Local News from Across the Rainy River District
It’s Elections Day in Ontario, and if you’re reading this before 8:00 p.m. Central Time on Thursday, February 27, 2025, you still have time to make your voice heard. Head down to the local voting location, which in Fort Frances this year will be the Fort Frances Public Library Technology […]
During a visit to Thunder Bay late last week, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford reiterated his election promise to speed up project approvals in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire by pushing Ottawa to remove what he called “unnecessary federal barriers and red tape” from major projects under provincial jurisdiction. […]
Anyone who doubts there are enough provincial police cruisers patrolling routes in areas just outside Thunder Bay may feel otherwise after they’ve pondered a recent service-call report. Or received a ticket last week. According to a statistical update for the OPP’s Thunder Bay detachment, officers handed out more than 130 tickets just for the period between […]
KENORA — A vital bridge in this Lake of the Woods city will have important work done on it in a few months. Maintenance work on the Keewatin Channel Bridge is expected to take place in late summer or early fall, according to the city’s website. A protective coating will […]
Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual following reports of a motor vehicle in the ditch. On February 19, 2025, at approximately 11:58 p.m. the Provincial Communications Centre received a phone call from a driver advising police he put his […]
THUNDER BAY – Human trafficking is a much more complex issue than one might think. It’s often described as an abduction where an individual grabs a person, more often a female, off the street and holds them captive. Although there are cases where this scenario happens, the co-chair of the […]
Ontario’s Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) has apprehended and removed 165 animals from a local animal sanctuary. Animal Welfare and police vehicles inundated Shannon Road in Plainfield, north of Belleville, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, as officers removed 165 animals from Kamp Kiki Animal Sanctuary. Witnesses said the animals apprehended […]
Polarization is gripping the country and the centre isn’t holding, Environment and Climate Change Canada found when setting the country’s latest emissions reduction target. The department solicited feedback from provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous groups, think tanks and the public to determine what Canada’s internationally binding 2035 pollution reduction obligations […]
A new program to help rural residents near Thunder Bay cope with the health impacts of aging is expected to be available for at least a year. The Rural Dementia Cafe, which was unveiled on Tuesday by the Kakabeka Falls branch of the NorWest Community Health Centre, is to be […]
Waldner told the Sun his sister practically commanded him to be her accomplice. But during the car ride, the young man decided he would join his sister and leave the colony. He phoned the colony on arriving in Portage, to tell them their car was at a mall and the […]
An upcoming wave of retirements from Canada’s rapidly-growing nuclear energy sector is prompting two Ontario schools to start training the next generation of professionals. Currently, the sector employs about 89,000 people – an increase in personnel of 17 per cent over the past five years. However, with 30 per cent […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Property taxes in Sioux Lookout will rise by about four per cent under the municipality’s 2025 operating budget. Mayor Doug Lawrance and councillors on Tuesday voted unanimous approval for a budget including a 4.44 per cent tax levy increase. The increase means the owner of a home […]
