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 […]
District News
Staff
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 […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Len Gillis
Len Gillis
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 […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Willow Fiddler
Willow Fiddler
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 […]
Staff
Impala Canada, the parent company of the Lac des Iles Mine, has confirmed that two individuals associated with the mine have tested positive for COVID-19. “Both individuals have been off-site for a week, self-isolating and doing well,” the company released on its Facebook page. “We are staying in touch to […]
Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
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 […]
Press Release
The Fort Frances Legion Ladies Auxiliary BR#29, and the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, and their many partners are pleased to announce that A CHILDREN’S HALLOWE’EN DRIVE THRU AND VIRTUAL PARTY will be taking place on Hallowe’en Night, Saturday October 31, 2020. The Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. […]
Impact the lives of local girls, by volunteering for Girl Guides of Canada. The Fort Frances Chapter meets Monday nights, with groups in Emo and Rainy River as well. Training, events and scholarships available. Visit girlguides.ca/web/GGC/Volunteers. The Rainy River Women’s Institute Emo Museum is searching for volunteers for a variety […]
Merna Emara
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Future Majority’s Thunder Bay hub is organizing a Zoom town hall to have an open discussion about the Green and Just Recovery Campaign, designed to address environmental, social and racial issues as the country’s economy emerges from COVID-19. Future Majority is a national, a non-partisan and a non-profit organization that […]
Ken Kellar
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
With Halloween looming large on the horizon, enterprising individuals are still taking it upon themselves to offer a fun and COVID safe way for families to enjoy the spookiest holiday of the year. Alicia Leany is a recent transplant to the Rainy River District and Emo in particular, having arrived […]
Press Release
This morning, the Northwestern Health Unit received a report of two new positive COVID-19 test results in the Dryden / Red Lake region. Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for these cases will be contacted […]
Staff
On Friday, October 23, the Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Kenora area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted […]
