District News

Two of the district’s elementary schools are getting a total of $4 million in provincial funds to build attached child care centres. Local MPP Greg Rickford visited Fort Frances on Friday to announce a $1.2 million retrofit project at Robert Moore that will create three child care rooms and 49 […]

As the snow begins to fall and the days get shorter, the Salvation Army has begun looking for volunteers to assist in its 2019 Christmas Kettle Campaign. The Salvation Army has run its campaign every year since 1891, and each year more than 25,000 bell ringers take part in the […]

The first and second meetings of the Rabbit Club were held on Oct. 20, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the Romyn residence. The meeting started with the members reciting the 4-H pledge. We then held elections and Danielle Schram stands as president, Cale Wilson stands as vice-president, Sydney Romyn stands […]

The fifth and final cattle sale of the 2019 season came to the sales barn in Stratton on Saturday where 1,015 animals went through the ring, generating just under $1 million. Overall, numbers are up this year for the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association (RRCA), with roughly 400 more head of […]

Through Treaty #3, that was signed by the Saulteaux band of the Ojibwa people and the Government of Canada In 1873, not one indigenous person had to fight in either world war. And yet nearly 40 men from Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) left the community to protect their land. […]

The men and boys of the district Men’s Fellowship Breakfast at the Emo Legion, Saturday Nov. 16 at 8 a.m. Come for delicious breakfast and enjoy fellowship with old and new friends. Chris Vieira pastor of the Calvary Baptist church in Emo will be the guest speaker. Men and boys […]

Members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are requesting assistance from the public to solve a mischief that took place sometime between Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 on Highway 615 in Chapple Township. A grey Toyota Corolla parked at the Off Lake turn off was shot several […]

The Minnesota-grown hit show Triple Espresso–a highly caffeinated comedy will perform at Backus Community Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. as part of its first-ever Minnesota tour. Triple Espresso has delivered laughs to more than two million people in six countries–including in multiple Minnesota cities–and has performed in […]

NDP Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath said a new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) offers damning evidence that hallway medicine in the province is only going to keep getting worse under Doug Ford’s Conservatives. The FAO report found that even if Ford delivers the 15,000 long-term […]

Officers from the Rainy River District detachment of the OPP were contacted Friday evening by officers from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Rainy River Port of entry. CBSA officers had conducted a roadside sobriety test with an approved screening device. The male driver performed poorly. OPP officers […]

One of the worst experiences imaginable for a parent is the loss of a child. Yet, this trauma has been inflicted upon thousands of aboriginal families in Canada, through the 1960s-1980s when their kids were taken from their homes, often without consent, by child welfare agencies during the Sixties Scoop. […]

Dust off your fedoras and flapper dresses and brush up your Al Capone impression, the Fort Frances Museum is about to become the town’s hottest juice joint. The Friends of the Museum are well into planning their eighth-annual gala, and Friends’ president Robert Schulz said that this year’s theme ties […]