From the OPP With the long weekend and good weather ahead, members of your local OPP detachment are encouraging drivers to stay alert and make wise choices while travelling. •Drive safe Aggressive driving habits such as speeding, following too close, or unsafe passing can lead to tragedy on our highways. […]
District News
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is launching the “HERE” campaign to address a very important focus. Working together with eight district school boards in the Thunder Bay region, the RRDSB aims to support student achievement by addressing persistent student absenteeism. The “HERE” attendance campaign first was introduced […]
Nicholas Donaldson Local MP Don Rusnak was in Rainy River last Thursday to announce more than $13 million in federal funding for the project to replace the international bridge at Rainy River-Baudette. Construction is set to begin in early 2018. “It’s a good thing, it’s definitely a good thing,” Rainy […]
Press Release The Lake of the Woods Township’s Canada 150th committee once again will host a celebration event for Canada’s 150th anniversary. Two very successful and fun-filled celebrations already have taken place this year. Back in February, more than 150 people gathered at the Bergland Community Hall to celebrate Canada’s […]
Press Release Indigenous communities and families in Northwestern Ontario will benefit from key upgrades to the local road network and local cultural spaces as a result of more than $469,000 from the Government of Canada. The funding was announced Friday by local MP Don Rusnak, on behalf of Innovation, Science […]
It will be mainly clear tonight, with an overnight low of nine C (48 F) and light east winds. Tomorrow will be partly sunny, with a high of 23 (73) and low around nine (48). Mostly cloudy skies are forecast for Friday, along with a high of 21 (70) and […]
Staff Four new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region yesterday, including one in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fire #14 was a 0.1-hectare, human-caused blaze located near Christy Creek, northeast of Ottertail Lake. It currently is listed as “under control.” Two fires were reported in Sioux Lookout District, both […]
From the OPP On Friday around 2:45 p.m., the Thunder Bay OPP, Superior North Emergency Medical Service, and Upsala Fire Department responded to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 17 about 10 km east of Upsala. An investigation has determined a grey four-door vehicle travelling westbound on Highway 17 tried to […]
Staff Three new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Two were located in Sioux Lookout District while the other was in Nipigon District. Sparked by lightning, all three were listed as “not under control” at last report. Six new fires were reported in the region by […]
Staff Four new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon while three were confirmed by day’s end Wednesday. Two of yesterday’s fires were in Sioux Lookout District, with the other two in Red Lake District. Provincially, the fire numbers and hectares burned have surpassed 2016 for this […]
From the MNRF Two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Sioux Lookout Fire #199, a small lightning-caused blaze, was declared “out” at 0.1 hectares in size. But Dryden Fire #36, located near Cherry Lake, was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 ha at last […]
Submitted by the Stewardship Youth Rangers
The Stewardship Youth Rangers began our sixth week with a session on diversity by Walter Fordham from Georgia. Walter’s workshop was really engaging and helped us see that although there are many differences between us, people still have a lot in common. Later in the week, the two crews split […]
