By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

There’s a new home for musical theatre lovers in the district, with distinct hopes that performers too old for high school shows will be able to put on an annual spectacle. Trevor Barker is the musical director and founder of Row I Theatre in Fort Frances, a new theatre company […]

By Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent

United Church Minister Reverend Frances Flook will tell you that her favourite Bible scripture is 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient and love is kind.” She has been a beloved part of the communities of Emo and Devlin for 25 years but is about to embark on a new adventure. […]

By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com

Carina Mack facilitates equine-assisted learning at Freedom Center Life Skills just outside Emo. This summer, she’s received two groups of kids aged 7-12 from the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC). The groups visit once a week, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings respectively for about an hour. There, kids get to […]

By Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reports that COVID-19 activity has been increasing across the region. The public is strongly encouraged to wear masks indoors and follow isolation measures when symptomatic or testing positive. Although case numbers may not have increased drastically, the numbers only include individuals who have been PCR tested. […]

Staff

It’s no secret that rural communities in northern Ontario are struggling to find healthcare workers. Thunder Bay–Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski says he is planning on making recommendations to the federal government to “immediately address the doctor shortages plaguing rural northwestern Ontario and other parts of the country.” Powlowski, who […]

Staff

The Tbaytel for Good Community Fund provides financial support to schools, community groups, not-for-profit organizations, and charities whose activities match Tbaytel’s own priorities. As a part of the fund, Tbaytel announced Monday that it will again award three $10,000 grants this year. “We’re so excited to see what amazing ideas […]

Staff

An estimated total of $150.2 million in provincial funding is going toward bringing high-speed Internet to the Rainy River District and surrounding area. As part of the Ontario government’s recently-announced eight signed agreements, Greg Rickford, Kenora–Rainy River MPP announced signed agreements with two internet service providers Friday. A press release […]

Dawson Beef Club

Dawson Beef Club 2022 – Meeting #1 Press Report Dawson Beef Club had their first meeting on June 6, 2022, at 7:00 pm. The meeting was called to order and then we recited the 4-H pledge. We did an ice breaker activity called Skittles and reviewed requirements with the members. […]

Press release

From hurled racial slurs to an oxygen tank projectile, pandemic tensions are subjecting hospital staff throughout northern Ontario high rates of workplace violence say the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Unifor. Jointly the two unions represent several thousand front-line staff working in northern hospitals – including Kenora’s Lake […]

By Maggie Macintosh
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Free Press

Many post-secondary institutes have eased COVID-19 protocols, but Manitoba’s largest university will require visitors to continue wearing high-quality and well-fitted masks inside campus buildings in the fall. The University of Manitoba announced this month its mask mandate will remain intact when students and academics begin the 2022-23 academic year with […]

By Peter Jackson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Telegram

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is putting its money where its mouth is in an attempt to solve a long-standing shortage of nurses in the province. Premier Andrew Furey and Health Minister Tom Osborne were joined by Registered Nurses Union president Yvette Coffey Tuesday, Aug. 2, in announcing everything […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

As election day gets approaches, two of the bigger District municipalities only have two candidates each for their respective municipal councils and another hasn’t received any at all, with less than three weeks remaining in the nomination period. Both the Town of Fort Frances and the Township of Emo have […]