While many residents in northwestern Ontario look forward to the summer, anxious to get on their boats and fish, all tourist camp owners have their fingers crossed, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s occupancy numbers. Although vaccinations continue to rapidly roll out in the United States, where most […]
District News
Local businesses in the region were just starting to adjust to the red zone guidelines when the province declared a four-week-long stay-at-home order, leaving businesses scrambling to quickly get ready for curbside pickup. Joey Hunter, McTaggarts manager in Fort Frances, said business was steady before the stay-at-home order, but now […]
Staff
Goodbye Colonization, hello Boozhoo and Memorial Avenues. Like other municipalities in northwestern Ontario including Fort Frances, Dryden is also grappling with the history and negative connotations behind the term colonization and featuring it as a prominent roadway name within the community. Now, thanks to work done by the city and […]
Press release
Pikangikum, Ontario – Talks with government regarding the removal of Ontario Provincial Police from Pikangikum First Nation continue. At the same time an unexpected consequence of the dispute has been resolved. Nursing staff, who were pulled from the community soon after the Police left, have been reinstated as of the […]
Natali Trivuncic
To combat growing concerns about the possibility of leftover vaccinations going to waste, the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has launched a formal new process to ensure every vaccine is used up. Linked off of the NWHU’s booking webpage, they now have a standby survey and webpage to explain who is […]
Jocelyn Galloway
For the upcoming high school graduates, community volunteer hours continue to be a difficult hurdle to overcome, as the pandemic continues. In acknowledgment, the Ontario Ministry of Education has revised the 40-hour community involvement graduation requirement, so students will not be held back by the challenges related to COVID-19. Student […]
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
Since you’ve been sitting at home for the last year being bombarded with the messages on the doom and gloom of the Covid-19 debate, another ad may have burned into your brain off the flickering screen of the idiot box. The message of your responsibility to do the “right thing” […]
Merna Emara
Birch Bark Yarns is throwing a party tomorrow night, that will keep you in stitches. To celebrate the kick-off of the Spring Sock Knit-a-Long, the yarn company will be throwing a Cast On Party over Zoom, Thursday April 15 at 7 p.m. Founded by Simone LeBlanc, owner and manager of […]
Natali Trivuncic
While many students and staff at school across the province are looking forward to this week’s April break, it will be different than expected due to the province’s stay-at-home order. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), urges the public to only leave […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario schools will move indefinitely to online learning when classes resume next week after spring break, the province announced Monday, citing soaring rates of COVID-19. Premier Doug Ford said community spread of the virus is too high to risk having students congregate after the break that began this […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is reporting 4,401 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 15 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 1,282 new cases in Toronto, 772 in Peel Region, 564 in York Region, 339 in Ottawa and 224 in Durham. The province says it has conducted […]
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has been informed of 3 new positive COVID-19 results in Dryden. All of the new cases are employed at the Husky Truck stop in Dryden. Any customers of the Husky Restaurant or Husky gas bar between March 31, 2021 and April 4, 2021 should monitor themselves […]
