes readers for a ride along the Trans-Canada Highway, and there is much to discover along the way. Canada’s Main Street: The Epic Story of the Trans-Canada Highway, published by Sutherland House, marks Baird’s debut as an author. Baird is known by many as the creator […]
For the first time since passing its contentious Bill 5, the Ford government is proposing rules for how Special Economic Zones will work and asking for public comment. The move comes after months of pushback from municipalities, experts, First Nations and advocates who warned the law is one of the […]
MANITOULIN—Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, has issued a stark warning: the province’s patchwork vaccine record system is no longer fit for purpose. His 2024 annual report, ‘Protecting Tomorrow,’ calls for sweeping modernization—both within Ontario and across Canada—after the country’s worst measles outbreak in decades left more […]
Fort Frances council will start its regularly scheduled Monday meetings half an hour earlier beginning next January, rejecting for a now a proposal to move the weekly assembly to Tuesdays. The move made during its Sept. 22 meeting will allow participants to head home 30 minutes earlier, which be particularly […]
A Minnie Avenue homeowner feels that Fort Frances water services has come up short on its responsibility to service his property and that of some neighbours and is suggesting a straightforward solution. In a letter to town council, Eric Onichuk stated that he and others are paying for full municipal […]
Hundreds of people gathered at the Town of Kapuskasing’s Train Station Welcome Centre and joined several mayors, leaders and politicians on Wednesday, in a show of solidarity for the Kap Paper Mill and Green First Forest Products. Kap Paper announced that it will idle the plant due to the absence […]
THUNDER BAY – In a show of solidarity, two local unions banded together to tell Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu they want to go back to work with a fair deal. Postal workers and college support staff, both on strike right now, rallied outside the Thunder Bay–Superior North MP’s […]
KENORA — Housing is the “number one need” in Kenora as city hall drafts its new official plan, administration says. The city is in the process of replacing the existing official plan, which involves aligning it with provincial priorities, while also focusing on local needs, said Janis Pochailo, Kenora’s director […]
Ramon Kataquapit travelled hundreds of kilometres from North Bay to Kingston this weekend to join events opposing Bill 5 because he has seen what mining has done to his community. The youth leader from Attawapiskat First Nation says Ontario’s Bill 5, which lets the Ford government fast-track development in the mineral-rich Ring […]
