Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Students enrolled in nursing and Personal Support Worker programs to have tuition waived On Wednesday April 20, MPP Greg Rickford announced that the government of Ontario has earmarked over $12.9 million over the next four years to help Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) to increase the number of indigenous and […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 Outbreak at Rainy River Long Term Care Home affecting both residents and staff. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken including, but not limited […]
Emo town council voted to enter into an Automatic Aid Agreement, which would provide fire services to Manitou First Nations, in the event of an emergency in that community. Emo joins Chapple, LaVallee, Alberton and other local jurisdictions, to uphold the agreement. Manitou First Nations had approached its neighbouring municipality […]
The Ontario government announced more than $56 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet to over 6,500 households in rural northwestern and southwestern Ontario. The governments are investing $2.3 million for connections in Barwick and Rainy River, and $1.3 million for Ignace. The governments estimate a […]
The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry – Fort Frances District is advising area residents that a Flood Watch is in effect in the District until Monday, May 02, 2022 at 5pm. Residents in Atikokan, Fort Frances, Mine Center, Emo, Rainy River and surrounding areas throughout the […]
National Chief RoseAnne Archibald took to the world stage April 25 to reiterate the Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN) call for a United Nations special rapporteur to investigate the findings of children’s graves on and around the sites of former residential schools. “Canada must not be allowed to investigate itself,” […]
A spray park being constructed in Dryden this summer was originally offered to Fort Frances, but when negotiations fell through, the project moved to the neighbouring municipality. However, according to Beyak Automotive Group president Nick Beyak, the door to Fort Frances hasn’t closed for good. Beyak announced the $230,000 Dryden […]
If you’ve missed out on Funday Mondays so far, never fear; there’s still plenty of fun to be had at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) before the series is over. FFPLTC children’s service clerk Miss Sam Manty says the series has been a lot of fun for […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a Respiratory Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. The outbreak is specific to the Special Care Unit and was declared due to a few residents developing a new or worse cough. As a precautionary measure COVID-19 […]
The following are the lucky winners of draw prizes at the 2022 Kiwanis Egg-stravaganza! Landon Morrisseau Bryden Strachan Barrett Woolsey-Nosan Vera Wiersema Azariyah Atatise-Barnes Kayden Ellis Chayton Morrison Brooklyn Callaghan Adalynn Foster Ripley Sobkowicz Gavin Nicolay Valentine Perrault Kaylee Basaraba Aksel Bombay Atlas Gray Amara Cur Jadyn Linklater Declan McCoy […]
Members of the town’s Administration and Finance Committee are thanking the members of the local Emergency Management team amidst a routine updating and review of the town’s Emergency Management Program. During this week’s committee meeting, Fort Frances Fire Chief Tyler Moffitt provided a brief update to the committee members on […]
(Thunder Bay, ON) – This weekend’s seatbelt safety campaign proves that not wearing a seatbelt continues to be a serious problem on our roads. There was a 611 per cent increase in seatbelt-related charges year over year. Across North Western Ontario, 329 seatbelt-related charges were laid over the Easter long […]
