Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Delegates and municipal representatives will be spending the first half of their weekend getting up to speed with a myriad different local groups and organizations at the Chapple Community Centre. This Saturday, January 14, 2023 marks the 32nd annual general meeting for the Rainy River District Municipal Association (RRDMA), the […]
Residents across much of the Rainy River District, and up into the Kenora area, were left in the dark Monday night after an unidentified issue knocked out power for hours. While reports began appearing online from those experiencing an outage late yesterday afternoon, the Hydro One Facebook page noted at […]
New Gold Inc. (TSX: NGD) (NYSE American: NGD) has reported its fourth quarter and annual operational results as of December 31, 2022. The Company is also providing notice that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and 2023 operational outlook before markets open on Thursday, […]
Residents across much of the Rainy River District, and up into the Kenora area, were left in the dark last night after an unidentified issue knocked out power for hours. While reports began appearing online from those experiencing an outage late yesterday afternoon, the Hydro One Facebook page noted at […]
“Taamishi” is a word Collette Surovy would love to hear spoken more often. It means hello in the Michif language spoken traditionally by the Métis people. Surovy is the cultural coordinator for the Northwestern Ontario Métis Child and Family Services, which is holding a language program for people who want […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A search warrant on Couchiching First Nation has resulted in a Rainy River District resident being arrested and charged with numerous offences. On January 4, 2023, at approximately 9:10 a.m., members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the […]
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has noted an increase in HIV cases in the Kenora area, particularly towards the end of 2022. Last year alone, there were nine confirmed cases reported in the Kenora area, while from 2013-2021 there were only eight confirmed cases reported. Testing and case/contact management is ongoing, […]
On the eve of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral, Delia Opekokew’s feelings of him remain the same today as they did when she met him in 2009. Opekokew was one of 10 members of a delegation from the Assembly of First Nations to have a private audience with Benedict in […]
The rate of opioid deaths in the Sudbury and Manitoulin district decreased significantly in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021, but that rate is still three times that of the overall Ontario rate. Six of the seven health units at the top of the […]
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — The Prairie provinces experienced their third-largest grain crop in history last year, yet despite this volume, there wasn’t expected to be enough shipments to catch up at the Thunder Bay port from shipments lost at the beginning of 2022. “Grain is the biggest commodity that we […]
(RAINY RIVER, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 180 occurrences between Monday December 26, 2022, and Sunday, January 1, 2023, including: Over the past week, Rainy River District OPP laid 15 charges under the Criminal Code and 11 under the Highway […]
(KENORA, ON) On December 29, 2022, Kenora City Counsel along with residents of Kenora and the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) met for an emergency downtown public safety meeting because of recent events that occurred in the downtown core, including an assault on shop employes. As a result, Inspector Duggan […]
