Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The provincial government is investing $10.9 million to bring broadband internet to several towns and First Nations communities across northern Ontario. This also includes $1 million investment for First Nation communities in the Rainy River District. The funding was announced in a release issued on Jan.20. It said that improved […]
The Township of Alberton is looking to make 2021 the year of broadband internet. Mike Ford, reeve for Alberton Township, said that one of his goals in the new year, will be to continue to lobby the provincial government to ensure that smaller communities like Alberton aren’t passed over when […]
Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of two new positive COVID-19 test results and three probable cases all in the Dryden / Red Lake region. A probable case refers to an individual whose test results are not available but who is symptomatic and has had close contact with a confirmed case […]
Riverside Health Care has been informed that one Riverside staff member from the Emo Health Centre tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member had no direct contact with other staff or residents recently. Out of an abundance of caution, we are testing all residents at the Home twice over the […]
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Kenora region, and three new positive test results in the District of Rainy River region. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as […]
Riverside Health Care has been informed that one (1) Riverside staff member from the Emo Health Centre tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member had no direct contact with other staff or residents recently. Out of an abundance of caution, we are testing all residents at the Home twice over […]
Amazon Prime Video Flack Season 1 – TV-14 – Comedy, Drama – Jan 22 Starring Anna Paquin (True Blood) as Robyn, an American publicist working for a prestigious London PR company representing troubled celebrities, as she uses her skills to keep up the perfect appearances of her clients lives all […]
Snowmobile Safety Week is January 18 to 26. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to take this time to remind Motorized Snow Vehicle (snowmobile) operators that snowmobiles are a conveyance, as defined by the Criminal Code. Operators are bound by offences defined in the Criminal Code, including […]
Police briefs A 30-year-old local man from Fort Frances has been charged with multiple break and enter incidents that took place last week. The accused has been charged with a dozen offences including four counts of break and enters, two counts of thefts under $5,000, mischief under $5000, four counts […]
Ontario’s plan to vaccinate the populations of its most remote First Nations communities against COVID-19 faces many challenges, but Indigenous leaders say that earning the trust of the people must be a priority. Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a political organization that represents 49 of Ontario’s 123 […]
A surprise publication has been showing up in Fort Frances mailboxes lately. Residents in the Rainy River District have recently started receiving copies of the Epoch Times. The paper itself reaches back to 2000 when it was created by individuals connected to the Falun Gong new religious movement. The independent […]
On Jan. 13, Indigenous community leaders and those working alongside them came together for the Water is Alive webinar where they reflected on ways to recognize water as a spirited being with agency. The meeting was hosted by Caleb Behn and featured speakers Elder Isobel White, professor Aimee Craft, Tsâ […]
