Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Indigenous inventions will be the subject of a Science North exhibition visiting Northern Ontario communities in 2021 and 2022. Beginning in March 2021, Science North will host an interactive exhibition called Indigenous Ingenuity, Timeless Inventions, detailing inventions of Canada’s Indigenous people such as the canoe, the igloo and effective fishing […]
About 50 people attended the Life Chain witness held on the north side of Scott St. to silently demonstrate their opposition to abortion, Sunday afternoon. This annual event is held the first Sunday of October. Helen Andrusco, 73, came to the witness with her husband, Mike. She said they have […]
As Thanksgiving Day is approaching, Ontario public health officials including Premier Doug Ford, are advising all residents of Ontario to be mindful of the gathering limits while hosting Thanksgiving dinners. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday afternoon that Ontario residents are advised to limit […]
The Township of Alberton’s Volunteer Fire Department is working with Enbridge Gas to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero. Carbon monoxide is a toxic, odourless gas that is a byproduct of incomplete combustion of many types of common fuels. As a result of […]
The Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the public’s assistance regarding a break and enter as well as theft of several items at a residence in Manitouwadge, ON. Sometime over the weekend of October 2 and 3, 2020 unknown party(s) kicked open the door of 80B Matachewan Rd. Manitowadge […]
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) and Canadian Mental Health Association, Kenora Branch (CMHA) will be working together on a Crisis Response and Harm Reduction Mobile Outreach Team for Sioux Lookout Ontario, with funding support from Health Canada’s […]
UPDATE – CHILD HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE The OPP thanks the public for its assistance. THUNDER BAY OPP SEARCHING FOR MISSING CHILD (THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thunder Bay Detachment is actively searching for a missing child in the Ilkka Drive area, off of Hwy 11/17, Conmee Township, […]
The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home in Kenora is in an active COVID-19 outbreak after the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) reported a total of 10 positive COVID-19 cases across Kenora schools, care homes and in the general public, at the end of last week. The Birchwood Terrace long-term care home […]
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A new board has come together to rededicate themselves to volunteerism in Fort Frances. Following a number of departures from the board of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, a new board has been sworn in and begun working on organizing themselves and their volunteers, as well as brainstorming ideas for […]
Three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Northwestern Health Unit region in the past day. The NWHU has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Rainy River region, and two positive cases in the Sioux Lookout region. Our region has received nine […]
Although there will be no short-term election after the NDP party reached a deal with the Liberals on sick leaves, the latter party is not out of the woods when it comes to what local Conservative and Liberal members of Parliament said of the Liberal party’s performance during the COVID-19 […]
