Local News from Across the Rainy River District
When it’s your business to help improve herd genetics for cattle farmers across the Rainy River district, well, sometimes your peers and the province make sure you’re recognized for it. That’s life for Aaron Bujold of Bujold Farms lately. On November 2, 2024, Bujold Farms was awarded the Northern Business […]
On October 3, in conjunction with the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs(OAPC) Fall Symposium, at the Blue Mountain Resort and Conference Centre, Stanley Vlotaros Jr., Donna O’Sullivan and Chris Weilinga received the prestigious Governor Generals Emergency Medical Services Exemplary in recognition of their career accomplishments. As part of the Canadian […]
Heather Campbell, Director of Education for the Rainy River District School Board thinks observers need to balance EQAO with in-class assessments to paint a full picture of student achievement. “I think we need to balance the fact that we have large-scale assessments, but we also have at the school level […]
THUNDER BAY — No matter where you are in Northwestern Ontario, CEO of Smart Modular Canada Bill Boulton told Newswatch, they are seeing a need for affordable housing . “Everywhere is in the same problem. Even our own little area, Fort Frances has no housing or you buy, rent or […]
WABIGOON LAKE — Chief Clayton Wetelainen wouldn’t disclose the numbers, but he said Monday that his First Nation near Dryden voted overwhelmingly to proceed as a potential host to a below-ground facility for nuclear waste. A referendum completed on Saturday delivered “an overwhelming mandate to continue to the next phase […]
A countrywide postal strike at Christmastime is of great concern for many retailers who are preparing for the impacts. Matt Carr, owner of Matt Carr Repair and Retro North Games, relies on Canada Post for his shipping of gaming components and said that his gaming company “is largely online.” “We […]
KENORA — An MRI machine at Lake of the Woods District Hospital will be a leap forward in local health care, says the region’s member of provincial parliament. “Oh, we’re just thrilled,” Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford told Newswatch this week after the Ontario government announced it will put up […]
A new nurse practitioner clinic aims to fill gaps in Thunder Bay’s health care by providing services through the clinic, virtually, and by home visits. Encompass Healthcare, which offers a fee-for-service model, has opened across from Wendy’s Restaurant on Red River Road in the Shopper’s Drug Mart building. Lead nurse […]
The University of Winnipeg has announced a hiring freeze as senior administration reels in spending in response to a drop in international enrolment and other budgetary pressures. President Todd Mondor told senators on Sept. 26 that enrolment among new non-Canadian students had dropped 50 per cent for the fall term […]
Oliver Paipoonge Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis says her council will hold off mulling a potential resolution opposing the transportation of spent nuclear-fuel rods through their municipality “until after we hear both sides of the story.” Kloosterhuis said council heard at Tuesday’s meeting from environmental-group reps who oppose the transportation of the […]
An RCMP officer who once played for the Brandon Wheat Kings has received a commendation for returning to duty after being injured during a mission in Saskatchewan. Emergency Response Team sniper Brodie Melnychuk, 33, who played on the Wheat Kings until 2012, was awarded last month with the Commanding Officer’s […]
A proposed multimillion-dollar upgrade to Ontario Power Generation’s Kakabeka Falls generating station is being planned without Fort William First Nation’s input, recalling an outdated and painful era that left Indigenous people being “bulldozed,” the community warned on Friday. “The existing hydroelectric facility was originally developed over 120 years ago without […]
