Local News from Across the Rainy River District
April 9 will always be a special day for John Fuhrer and his family, including wife Maria and children Mathew, Jennifer and Simon. It marks the day John became proud owner of the former Ken’s Central Service. Although John has run a highly successful mechanic business, J.F. Electronics, for 15 […]
Thunder Bay Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski has expressed his support for the recently announced deal between Bombardier and O-Two Medical Technologies to have Bombardier’s Thunder Bay plant take part in the manufacturing of 18,000 e700 ventilators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MP Powlowski, a former Emergency Room doctor […]
(DRYDEN, ON) -On April 25, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Dryden Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 in Machin Township. As a result of the traffic stop and further investigation, officers located approximately 15 grams of methamphetamine inside of the vehicle. As a result of the […]
Kasper Transportation notified the Ministry of Transportation that the company will be suspending operations of all routes effective Saturday, May 2, 2020. The decrease in revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic makes it financially irresponsible to continue operations at this time. Kasper Transportation provides intercommunity land-based transportation services to the […]
(RED LAKE, ON) – On April 24, 2020 at approximately 3:30 am officers from the Red Lake/Ear Falls Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision in Madsen within the Municipality of Red Lake. A motor vehicle left the roadway on Mine Street and came […]
(KENORA, ON) The Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 14 year old female from Kenora. On Saturday, April 25, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m., police received a report of a missing female, Payton AFFLECK. She was last seen in […]
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has confirmed the first death related to COVID-19 in Northwestern Ontario. According to the TBDHU, a man in his 50s passed away on Thursday night at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre from complications of COVID-19. The health unit said the man had […]
(NIPIGON, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are continuing their search for a missing woman with members of the North West Region’s Crime Unit, Forensic Identification Unit (FIU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) under the direction of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB). Alyssa […]
(GREENSTONE, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police have charged a man with failing to comply with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent days, Greenstone OPP received several complaints regarding an individual failing to comply with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. The […]
A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Kenora. The Northwestern Health Unit confirmed the new case this morning. According to the NWHU, this second case is a close contact of Kenora’s first case, which is now resolved. The initial case was in self-isolation, with all contacts notified at […]
(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police(OPP) are looking to the public to assist in locating a 15 year old male. Mekhi Pelly is described as an aboriginal male with a thin build approximately 6″ tall who was last seen at 5:25 p.m. on April […]
Many seasonal camps are on the brink of permanent closure, according to representatives from Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO), Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (NOTO) and the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO). The three tourism industry groups have appealed to the provincial and federal governments to provide support to all […]
