Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Effective Oct. 1, the Ontario government will increase the minimum wage from $16.55 per hour to $17.20, which will impact some employers, a business advocate says. The increase reflects a 3.9-per cent annualized wage increase based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, bringing the province’s minimum wage to the second-highest […]
A $5-billion commitment for the long-awaited National Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program was announced in the proposed federal budget by the Liberal government last week, making an Indigenous loan company happy. The program aims to help foster economic empowerment and reconciliation by providing Indigenous communities with access to capital for ownership […]
THUNDER BAY – Residential school survivors gathered at a hotel on Highway 61 this week to discuss their experiences and how the Bringing Our Children Home Initiative should move forward. The initiative, also named Bikiiwewinig Nindawaashishiiminaanak, is investigating the possibility of unmarked graves where the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School […]
Newcomers in Canada are more than twice as likely to fall prey to scams compared to other residents, with more than one-third reporting they have been targeted by fraudsters, according to Scotiabank’s 2024 Fraud Poll. Some 38 percent of newcomers polled say they have been the victim to at least […]
The road to awareness is paved with authentic stories – the type of story Tony McGuire captures with his documentary, Bridges to the North. Produced by Theymedia in partnership with Marten Falls First Nation and Webequie First Nation, Bridges to the North premiered in Toronto on April 2 at the […]
The 2024-25 federal budget is a plan to “unlock the door to the middle class for more Canadians – and renew the promise of our great country,” according to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Kenora’s Conservative MP offered a different viewpoint Wednesday, saying the budget “keeps taxes high, builds bureaucracy instead […]
Today, the Boards of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) and Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) announced that they will not move forward with a business case for a voluntary merger of the two health units under the Province’s Strengthening Public Health Strategy. In August 2023, the Ministry […]
Kenora’s Member of Parliament has echoed the Mayor’s claims that the federal government may be purposefully overlooking Kenora with its new Housing Accelerator Fund. Last week, Mayor Andrew Poirier expressed frustration at the fact that Kenora has yet to receive anything from the Government of Canada’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), […]
The North West Region (NWR) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to warn community members of a crime trend involving paving and construction fraud. Every year thousands of Canadians are victimized, and millions of dollars are lost through many forms of fraud. To avoid becoming a victim, the OPP reminds […]
Sightings of black bears poking around at rural landfills have been ahead of schedule this spring, but so far there have been no reports of close calls. Just some raised eyebrows. Nathan Armstrong said a big bruin he spotted on Saturday at Neebing’s Sand Hill Road landfill was so large […]
All eyes are on the short-term weather forecast for local stone fruit farmers thanks to Mother Nature’s unpredictable ways. In a strange twist that saw this year’s mild winter help create an early explosion of healthy blooms over the past week, forecasted low overnight temperatures over the next two weeks […]
More than $739,000 Swindled from 126 Victims Police have arrested 14 individuals in Montréal linked to the emergency grandparent scam that targeted victims across Canada. In September 2022, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch began an intelligence probe into a group involved in the fraud. In February 2023, the […]
