Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Fort Frances circle of the 121st Christmas Bird Count performed their count on Saturday December 19th. Seven field teams and six feeder watchers made up eighteen participants. Conditions were perfect, with a cool -23C calm and sunny morning with fresh snow having fallen the day before to pique the […]
On Dec. 16, Marcus Powlowski, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Rainy River announced that the government of Canada is investing $1 million though the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada plan for the Atikokan sewage works rehabilitation project. The provincial government is providing approximately $972, 373, while the […]
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Rainy River District Monday afternoon. 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 directly. There […]
Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Rainy River District Monday afternoon. 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 directly. There […]
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) urges the public to practise prevention measures as COVID-19 case counts increase in the Rainy River area. There are now more than 10 active cases of COVID-19 in the Municipality of Rainy River, connected to an outbreak at a seniors’ apartment building in the community as […]
Earlier today, December 23, the NWHU declared an outbreak at Riverview Manor in Rainy River, because we have determined that there have been exposures to COVID-19 linked to the facility. The health unit is working closely with the Rainy River District Services Administration Board (RRDSAB), which operates the building, to […]
The first doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine have already been doled out to health care workers in southern Ontario but the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) region may not see this for a few months. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said they already have […]
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has been identified as a site for the distribution of the Pfizer vaccine, which includes collaborative planning with partners. The COVID-19 vaccine is coming to Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has been identified as a site for the distribution of the […]
Funding will help ensure local government avoids operating deficits in 2021 KENORA–RAINY RIVER — yesterday, Greg Rickford, MPP for Kenora–Rainy River announced that municipalities in the riding will receive a total of $670,000 in additional Safe Restart Agreement funding. The discretionary funding will be used to offset operating costs for […]
Police Briefs Officers from the Rainy River District Detachment have made two arrests in connection to a break and enter at McTaggarts. A 37-year-old Fort Frances man has been charged with one count of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime A 36-year-old Fort Frances man has been charged with: Break […]
Grab a cup of coffee, or your favorite medicine mix of tea, and cozy up for some great stories and conversations that will make you think, laugh, cry, and learn. The great thing about podcasts, as they grow in popularity, is that you can hear from a wide variety of […]
THUNDER BAY —Family and friends of Barbara Kentner hugged one another outside the Courthouse Hotel after learning the man charged in connection to her death had been convicted of manslaughter after he threw a metal trailer hitch at Kentner’s abdomen and ruptured her small intestine nearly four years ago in […]
