Local News from Across the Rainy River District
University students are using their reading week to seek help from their local chiropractor for neck pain and stiffness, symptoms of a modern medical condition known as Text Neck Syndrome. The condition is caused by looking down at devices for prolonged periods. Although common in the younger generation who may […]
Communities can be difficult to navigate if you’re living with, or a caregiver of, someone living with dementia. But the Alzheimer Society of York Region is aiming to increase education and outreach programs to foster “dementia-friendly communities.” The global pandemic illustrated just how isolating dementia can be for both the […]
Microscopic creatures vastly important to marine life are gobbling up harmful plastic fibres, which pose a serious risk to ocean health on the West Coast. A type of zooplankton important for fish on B.C.’s southern coast are lining their guts with synthetic microfibres shed and flushed out to sea when […]
New exploration opportunities, and freed up cash to explore them, may enable New Gold to continue production longer than expected. New Gold’s Rainy River’s mine is currently expected to last until 2031. The company has been busy expanding into the underground portion of the project. But with that complete, the […]
Globe-trotting explorer Adam Shoalts has been called “Canada’s Indiana Jones,” but there’s a key difference — Indy famously hates snakes, while Shoalts goes looking for them. The self-described “professional adventurer” is best known for epic solo treks, like traversing nearly 4,000 kilometres of Canada’s Arctic and following birds from Lake […]
The president and founder of Weengushk Film Institute, Shirley Cheechoo, is a ground-breaking Cree artist, actress filmmaker and editor. On Friday, Cheechoo, who is based on Manitoulin Island, visited Laurentian University to talk about her current project, Blanket of Stars. In her own words, her work is “dedicated to harnessing […]
Monsters are real: take Kingston, Ontario’s Richard Charles Joyce for example. With over 55 million downloads, Canadian True Crime is Canada’s top indie podcast and was named the fifth podcast overall in Canada for 2023, according to Apple Podcasts. Podcast host Kristi Lee visited Kingston on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, […]
Knowledge keeper and hunter Robin Louie is worried. Worried his people’s food security, traditional knowledge and culture will suffer yet another hit with the dreaded arrival of chronic wasting disease in their territory in the southern Kootenays. “It’s a serious issue,” said Louie, an executive with the Ktunaxa Nation Council, […]
Physicians represented by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) took some time Thursday to present a dire warning about what’s to come if some drastic changes aren’t made to the province’s healthcare system. OMA president Dr. Andrew Park opened this webinar by referencing a recent report from the Ontario College of […]
When Craig McDonald peers out at Lake Superior from his Mink Bay home a short drive from Thunder Bay, he rarely sees ice. And on the occasion that he does spot a sheet glimmering in the distance, it’s usually not around for very long. “I saw some patches (Thursday) morning, […]
The Seventh Direction, a Legend of Creation is a book by the late Kevin Locke, published two years after he “walked on.” Locke was a world-renowned Hoop Dancer, flutist, storyteller, musician and educator. With a mixed heritage, including Sioux, Dakota, Anishinabe, Scottish, Irish, and English, Locke devoted his life to […]
Kebaowek First Nation and opponents of a recently approved radioactive waste disposal facility took the fight to Parliament Hill on Wednesday with a peaceful rally urging the federal government to stop the project. “We stand united in safeguarding the well-being of our shared environment and the fundamental right of all […]
