The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch (ARB), with assistance from the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), have charged two residents of Toronto, following an investigation into allegations of fraud relating to the Ministry of Education’s Support for Families Program. In August of 2020, the OPP received a referral from […]
District News
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
The West Rainy River Lions Club draw at the Rainy River Walleye Tournament was held at the Big Tent on Saturday, September 18, 2021 just after 6:00 pm. WRRD Lions President Richard Trenchard drew the three winning tickets from the drum. Winner of the Princecraft Vectra 21 Pontoon Boat was […]
By Elizabeth Donaldson
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
When summer holidays ended we began to think of the return to school and of the harvest. Winter preparations were on my mother’s mind as we never quite knew what lay ahead. Her main concern was for the warmth and comfort of our family and the animals and she spent […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Naicatchewenin First Nation elder Gilbert Smith, 74, has opened a new self-healing space on 18 Anishinaabe Road, Naicatchewenin, out of which he is looking to help both native and non-native people. “This is not only for Anishinaabe,” Smith said. “The non-native people are accepted here. I don’t pick and choose […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
If you’re between the ages of 16 and 30, a new survey has been launched to get your opinion on what life is like in your small northern Ontario town and what can be done to make it better. As part of a joint venture between the Northern Policy Institute […]
Press release
Currently, we have nine active cases of COVID-19 connected to the NWHU catchment area. Since our last update, we have not received report of any new positive COVID-19 test results. NWHU recommends that everyone, including those who have been vaccinated, assume COVID-19 is in their community and practise preventive measures […]
Press release
Currently, we have 12 active cases of COVID-19 connected to the Northwestern Health Unit catchment area. Since the last update, the NWHU has received report of three new positive COVID-19 test results in the District of Rainy River, and two new positive COVID-19 test results in the Dryden – Red […]
Press release
Currently, we have 9 active cases of COVID-19 connected to the NWHU catchment area. Since our last update, we have received report of two new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone […]
Police briefs The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning the public of the recent increase in drug overdoses in the North West Region. Concerns have been raised that there could be a potential batch of fatal street drugs circulating in the area. “Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid. You can’t […]
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River Correspondent
Rainy River Correspondent
The saying that nothing is so bad it can’t get a little worse came true on Tuesday afternoon, September 7 at the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Sales Yard in Stratton Ontario when a bolt of lightning made an apparent direct hit on the Hydro transformer about 3 pm. It brought urgent […]
Press release
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) advises the public that there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated residents in the Emo area. An outbreak associated with Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (SCAP) and SonShine Christian Kindergarten has been declared and affects many households and age groups. By provincial definition, an […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) will be holding vaccination clinics at schools to provide teachers, staff and students aged 12 and older the opportunity to get the vaccine, if they so desire. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said the vaccine is the most effective […]
