Press Release New Gold Inc. is pleased to report it completed its first gold pour last week at the Rainy River mine, and the company’s commissioning plans remain on schedule. The first pour yielded roughly 500 ounces of gold and 600 ounces of silver. “Our team is proud to have […]
District News
Duane Hicks The record turnout for “Steps Against Stigma” shows more and more residents are joining the fight to end the stigma of mental illness and open up the topic for discussion. Hosted by the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the fifth-annual 1K/5K walk/run drew more […]
Press Release The executive meeting for the La Verendye Hospital Auxiliary was held Tuesday, Oct. 3 in the hospital boardroom. Plans are well in hand for the fall tea and bake sale, which will be held this Saturday (Oct. 14) from 2-4 p.m. at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church. There […]
From OPP The Kenora OPP responded to the scene of a sudden death there over the weekend. On Sunday around 12:40 p.m., police received a call of a possible body Lake of the Woods at the Main Street dock. Police attended the scene and located a male deceased in the […]
From the OPP Yesterday around 11 p.m., members of the Greenstone OPP were conducting a R.I.D.E. check on Highway 11 at the Highway 584 turn-off in Geraldton when a tractor-trailer unit came through the checkpoint. Based on driving behaviour, along with a number of other indicators, police soon developed grounds […]
Brent Johnson of Atikokan was the $50 winner in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts cash calendar draw for October. Winning $40 were David Allison, Lisa Hammond, and Janis Flewelling (Fort Frances), Donna McQuaker (Stratton), and Darryl Friesen, Rob and Jodi Milne, Theresa Delornie, Anne Pedneault, Gage Coleman, Penny […]
Duane Hicks Local logging contractors may be shipping some wood to the mill in International Falls in the future. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has granted an export permit for a small volume of pulpwood through Crossroute Sustainable Forest Licence (SFL) contractors. This wood, which can’t be used […]
Nicholas Donaldson Last Thursday, Mikinaak School at Onigaming First Nation received two very special visitors. Sherrill Tucker and her friend, Heather Whitmell, both from Toronto, arrived with a donation of school supplies for the roughly 100 students at the K-12 school. “Sherrill is friends with one of the teachers here, […]
Nicholas Donaldson Adrian Trenchard once again took the prize for the heaviest pumpkin at the annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, with this year’s entry weighing in at 329 pounds. It was the third-straight “golden hoe” for the 13-year-old grower from Sleeman. Trenchard told the Times he […]
Press Release October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Rainy River District Breast Health Network once again is hosting it biennial “Luncheon of Hope” on Saturday, Oct. 21 at noon at La Place Rendez-Vous. Organizers are excited to present “The Butterfly Story,” a transformative art experience and presentation about […]
It will be mainly clear tonight, with an overnight low of two C (36 F). Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 13 (55) and low around zero (32). More sunshine is forecast for Friday, along with a high of 15 (59) and low dipping to four (39). […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The Township of Emo is preparing to host the first “Run for the Donut” 5K this Saturday (Oct. 7). Set to begin at 10 a.m., the race will start and finish at Lions Park. It will feature music, prizes, and, of course, doughnuts! An awards ceremony will […]
