Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Qillaniq, the largest contemporary circumpolar Indigenous exhibition in the world, launched in Ottawa June 12 and will long be remembered through a book of the same name. “A book lives well beyond the exhibition,” said Taqralik Partridge, one of six members of the all-circumpolar curatorial team for Qillaniq at the […]
The morning had unfolded like any other. Less than two weeks before the start of winter, after starting her day, the 74-year-old woman went on an early walk near her Scarborough home. She began to cross an intersection, when a driver struck her. She later died from the injuries caused by […]
Selfies are now standard protocol for all visitors to public schools in St. Vital. The Louis Riel School Division is doing away with physical sign-in binders and installing intercoms, among sweeping security upgrades that began after a registered sex offender snuck into two of its facilities in the fall. The […]
Residents of Canada’s north are no strangers to the threat of wildfires breaking out near their communities and the danger that they represent to life and property. But those who have never met a blaze face-to-face might be less familiar with the steps taken to control fires in the bush. […]
If you live in a small town and wonder why your municipality doesn’t post the names of municipal election candidates on its website once they’ve been filed, the answer is simple: it doesn’t have to. While Ontario’s Municipal Act “generally requires that municipal clerks provide electors and candidates with information […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Eve Parry says the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s motto, “to hear the other side,” is “a really important message in today’s world.” The 23-year-old is one of ten people from across Canada selected this year for the highly competitive Ontario Legislature Internship Program, which allows interns to […]
THUNDER BAY — Pritam Singh gave evidence in an honest, non-combative and non-evasive manner and should be found not guilty of dangerous operation causing death, argued his defence lawyer. Closing submissions in the case against Singh, who was charged in February 2024 in relation to a 2022 collision involving two […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT – “Health care for our people is not a health-care benefit, it is a treaty, an inherent right (…) It is a treaty obligation that must be fulfilled,” said the former chief of Neskantaga First Nation, Christopher Moonias. About 400 people gathered outside the Indigenous Services Canada office […]
Classes were cancelled for more than 2,500 students in Winnipeg on Wednesday while many of their peers attended schools that opened without power. An overnight storm caused wind and water damage, flooded school fields and downed phone and internet lines. The aftermath also prompted principals to call off extracurriculars and […]
Commercial flights between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay, Ont., are scheduled to start on July 6, according to Economic Development Officer Sumantra Ghosh. North Star Air, based out of Thunder Bay, will be filling a void left by Bearskin Airlines, which ceased regular passenger flights from Fort Frances, Dryden and […]
A new report from the Northern Policy Institute (NPI) suggests that many municipalities across Northern Ontario are bearing the cost of providing services to residents living outside their boundaries who do not contribute to municipal property tax revenues. The report, titled Serving More People Than You Can Tax: The Fiscal Impact […]
THUNDER BAY — A collision that killed a snowplow driver on Highway 102 in 2022 took place in an area where collisions have happened at least once a year since 2015, the court heard in Thunder Bay on Monday. Pritam Singh was charged in February 2024 with dangerous driving causing […]
