District News

Ask anyone to name a butterfly and almost without exception they will say ‘Monarch’. The big, reddish-orange and black butterfly is present and easily recognised across the southern third of Canada, throughout the United States, and into Mexico. Our general familiarity with the Monarch unfortunately has come about due the […]

Winter walkers got a win in council Monday night. At Monday night’s meeting, a plan was put in place to have the walking track at the 52 Canadians Arena reopened to public use during daytime hours. With councillor Behan voicing his support of having a means of exercise available to […]

Police briefs The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to advise of a recent increase in reports of cyberfraud in the area. The majority of those affected have been victims of phishing schemes involving call spoofing- individuals who responded to an email, text message, or recorded voice phone call that […]

If you’re looking to snag an early bird ticket on the PJs and Pearls Virtual Gala, don’t delay! The deadline for the Early Bird Draw of a Guess Purse is October 31. The PJs and Pearls Virtual Gala is the biggest pyjama party in town. Organized by the Fort Frances […]

Sophie Potson Rittau, age 8, along with her parents Tiffany and Jon, set themselves a challenge in August. They embraced the Great Cycle Challenge to raise money for children across Canada that have been diagnosed with cancer. There goal was to ride 100 kilometres and raise $200.00 I could hear […]

In the two years before I retired I had a running list of things I wanted to do when I retired. Some of them are bucket list kinds of things; others fall into the “I will tackle the things I have been putting off for years” category. Taking down the […]

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to four fatal collisions on and off the road over the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, which claimed the lives of five people. Among the incidents was a double fatality collision involving a horse and buggy, in which two children lost their lives. Three other people […]

A recent report from CBC has placed Rainycrest Long-Term Care home among the 30 homes in the province with the highest number of written notices. The article, published online by the CBC on October 23, has compiled data from five years worth of reports stretching from January 1, 2015 through […]

The opioid crisis is hitting Northern Ontario communities harder because there is less access to most of the medical and social services that Southern Ontario residents take for granted. That was one of the key conclusions of a half-hour examination of the opioid crisis in Northern Ontario featured on the […]

Neskantaga First Nation says it is investigating the source of hydrocarbons detected in test results of its water after an oily sheen-like substance was found in the community’s reservoirs earlier this week, prompting it to declare a state of emergency and evacuate most residents. In a Facebook post Friday, Neskantaga […]

With the combination of Covid-19 Travel restrictions, winter and the isolation of Northwestern Ontario, local residents have two very clear choices. Do you hide yourself from the world by digging a hole and pulling the entrance closed behind you? Or do you innovate by sticking your head out looking and […]