Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A provincial insurance program that helps farmers survive unforeseen financial hiccups, like unexpected price plunges for livestock and field crops, has been given a $100-million boost. The provincial funds announced this week are to be phased in over three years, which will bring the total amount available under the Risk […]
Two Thunder Bay men were arrested last week after provincial police investigated a crash on Highway 61 in the Municipality of Neebing. Police officers went to the scene on Thursday around 7 p.m., a provincial police news release said. No injuries were reported. Police said it’s believed a car and […]
A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is standing in the way of the species’ survival. Using data collected since 1979 by Environment and […]
A measles outbreak in southwestern Ontario continues to grow, with three more confirmed cases announced on Friday. The latest patients are children in Norfolk County, part of Grand Erie Public Health, which also oversees Haldimand, Brant and Brantford. Grand Erie now has 19 confirmed measles cases this year and all […]
GRASSY NARROWS – He was just three years old when authorities put him in the McIntosh Indian Residential School, away from his home in Grassy Narrows, in December 1943. Less than eight months later, he drowned in a lake near the school and was buried by the Catholic missionaries who […]
Minnesota’s winter tradition of naming their snowplows is back again this winter. The list of finalists is up, and Minnesota residents can vote for their favourites. The top eight vote-getters will become new MnDOT snowplow names – one new name for each MnDOT district – the Minnesota Department of Transportation […]
Two area health units have declared measles outbreaks after confirming nearly 20 combined cases of the highly contagious disease. Ninh Tran, the medical officer of health for Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties and St. Thomas – and Malcolm Lock, Tran’s counterpart for Grand […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an agreement Tuesday worth more than $20 million to help prepare a remote northern Ontario First Nation for possible mining development in the future. Aroland First Nation, 345 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, is located near the “gateway to the Ring of Fire” mining region, […]
A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through the North extended its reach. Poplar Hill First Nation, 570 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, is a remote, fly-in community, save for the brief ice road season. Until this week, most […]
The federal government expects the cost of disaster relief funding to balloon to a billion dollars or more each year as the climate crisis advances, according to a new risk-management report. The document, examining steps by the federal public service to manage the financial risks and possible rewards tied to […]
The First Nations Housing Conference (FNHC), Canada’s largest and longest-running event dedicated to First Nations housing, is set to host its highly anticipated 22nd Annual Conference from February 4–6, 2025, at the Valhalla Inn Hotel in Thunder Bay. This year’s event promises groundbreaking updates, new features, and enhanced programming, making […]
Pitching in helps, but Mattawa wants the province to foot the entire OPP bill. Mattawa’s mayor Raymond Bélanger and council continue to advocate for the provincial government to fully fund OPP services within small towns with a population under 10,000. This past October, Mattawa was told the cost of OPP […]
