Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Fort Frances Lakers kicked off the 2025-26 Superior International Junior Hockey League season with two wins over the weekend. Head Coach and GM Luke Judson said he was pleased with the weekend following game two, a 2-1 shootout victory over the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. “It’s a great start,” […]
To improve student success over the summer break, the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB) had a selection of summer programming available for students. From a Credit Recovery program, or a co-op placement, to further helping students earn high school credits before high school, and more, the RRDSB helped students […]
The first year for the Penalty Box Canteen at the Memorial Sports Centre in Fort Frances was marked by a raucous anniversary event. Riley Pollard, the eatery’s owner, said the Sept. 11 party to make the milestone was a huge success and drew a fantastic turnout. “It was amazing to […]
After a minor setback earlier in the year, the third-annual Pushing Up Daisies Fair heads to Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home tomorrow, Thursday, September 25, 2025, to help the community both young and old about learn more about something we all must face eventually. The Fair has been a multi-year effort […]
Last Friday saw the Fort Frances High School Muskies win the 76th Homecoming football game with a 61-21 victory over the Beaver Brae Broncos out of Kenora. The Homecoming win on Friday, September 19, 2025, marks three straight at home victories to start the Muskie football season. The black and […]
Residents and business owners on Scott Street’s 200 block had water and heavy machinery on their doorsteps this morning as a water main break under the street had water running out of the road near the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Manager of Operations and Facilities for the Town of Fort […]
THUNDER BAY — The medical school that serves northern Ontario says the addition of four new residencies will improve access to health care across the region. NOSM University has added post-graduate specializations in medical oncology, a new emergency medicine program, palliative care, and obstetrics and gynecology. In a media release, […]
THUNDER BAY — Patty Hajdu, the federal jobs and families minister, was at Thunder Bay Hydraulics on Friday morning to announce help for businesses dealing with shocks and strains from U.S. tariffs. The Montreal Street employer is one of those businesses. Hydraulics president Jamie Crozier said he was surprised to […]
If Kapuskasing Paper shutters its operation within the next two weeks, more than 2,500 jobs across the Northwestern Ontario forestry sector could be lost. Sawmills in Kapuskasing, Hearst, Chapleau and Cochrane, which rely on chips and bark from the paper mill, would face cascading shutdowns. The Federation of Northern Ontario […]
THUNDER BAY – OPSEU workers rallied together with other local labour organizations outside Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland’s office on Wednesday to send a collective message to the Ford Government: they may be black and blue, but they are certainly not broken. “The Ford Government and Kevin Holland all say […]
Garden River First Nation Chief Karen Bell says Ontario’s investments in the community do not fully address ongoing Indigenous challenges, and “fall short” of the economic gap. Ontario is investing $8 million over three years to support economic development in First Nations communities, partnering with the Ontario First Nations Economic […]
Six kilometers east of Elie, Manitoba, at the 290-kilometer marker, a man with blisters on both feet and shin splints in both legs had to stop walking. Which is not surprising, given he had set out to walk nearly five hundred kilometers across the province in the first place. The […]
