Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) released an update this week on their negotiations with the provincial government. As of Sep.1, 2021 optometrists across Ontario stopped offering exams covered under OHIP in protest of what it sees as unfair funding. In Fort Frances, Dr. Bruce Lidkea of Lidkea Optometry says […]
Thursday, September 30 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It’s intended as a day of reflection on our past, healing for the future and honouring those who didn’t make it home from residential school. The day is being marked with a wide variety of events across the […]
A message from the northern Ontario Health Units NORTHERN ONTARIO, ON – Northern Ontario Medical Officers of Health continue to put the health and safety of residents first. Effective October 14, operators of facilities in Northern Ontario where indoor sports are played or practiced will ensure additional groups provide proof […]
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) advises the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 in the Emo area. Over the past few weeks, many new cases of COVID-19 have been seen within a group of people in the Emo area, and public health officials believe the situation may be more widespread […]
After being closed for a year this Spooktacular experience is being reopened to those brave enough to take on the Rainy River’s Trail of Terror…. Bigger, scarier and creepier than ever. Thrills, chills, blood curdling screams and the ghosts of years past will haunt this terrifying location just off Hwy […]
Experimental Lakes team worked with Indigenous elders to translate research videos into Anishinaabemowin A project coming out of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) has worked to translate two educational videos into Anishinaabemowin, and created several new words in the language in the process. The […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will be having a gathering on the Day of Truth and Reconciliation, to acknowledge and honour survivors and those that never returned home. The public is invited to share the Day of Truth and Reconciliation. – Thursday, September 30th at our Family Healing Program, located at 71 […]
The Rainy River District School Board has received notification of a positive student case of COVID-19 associated with Crossroads School in Devlin on Sunday. All close contacts of the case are being called and given instructions by Northwestern Health Unit. We are working with NWHU to make sure all potential […]
Incumbent MP Marcus Powlowski and Yuk-Sem Won, NDP candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River agree on one thing: calling an election was a bad idea. Powlowski said he is happy to get re-elected because he enjoyed the MP job he assumed in 2019. “I’m happy to be reelected,” Powlowski said. “That’s […]
There is currently one fire with the status of not under control in the northwestern region, said Chris Marchand, fire information officer with the Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services centre in Dryden. There are currently 20 active fires in the region, with Red Lake 226 not under control, one […]
Joelle Mandamin is an Indigenous Care Coordinator at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBHRSC). She provides a variety of supports to Indigenous patients and their families. In June 2021, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and Grand Council Treaty #3 partnered to hire Joelle Mandamin as the […]
By encouraging fluent speakers to pass on their language, Seven Generations Educational Institute (SGEI) hopes to reverse some of the negative effects of colonization and residential schools. A new program through SGEI seeks to encourage fluent Anishinaabemowin speakers to learn how to better teach their language to others. Waawaategiizhook, Shannon […]
