Press Release Ontarians can fish without buying a licence this Family Day weekend (Feb. 13-15) as part of Family Fishing Weekend. Anglers are encouraged to stay safe on the ice when venturing out: •Check ice conditions with local ice hut operators or other anglers. At least 10 cm (four inches) […]
District News
From the OPP A charge has been laid in connection with a collision involving a school bus and a motor vehicle yesterday morning in Chapple Township. An investigation determined the bus was carrying six students at the time of the collision around 8:20 a.m. but no injuries were reported. Both […]
Heather Latter After making their presence known at last month’s Rainy River District School Board meeting, and then picketing outside the board office last week, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (District 5B) is no closer to reaching a local deal with the board. While specific issues being negotiated can’t […]
From the OPP On Feb. 5 at 1:30 a.m., a traffic stop was conducted by members of the Rainy River District OPP in the Town of Fort Frances as a result of an on-going investigation. Three people subsequently were arrested. Roughly 33 grams of cocaine and a quantity of cash […]
From the OPP The OPP is supporting International Safer Internet Day and cyber safety awareness by encouraging young people and their families to T.H.I.N.K b4 U Send to ensure their safety in the online world. International Safer Internet Day is Feb. 9. It was created to promote safer and more […]
From the OPP On Feb. 4 around at 12:50 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers received a complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. Officers located the motor vehicle within the Town of Fort Frances. The driver, a 31-year-old Thunder Bay man, was showing […]
Staff Voting is underway for the 20th-annual Rainy River District Business Awards. Visit www.fortfranceschamber.com to vote for the most deserving businesses and individuals from more than 35 nominees in nine different categories. The online voting process will run until this Sunday (Feb. 7) at 11:59 p.m., with awards to be […]
Heather Latter A project to build a new classroom wing at Donald Young School in Emo has been re-tendered. “We tendered an original package for the construction of the new classroom wing and when it closed the end of September, beginning of October, it came in over budget,” noted Travis […]
Heather Latter With the Northwest Catholic District School Board receiving an estimated $11.9 million for the construction of a new school to consolidate St. Michael’s and St. Francis Schools here, Grade 5 students at St. Francis had some ideas about what they’d like to see in it. They also had […]
Heather Latter The charitable dinner for the local Alzheimer Society on Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous was a success—bringing in almost $3,000 that will be used locally to help people affected by the disease and their families. “It was a really fun evening,” enthused executive director Rossana Tomashowski. She […]
Duane Hicks Rainy River First Nations is the most recent Grand Council Treaty #3 community to undertake “Project Green Light”—an initiative to prevent violence against women, men, children, elders, and co-workers. The community celebrated the project last Thursday with an event at the RRFN gymnasium, which was attended by community […]
Staff J.W. Walker School will receive the Rainy River District School Board’s “Recognition of Excellence” at its regular meeting tonight for a number of initiatives used to increase “student voice.” “Increasing ‘student voice,’ and ensuring the students recognize that not only are their voices heard but they are acted upon, […]
