(Rainy River District) The Rainy River District OPP are asking for public assistance in locating Thre WINDEGO, age 14, of Seine River First Nation Ontario. Windego was last seen 3rd of February 2021 in the Town of Fort Frances, On. His direction of travel is unknown at this time. If […]
District News
Colleen Romaniuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The name of Manitoulin Island’s first clinic dedicated exclusively to sexual and domestic violence survivors is Ka Naad Ma Go which means “we will help you” in the Ojibway language. “To us, helping means that we will hear you, we will believe you, and we will support you,” said Noojmowin-Teg, […]
Karen Edwards
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
THUNDER BAY — A sentencing hearing on submissions for a Thunder Bay man convicted of manslaughter in the 2017 death of an Indigenous woman has been pushed back to Feb. 17. Brayden Bushby, 21, of Thunder Bay was found guilty on one count of manslaughter in connection with Barbara Kentner’s […]
Ken Kellar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
They say robots can do almost anything these days, and a pair of students at St. Mary School are learning how to put them to work to help make the world a better place. Ava Olson and Madeleine Bottomley are students in Nathan Cousineau’s Grade 4 class and have been […]
Press Release
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the January Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Clayton Stang of Emo, ON. With a prize pot of $25,998, Stang takes home just two dollars shy of $26,000! The draw was made Friday, January 29th at 11:00am in […]
Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The province has extended its deadline for vaccinating all long-term care home residents to Feb. 10. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), said the extension is due to delays in the delivery of the vaccine. “Vaccine supply comes in as we need […]
Press release
UPDATE! Marschuk has been located safely. The police thank the public for its assistance. (Rainy River District) The Rainy River District OPP are asking for public assistance in locating Troy MARSCHALK, age 51, of Fort Frances Ontario. MARSCHALK was last seen on foot at the Family Centre on the 28th […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Crossroads School principal Sharla Mackinnon and vice Heather Bridgeman, along with teachers, assistants, students and all others who are part of Crossroads School are giving it their all despite COVID. Sharla has been principal for two years, after serving as vice for three. Heather is in her second year. Within […]
Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Last Tuesday, Emo council unanimously decided to change the name of their Colonization Road. Harold McQuaker, Mayor of Emo, said he thinks it was a good decision. “We have many other First Nations communities that are in our district and in the surrounding area,” McQuaker said. “I think along with […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Police have made n arrest in multiple cabin break and enters, which too place between mid-May and mid-November 2020. The crimes took place in the Big Sawbill Lake Road area as well as the Red Gut Bay area on Rainy Lake. It is believed that the […]
Ken Kellar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
There may be a new administration in the White House, but that doesn’t mean the Save The Boundary Water campaign’s work is over. Becky Rom, the national campaign chair of the environmental group said that even though they feel the tide is turning in their favour as the Biden administration […]
Merna Emara and Natali Trivuncic
The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) is collaborating with the Northern Caucus of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (NCFA) to work on a three-year pilot project to collect used agricultural plastics away from farms in order to recycle and recover them. According to a report by the Ontario Federation […]
