Local News from Across the Rainy River District
FERGUS – A beloved bedtime ritual for a young Fergus author and her grandmother has since exploded into a popular children’s series now available across the globe. Brynn Law, 12, started creating her children’s adventure series, Bravery the Alaskan Wilderness Girl, a few years ago, after she was inspired by […]
If there’s one thing that Wayne Smith has valued highly during a remarkable 32-year tenure as chief of Naicatchewenin First Nation, it’s consistency. While many First Nations see a high turnover in governance – the average length in Canada for a single executive position is around 3.5 years – Smith’s […]
Some students in the Rainy River District are getting a hands-on look at what it’s liketo be a school administrator. As a way to get students ready for the workforce, post-secondary, apprenticeship, and more, the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB) developed the Pathways to Success program. From Grade 7 […]
Addiction support, housing shortages and homelessness remain unsolved issues in the Rainy River district despite years of efforts by social welfare agencies, but a recent report is shedding new light on previously undiscovered parts of the conversation. The report, co-sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ontario and the […]
It was 1976 when Cosimo Riccio opened up his music store, Music World Academy, on the 500 block of Simpson Street and began giving music lessons to students wanting to learn the accordion, guitar and drums. Fast forward 50 years, two store relocations, thousands of instruments, and more than 30,000 […]
Police in Dryden have charged a motorist with a second count of impaired and dangerous driving for the second time in one month. According to a press release from the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), members of the detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle […]
IGNACE — With about 48 hours left for initial comments on a proposed nuclear waste site, regional environmental advocates say they’re pleased with what they’re seeing. The first public comment period to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is scheduled to close at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 4. It’s the […]
TERRACE BAY — Using a river as a metaphor, one health care official told the province’s finance committee Queen’s Park should focus upstream. Mary Lynn Dingwell, the executive director of the North Shore Family Health Team, presented to the legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs when it stopped […]
The Hoito restaurant will open its second and more permanent location inside the Goods and Co. Market today. Paula Haapanen, past president of the Finlandia Co-operative of Thunder Bay, said they are still holding out for a brick-and-mortar building they can call their own, but for now, this will be […]
Kid superhero Zack Commonda may have got his moniker “Kaboom” by accident, but a loud kaboom is the exact impact creator and writer Jay Odjick is aiming for with his new graphic novel. “If I’m going to do a book with a company as big as Scholastic, that’s why it’s […]
MARATHON — A “colourful” remark in recent municipal budget discussions referred to politics and not race, says the mayor of this town on Lake Superior’s north shore. During a draft budget meeting on Monday, someone could be heard saying Marathon is “just the wrong colour” to obtain water infrastructure funding […]
A Métis artist is taking her loom-weaving kit on the road to teach students about an iconic staple in her ancestors’ wardrobe and promote school spirit. Casandra Woolever, the full-time creative behind Métis Branded, an apparel company in Winnipeg, has started working with schools this year to help them create […]
