Local News from Across the Rainy River District
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 […]
Police briefs It was a tragic Civic Day long weekend on roads, waterways and trails, with the Ontario Provincial Police responding to and investigating eight fatalities. The fatalities mark the highest number of traffic/marine-related deaths to occur over a long weekend so far this year. Six of those who died […]
Thunder Bay, Ont. — Following a scare with their son’s peanut allergy, Epic Cones owner Danielle Turuba and her husband Adam decided they were going to do something that makes a difference. The pair opened up a nut-free ice-cream truck with their belief that Thunder Bay needs such a service. […]
Ontarians might remember Premier Doug Ford’s back and forth on electric vehicle production before investments into the crucial transition away from carbon-based automobiles began to flow from Queen’s Park. Almost immediately after being elected for the first time in 2018, Ford and his PC government scrapped provincial subsidies for EVs […]
The funds will change the community and its members’ lives for the better according to Chief of Seine River First Nation, John Kabatay Sr. Kabatay; the honourable Gary Anandasangaree, minister of Crown–Indigenous relations; and the honourable Greg Rickford, Ontario minister of Indigenous affairs, announced the successful settlement of a three-party […]
It was a special treat on Saturday, August 5, 2023, as a group of volunteers opened up the doors of the S.S. Spohn #2 Schoolhouse to visitors for the first time in years. Located roughly 20 kilometres north of the Town of Rainy River on Highway 600, near the community […]
Manveer Kaur, event co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts has been getting tons of phone calls, emails, and people dropping in to register for the 21st annual Ride for Memories next weekend. “I am so excited already,” she says, noting all the work that goes into the […]
