Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY — Coming into physical contact with MPP Kevin Holland’s car came as a bit of a surprise, Dan Dubray said Tuesday. Video recorded at the scene shows a vehicle driven by Holland, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, move forward slowly and hit Dubray’s right leg as the union member was protesting on Hewitson […]
OTTAWA — Canada Minister of Indigenous Services put forward the First Nations Clean Water Act, Bill C-37, on Tuesday morning, along with the “single largest funding commitment ever made for First Nations,” $4.6 billion over five years. “Across Canada there are laws and regulations that set minimum standards for drinking […]
On June 9, 2026, the United 4-H Beef Club held its third meeting at the home of Tami and Robin LeBlanc’s. President Danielle Schram started the meeting with the 4-H Pledge and Sydney Romyn read the minutes to the last meeting. The roll call question was, “What is one thing you are […]
KENORA — Someone loses a limb to diabetic wound complications every four hours in Ontario. “And 85 per cent of those are estimated to be preventable,” said Micayla Harland, the project manager for lower limb preservation at Kenora’s Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig (WNHAC) clinic. In the north, that percentage is significantly higher. […]
KENORA — A small group of protesters with signs reading “Justice for Mekhi” gathered outside the Kenora courthouse on Friday. Inside, a hearing took place to decide whether the woman charged with accessory after the fact to the murder of Mekhi Pelly should be released on bail. That afternoon, the […]
The Salvation Army has unveiled a new Emergency Disaster Services truck in Kenora, providing Northwestern Ontario with a mobile emergency response unit capable of delivering meals, supplies and support during disasters. The vehicle, which will be permanently stationed in Kenora, is designed to respond to emergencies ranging from wildfires and […]
Qillaniq, the largest contemporary circumpolar Indigenous exhibition in the world, launched in Ottawa June 12 and will long be remembered through a book of the same name. “A book lives well beyond the exhibition,” said Taqralik Partridge, one of six members of the all-circumpolar curatorial team for Qillaniq at the […]
The morning had unfolded like any other. Less than two weeks before the start of winter, after starting her day, the 74-year-old woman went on an early walk near her Scarborough home. She began to cross an intersection, when a driver struck her. She later died from the injuries caused by […]
Selfies are now standard protocol for all visitors to public schools in St. Vital. The Louis Riel School Division is doing away with physical sign-in binders and installing intercoms, among sweeping security upgrades that began after a registered sex offender snuck into two of its facilities in the fall. The […]
Residents of Canada’s north are no strangers to the threat of wildfires breaking out near their communities and the danger that they represent to life and property. But those who have never met a blaze face-to-face might be less familiar with the steps taken to control fires in the bush. […]
If you live in a small town and wonder why your municipality doesn’t post the names of municipal election candidates on its website once they’ve been filed, the answer is simple: it doesn’t have to. While Ontario’s Municipal Act “generally requires that municipal clerks provide electors and candidates with information […]
SIOUX LOOKOUT – Eve Parry says the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s motto, “to hear the other side,” is “a really important message in today’s world.” The 23-year-old is one of ten people from across Canada selected this year for the highly competitive Ontario Legislature Internship Program, which allows interns to […]
