Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski is creating a tri-partisan coalition to draw attention to the plight of remote camp operators in northern Ontario. Together with Conservative MP for Kenora, Eric Melillo, and NDP MP for Timmins-James Bay, Charlie Angus, the three drafted a letter outlining concerns they’ve heard from […]
District News
Ken Kellar
Another cattle sale is in the books, and even though it was unusual thanks to COVID-19, it is being seen as a success. “We were actually quite pleased with our weekend,” said Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association member Kim Jo Bliss. “There’s a lot of uncertainty in the industry right now […]
Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
The bees should be buzzing, but with spring taking its own sweet time arriving, there has been little for the bees to buzz about. Normally by this time bees are busy collecting their first loads of pollen from the alders and pussy willows. This pollen is the protein source the […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
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 […]
Press Release
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 […]
Press Release
(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 […]
Press Release
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 […]
Press Release
(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 […]
Press Release
(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 […]
Staff
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 […]
Press Release
(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 […]
Press Release
(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 […]
