Local News from Across the Rainy River District
SIOUX LOOKOUT – A new fireworks bylaw will soon take effect in Sioux Lookout, only allowing the use of fireworks without a permit on specific days of the year. These specific days include three days before and after Canada Day, the Saturday immediately before or after Diwali, and New Year’s […]
KENORA – One hundred people gathered by Kenora’s Jarnel Contracting Pavillion to participate in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Wednesday. Each year, people all over the world walk the distance wearing red high heels to raise awareness and end sexualized violence. In Kenora, participants were joined […]
The overdose situation in Kenora is not getting better, and increasingly potent substances and polysubstance use are making overdoses more complex, according to a senior official at Lake of the Woods District Hospital. “We’re not seeing things get better,” said Gillian Lunny, the vice president of patient services and chief […]
Sara Biegel Evans was seven years old when her family left the United States. She grew up in Vancouver, B.C., went to high school there and moved around a bit before building a life in Canada. But every election cycle, she still requests an absentee ballot for Massachusetts, a state […]
Three Northern Ontario artificial-intelligence-based projects have received a portion of $634,110 in Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor) funding which aims to support Canadians with the tools needed to continue growing and contributing to the national economy. The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre will receive $456,000 for its Youth […]
It is unknown whether Canada’s dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on $27 billion of U.S. goods, which go into effect on Sept 8, will impact local businesses, according to the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. Last week, Prime Minister Carney announced that negotiations with the U.S. were “suspended” and walked away from the […]
Every candidate who filed to run for trustee in the Rainy River District School Board has been acclaimed. For the town of Rainy River, there were no candidates and the position is still vacant. The school board could still extend the nomination period for its Rainy River trustee, but whether […]
“We’re not protesters. We’re protectors.” That’s what Michel Koostachin, founder of the grassroots group Friends of the Attawapiskat River, declared as he launched the first legal challenge against a Ring of Fire access road, days after the federal government approved the project in the “public interest” despite its own impact […]
A side note in a Library and Archives Canada document indicated that her great-great-grandfather Raymond Miron was a snowshoe mail carrier, and this led to author Louise Bradford’s new children’s book Sage and the Snowshoe Express. A member of Batchewana First Nation in northwest Ont., Bradford admits she didn’t understand […]
The Labourers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 607 is hosting a full house of high school students in Thunder Bay who want to learn about the skilled trades industry. Andy Nieweglowski, director of training at the union local in Thunder Bay, said it used its skill development fund […]
Almost 400 Thunder Bay Community Living employees, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEPFO) Local 740, are heading back to work this week after 13 weeks on the picket line. The union bargained with the provincial government to increase funding by 6.5 per cent for all the agencies […]
The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce is asking municipal election candidates for a commitment to help strengthen Thunder Bay as a place to live, work, invest and grow through their own practical action. This prioritizes fostering competitive growth and making it easier to invest in Thunder Bay businesses, implementing the […]
