Heather Latter Emo native Maverick Judson recently returned home after a week-long tour to promote his latest single, “Just Drive,” featuring Canadian singer/songwriter Danny Fernandes. He appeared on a number of TV and radio spots across the province—even giving a few acoustic performances. “One of the bonuses of working with […]
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Duane Hicks Brian Perrault is looking forward to building consensus and partnerships over the next two years as the newly-elected chief of Couchiching First Nation. “I would first like to say thank you to everyone that supported me,” said Perrault, who garnered 259 votes in last Wednesday’s election to defeat […]
Duane Hicks If you’ve seen photos of the early days of Rainy River District, you’re likely to have seen the work of William Tener (Tenner). Examples of Tener’s photography currently are on display at the Fort Frances Museum as part of its portrait exhibit, which runs until the end of […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care wants to advise the public, due to respiratory cases seen locally, to refrain from visiting its facilities if you are experiencing any influenza (’flu) symptoms. These include: •severe aches and pains, headache, and a fever often above 38.5 C that lasts for two-four days; •extreme […]
Press Release “Go Local” is celebrating its third birthday in March! Over the past three years, the “Go Local” program has rewarded almost 1.5 million points to more than 3,000 members for shopping locally. To celebrate, “Go Local” and its 32 participating businesses are inviting residents to take advantage of […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances Coun. John Albanese was honoured for his 26 years of service to the Northwestern Health Unit’s board of health on Friday morning in front of family, friends, members of the board, and health unit staff after retiring back in October. “John Albanese has provided the board […]
From the OPP Yesterday at 3:20 p.m., a traffic stop was conducted by members of the Rainy River District OPP on Highway 11 at Couchiching as a result of an ongoing investigation. A 19-year-old male from Emo subsequently was arrested after 5.5 pounds of marijuana was located and seized. He […]
From Riverside Riverside Health Care wants to advise our public, that due to respiratory cases seen in our community, to refrain from visiting our facilities if you are experiencing any influenza (flu) symptoms. The flu is: •Caused by the influenza virus; •Severe aches and pains, headache and a fever often […]
Press Release After millions of dollars in upgrades over the last year, almost 30 Unifor members are now back at work producing lumber on the first sawmill shift at Kenora Forest Products. “This operation closed during the height of the 2008 U.S. Housing crash and we are extremely pleased to […]
Press Release “Borealis Bards,” the Backus Community Center’s own community theatre troupe, is at it again! They will present their second-annual unique dinner theatre, entitled “A Room to Act,” on Saturday, Feb. 27. The meal begins at 6 p.m., followed by an entertaining evening of short plays, monologues, and poems […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. has been granted $1,185,000 to help boost business development and create regional economic development opportunities in forestry, mining, and tourism. Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak, on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development minister Navdeep Bains, who also is the minister […]
Heather Latter For Rhonda Snow, Saturday evening was meant to be an event to raise awareness and funds for her Ojibway Spirit Horses. But it became so much more than that when, as a complete surprise to her, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Rare Breeds Canada, […]
