Nicholas Donaldson The Rainy River District campus of Confederation College hosted a small gathering last Wednesday to launch a year of celebration in conjunction with the Thunder Bay-based college’s 50th anniversary. Refreshments were served as staff, students, alumni, and other guests looked over a timeline of the college’s history. They […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Local food is becoming more and more important for people who care about what they eat and where their food comes from. Despite this growing trend, however, one cornerstone of the local food market—the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir in Emo—finds itself continuing to struggle financially. “Truthfully, it’s […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 1:50 a.m., the Rainy River District OPP, while on patrol, observed an erratic driver in Fort Frances. Officers then conducted a traffic stop on the 800 block of Williams Avenue. The driver, a 24-year-old Fort Frances man, failed the roadside test. He was arrested […]
From the OPP In the early afternoon of Jan. 11, members of the OPP’s Community Drug Action Team, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, and North West Region Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence in Fort Frances. In executing the warrant, a quantity of cocaine, marijuana, and crime-related […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP was notified of a traffic complainant in the east end of Fort Frances on Tuesday around 3:30 p.m. Officers located the driver on the 800 block of Minnie Avenue. A Lake of the Woods Township man, aged 61, was arrested at the […]
Duane Hicks The Legion Ladies Auxiliary Br. #29 want you to feel like a celebrity next month. The group is gearing up for its inaugural “Pre-Grammy Awards Gala” fundraiser dinner set for Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Legion here. “It’s the very first gala event that we’ve done,” organizing committee […]
Heather Latter In order to kick off its 77th season, the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts once again will host a talent show fundraiser, with performers of all ages encouraged to take part. Performers will audition with their prepared number on Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in […]
Staff January is “Alzheimer’s Awareness Month” and Mary O’Connor, local Client Services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, will be busy all month. Having already attended Alzheimer Society flag-raisings in Rainy River and Fort Frances in the past week, O’Connor will have a booth set up at […]
From the OPP Three people face charges following an ongoing investigation into drug-trafficking in Kenora. On Tuesday, Jan. 3 shortly before 8 p.m., police executed a search warrant on a residence in the Lakeside area of Kenora. Two men, aged 43 and 26, and a woman, 35, all of Kenora, […]
From the OPP On Friday around 10:40 a.m., Thunder Bay OPP, along with Thunder Bay Fire Service and Superior North Emergency Medical Service, responded to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 61 at the Kaministiquia River bridge. An investigation determined a dark-coloured SUV was travelling southbound on Highway 61, followed by […]
From the OPP On Jan. 4, members of the OPP’s Community Drug Action Team and North West Region Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence in Fort Frances. In executing the warrant, a quantity of marijuana and crime-related proceeds were seized. As a result of the investigation, […]
Heather Latter Local MP Don Rusnak has high hopes for 2017 being a positive year in Rainy River District. “There’s no doom and gloom,” he stressed on the heels of announcing an $8.7-million investment from the federal government for a new, state-of-the-art facility for the Seven Generations Education Institute here […]
