District News

On Saturday at approximately 7:37 p.m., members of the Fort Frances Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Fort Frances Port of Entry contacted the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Communication Centre to report that they had a male in custody for drug offences. Members of the Rainy River […]

Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of one C (34 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy but mild, with a high of 14 (57) and a low of one (34). Thursday will be cloudy and less warm, with a high of 10 (50) and a low of zero […]

A Canadian National train traveling west derailed at the Barwick crossing on Saturday evening where several rail cars tipped off the tracks. A total of five freight cars derailed. No one was injured during the incident. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation. The Alberton, Chapple, Emo, and […]

At approximately 2:54 p.m. on Thursday, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received two complaints of possible impaired driver in on Highway 11-71 in La Vallee Township. A member of the detachment immediately attended the area, and located the vehicle parked in the middle of Vandrunen […]

On Monday at approximately 11:13 a.m., members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a call of a possible impaired driver in the east end of Fort Frances. An officer subsequently located the vehicle and conducted a vehicle stop at the intersection of Second Street […]

New Gold has suspended milling ops until it can pump excess water from the tailings management area to the water management pond. In the late afternoon of April 24, management at the Rainy River mine temporarily shut down the mill to assess a buildup of water in the tailings management […]

A respiratory outbreak was declared at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home yesterday. This is the second outbreak declared this week after Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, announced a gastroenteritis outbreak on Tuesday. All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled until further notice. […]

Terry and Alanna Newman of Fort Frances were the lucky $500 Easter winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association cash calndar draw for the week of April 21-27. The $30 winners for that week included Kenny Roen (Emo), Dennis Brown (Stratton), Linda Russell (Rainy River), Elmer Gouliquer and […]

The Competition Bureau has concluded its investigation into high gasoline prices in northwestern Ontario, and announced yesterday it did not find evidence that an offence under the Competition Act has occurred. As part of the investigation, bureau officers conducted field interviews at a total of 50 gas stations in the […]

The Rainy River Public Library Board is reeling from a 50 percent cut to provincial library services. The cut was delivered by the Ontario government in its 2019 budget. Taking over $1 million away from Ontario Library Service-North (OLS-North) and the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) will be a disaster, […]

The second largest cattle sale to ever be held at the Stratton Sales Barn took place on Saturday. A total of 1,572 animals went through the ring, generating roughly $1.95 million for farmers across the district and surrounding area. The largest cattle auction ever had at the Stratton Sales Barn […]

Anishinaabemowin has a long-standing history and importance in the district, as it is the first language of the Ojibwe-Anishinaabeg and it was the language of trade for generations in this territory before being targeted for extinction. In the early 1900s, when colonization began in Canada as a means of accessing […]