Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Three weeks into her new role as CEO/librarian, Selene LeBlanc is busy exploring ways to keep the Emo Library a fresh and engaging community hub for readers of all ages. The resignation of former librarian Mellisa Gallagher last August left a vacancy at the library. As a lifelong resident of […]
Ear Falls workers have waited long enough. For more than a year, Interfor’s sawmill has sat idle. 160 workers have been left without their regular jobs, and families have been left wondering whether the paycheques they built their lives around are ever coming back. In Ear Falls, one-quarter of the […]
THUNDER BAY — Two men have been found guilty of sexual assault in relation to a 2024 incident. Justice Danial Newton read out a summary of events while delivering his judgment on Monday in a Thunder Bay courtroom. On April 10, 2024, the victim was visiting relatives in Armstrong when […]
A fund aimed at building the labour force for high-demand sectors is a piece of the federal government’s $8-billion Team Canada Strong plan. Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Patty Hajdu, the Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor), praised the […]
There are only six days left to cast a ballot in the 2026 Municipal Election. Voters in Fort Frances will choose a mayor and six councillors on Oct. 26, but online voting has already begun. The mayoral race features Brent Calder and John McTaggart. Nine candidates are seeking the six […]
THUNDER BAY – The federal government is moving one step closer to helping homeowners cut down the cost of buying a heat pump while also funding industry-led apprenticeship programs to keep people working in the skilled trades. Patty Hajdu, minister of jobs and families, announced two funding streams at Klimit […]
IGNACE — Three new community safety services will give Ignace the tools to protect current and future residents, says township communications lead Jake Pastore. A mobile emergency alert system, satellite phones for the fire department and municipal administration, and backup generators at emergency shelter locations will come to Ignace within […]
During weeks of radiation treatment in Winnipeg, Penny Norris wanted two things at the end of each day: supper at home and a night in her own bed. It meant travelling about five hours round trip from Kenora, Monday through Friday. But returning home gave her something familiar during a […]
The new fantastical world that young adults will soon be exploring In the Long Shadows is steeped in Indian residential school history and intergenerational impacts. Ojibwe and Scottish writer Bear Meawasige (a pen name) explains that in his hometown of Spanish, Ont., there are the hulls of two residential schools acknowledged only […]
An immigration lawyer sent Sofia a one-line message on Aug. 31, 2026: “Stop working immediately.” Her employer’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) renewal —filed on time, with all documentation complete — was still pending with Service Canada and the government was not prepared to wait for it. The Immigration, Refugees […]
Residents of Fort Frances will be seeing a paper survey for the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team (RRDOHT)’s Health Care Matters campaign, with a slate of open houses to be held across the district next week in order to let more people weigh in with their thoughts. The Healthcare […]
The Northwestern Health Unit and Government of Ontario are encouraging people at heightened risk of hepatitis A to get vaccinated against the virus amidst an ongoing Manitoba outbreak. Hepatitis A is a virus that affects the liver. It spreads mainly through contaminated food and water, or close direct contact with […]
