Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The townships of Alberton, Chapple, Emo and La Vallee welcome their new joint fire chief Tyrell Griffith, who officially assumes the role on July 5. Griffith, who has lived in La Vallee since 2017, has been with the La Vallee fire team the last two years. But his experience goes […]
A residential school survivor, a master of many trades and an astound believer in the importance of bridging cultures. Dick Bird, 88, born and raised on Couchiching First Nation, always had more than one job to support his family of five. A family that is now his main source of […]
Rainy River Pride has organized a series of community events, thanks to a ParticipAction grant As we venture into another year of the pandemic, not only have businesses gotten creative on how to offer their services, but events in the community have as well, and Rainy River Pride is one […]
An upcoming federal election is still just the stuff of pundit rumours, but that hasn’t stopped local federal riding associations from getting prepared. Three parties – the Liberal Party of Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada and the People’s Party of Canada – have held nomination meetings to select candidates […]
Fort Frances Minor Hockey is seeking new AA coaches for the 2021/2022 season. Coaches will be needed for the U11, U13, U15 and U18 divisions. To apply e-mail secretary.ffmha@outlook.com, by Friday, June 25. LaVerendrye General Hospital Auxiliary will be holding its Annual General Meeting, Monday June 28 at 1p.m. Several […]
This past week Hungry Harry welcomed hordes of the hungry in Rainy River. As Covid-19 restrictions have curtailed availability of dining establishments many were eager to partake of a local fast food service. Seems their prayers were answered as dozen lined up for the opening of Hungry Harry. The mobile […]
As some in the district may already know, Ben Mast is the new minister at the Rainy River Evangelical Covenant Church. Ben, 24, and his wife Ireland, 23, just moved to Rainy River from Chicago this May. He began his minstrel duties on June 1, after quarantine. Ben, who is […]
The International Falls Journal will join the growing list of closed newspapers across North America. After 111 years serving its community, the Journal will publish its last edition tomorrow, June 24. Joining in the closure will be its commercial printing division, North Star Publishing. Although Journal staff were not free […]
Mine Centre School is receiving a significant sum of money to help foster a love of reading in their students. The school was revealed to be one of this year’s recipients of the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation’s Literacy Fund grant, a program which aims to provide funding to what […]
Greg Rickford, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River announced that approximately 30 homes and businesses in Kenora District will be able to connect to natural gas for the first time thanks to the province’s Natural Gas Expansion Program. Under Phase 2 of the program, Ontario will allocate $956,804 to support new connections […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to get creative and occupy their free time, but one local girl did just that while also making other people’s day a little more special. Maddy Bliss, 15, has been making cards since last fall. They could be given as thank-you cards, birthday cards […]
The Emo Public Library has welcomed new CEO, Nick Donaldson, after Kathy Leek retired from this position after 28 years at the helm. “This is the library I came to as a kid and I’ve known it for a long time,” Donaldson said. “The opportunity to run this library really […]
