Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Rustin Chartier’s year-and-a-half-old steer Melvin will be up for auction this weekend at the Emo Fall Fair. Coming in around 1,350 lbs, Melvin is a testament to the hard work of Chartier’s whole family. Rustin, 12, and his brother Ryker, 8, have been helping raise the pure-bred Charolais since their […]
It has been nine years since the death of Tina Fontaine and the discovery of her body in the Red River shocked Winnipeg and the entire country and led to demands for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Now almost a decade […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – Members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public’s assistance to locate an individual for their well-being. On August 10, 2023, members of the Thunder Bay OPP Detachment were made aware of a missing person report. Andrew Waters (34) […]
(KENORA, ON) – An arrest warrant has now been issued in connection to a suspicious death in Sabaskong Bay (Ojibways of Onigaming) First Nation. On August 7, 2023, shortly after 1:30 p.m. Treaty Three Police responded to a home on Anishinaabe Road, where a woman was located deceased. The victim […]
UPDATE: An individual who was reported missing on August 7, 2023, has been located deceased by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Aviation Services and members of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT). On August 16, 2023, members of the OPP Aviation Services and ERT located an individual who […]
The former Resolute Forest Products paper mill in Thunder Bay has been acquired by Atlas Holdings and has undergone a name change to Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Inc. The mill, which has been a leader in the pulp and paper industry in Ontario for more than a century, is […]
There’s a growing interest in who becomes the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent visit by candidate Ted Hsu, who has been on a tour of Northwestern Ontario, which included a stop at the Red Lion Smokehouse on Thursday night. Hsu, […]
Like Paul McCartney’s fire engine in his iconic Penny Lane, it’s going to be “a clean machine.” That’s what hockey players and their fans will soon see circling inside Oliver Paipoonge’s NorWest Arena. A plan announced last Friday to equip the rink with an emissions-free ice cleaner is part of […]
Canadian universities and colleges raked in more than $9.6 billion in tuition from international students in a single year. Despite making up just 17 per cent of students studying in Canada, international students contributed 43.5 per cent of all tuition fees collected in 2020, according to the most recent survey […]
Alcohol-related violations and a lack of life-jackets continue to be flash points on the water this summer as provincial marine officers patrol popular lakes in Thunder Bay’s cottage country a short drive from the city. When it comes to laws governing alcohol and safety, police view “a boat the same […]
Thunder Bay, Ont. — The next time you bite into your favourite sandwich, you might want to give a nod to a Thunder Bay-area wheat farmer. Though the complexities of food distribution systems make it difficult to know exactly where bread-flour is being sourced these days, there is no doubt […]
Quetico Provincial Park will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Breaking the Barrier, the dedication of the of the Sheila Hainey Memorial Boardwalk and her son’s swim across the Park in her honour, with a special event at the Park on Saturday, August 12. The event will include a reenactment of […]
