Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A side note in a Library and Archives Canada document indicated that her great-great-grandfather Raymond Miron was a snowshoe mail carrier, and this led to author Louise Bradford’s new children’s book Sage and the Snowshoe Express. A member of Batchewana First Nation in northwest Ont., Bradford admits she didn’t understand […]
The Labourers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 607 is hosting a full house of high school students in Thunder Bay who want to learn about the skilled trades industry. Andy Nieweglowski, director of training at the union local in Thunder Bay, said it used its skill development fund […]
Almost 400 Thunder Bay Community Living employees, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEPFO) Local 740, are heading back to work this week after 13 weeks on the picket line. The union bargained with the provincial government to increase funding by 6.5 per cent for all the agencies […]
She had a full career with the Royal Bank of Canada before retiring as branch manager after 40 years. Then she worked at Causeway Insurance for two years before retiring again. Then she took on the mantle of executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, giving guidance to […]
On Monday, Kathy Lampi and her crew from Backpacks for Kids Fort Frances handed off over 400 backpacks to children in the Rainy River District just in time for them to take to school next week. The organizers received donations through cash and physical backpacks starting at the beginning of […]
When the filing deadline passed last Friday, the Township of Emo fell short on residents interested in running for council. As a result, the municipality opted to extend its deadline, reopening nominations today at 9 a.m. and closing them again at 2 p.m. Emo’s council is comprised of five members: […]
Elections to be held on October 26 Fort Frances will see both the mayoral and councillor seats contested in this year’s election on Oct. 26, with two candidates for mayor and nine for council after the slate was officially ratified on Monday. Town Council, which is comprised of six council […]
Rainy River In the Town of Rainy River, incumbent Deborah Ewald and former councillor Andrew Hartnell are running for mayor. Running for the six council positions in Rainy River are Rebecca Brooks, incumben Joel Hagarty, Lindsay Logsdon, Jeffrey Marchuk, incumbent Florence Joan Newman, Scott Olson, incumbent Gordon Prost, Dana Tait […]
Three individuals are running for mayor of Dryden in this year’s election: incumbent Jack Harrison and challengers Derek Ouellette and Brenda Sedgwick. Harrison has been mayor since he first ran in 2022, winning with 69 per cent of the votes against one other candidate —Shayne MacKinnon. “It was quite an […]
Kenora Incumbent Mayor Andrew Poirier is the only candidate who filed for mayor of Kenora in this year’s election. Poirier has been mayor since 2022, and before that served a total of 10 years as a councillor. He’s now set to be acclaimed. Thirteen candidates have filed to run for […]
With the official ratification of nominations on Monday, a contest for both mayoral and council seats has opened up in Fort Frances, with 11 candidates running for local office—nine for council and two for mayor. Election Day, Oct. 26, is just over eight weeks away. Now that ratification is complete, […]
For many people in northwestern Ontario, seeing a specialist begins with a road trip. It can mean hundreds of kilometres behind the wheel, an overnight hotel stay and meals away from home — sometimes while the patient is undergoing cancer treatment or dealing with a different life-threatening illness. A group […]
