From the OPP Yesterday at 2:16 a.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a complaint about a motor vehicle operating in Fort Frances. Officers located the vehicle on the 800 block of King’s Highway. The driver, a 36-year-old male of Garson, Ont., was arrested and taken to the OPP detachment […]
District News
Nicholas Donaldson New transportation regulations for animal handling could be coming along soon. Jason Reid, a Beef Farmers of Ontario board member, outlined the major points of these proposed changes during the annual meeting of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association last Thursday evening at Our Lady of the Way School […]
Nicholas Donaldson The completion date for the merger of St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools here is being delayed for one year. The merger into a single JK-Grade 8 school–to be located at the current site of St. Francis–originally was planned to open for the 2018-19 school. But after consultation […]
It will be cloudy tonight, with some late flurries likely. Look for an overnight low of minus-eight C (17 F) and northwest winds at five-10 m.p.h., gusting up to 15 m.p.h. Tomorrow will see more flurries, with a high of minus-six (22) and low around minus-11 (12). Winds will be […]
From the OPP On Jan. 20 at 1:35 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a complaint about a motor vehicle in Fort Frances. Officers located the motor vehicle on the 900 block of King’s Highway. The driver, a 27-year-old Kitchener, Ont. man, was arrested and taken to OPP detachment […]
From the OPP The Kenora OPP again is reminding residents of the dangers of thin ice. The unusually mild weather of the past week has created unstable ice conditions on area lakes, rivers, and other waterways. On Friday around 9:20 a.m., members of the OPP’s Marine and Trails Unit responded […]
From the OPP Just after 5 a.m. today, the Kenora OPP was notified of a collision involving multiple tractor-trailer units on Highway 17A (Kenora bypass), just west of the Highway 17 East junction. It was reported three eastbound vehicles had collided and were engulfed in flames, blocking the highway. Four […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP advises that Teagan Copenace, 16, and Hailey Mathe-Bull, 14, were located safe in Fort Frances. The pair last had been seen here Wednesday. The OPP wishes to thank public and the media for their assistance in locating the teens.
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP would like to remind members of the public that using hand-held communication devices is an offence under the Highway Traffic Act. If you have an A, B, C, D, E, F, and/or G licence, you’ll face bigger penalties when convicted of distracted […]
Staff A Hydro One power interruption, originally scheduled for this past Tuesday, has been rescheduled for next Tuesday (Jan. 24). The outage will affect 1,051 Hydro One customers living in Couchiching FN, Halkirk, Red Gut FN, Farrington, Watten, and Rainy Lake 18C FN. The interruption will take place from 11 […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Rainy River has plenty on the go in 2017. The largest project on the horizon is the complete sewer and water rehabilitation of Sixth Street. “We did the start the preliminary work with the engineering firm,” Rainy River Mayor Deb Ewald told the Times last […]
Cameron Penney Aaron Mills’ dedication and interest in academics and research has paid off with national recognition. The Couchiching First Nation member, a University of Victoria Ph.D. Law and Society student, recently was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Talent Award—one of five Impact Awards presented by the […]
