Heather Latter Local musicians wanting to showcase their talent at this year’s “Harmony of Nations” Music Festival, set for July 17-18 at the Sorting Gap Marina here, have until next Thursday (May 14) to apply. “We have had some interest from around the region, which is great,” enthused festival co-ordinator […]
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Heather Latter Alyssa Chiasson represented Rainy River District proudly as she competed for the title of Miss North Ontario in Sudbury this past weekend against 42 other contestants from across the region. While she didn’t win the coveted crown, Chiasson surpassed her own expectations by placing in the top 10. […]
Duane Hicks District farmers and other producers of local goods have an outlet to sell their products within the region using the Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op. Cloverbelt is the first and only online local food co-op in Northwestern Ontario which connects consumers with local farmers through a seamless online shopping […]
the OPP On May 2 around 9:44 a.m., Rainy River District OPP officers conducted a traffic stop for an infraction near Colonization Road East and Fifth Street East here. After speaking with the driver, it was determined he had been drinking. The driver, a 21-year-old Couchiching male, failed the roadside […]
Lindsay Campbell The “Outers” program at Atikokan High School will receive special recognition tonight in celebration of its 50 years of success teaching outdoors education. “This program is the longest-running, publicly-funded outdoor education program in North America,” states a report to the Rainy River District School Board. Although the program […]
Press Release On May 1, members of the Treaty #3 Police Service Street Crime Unit, in co-operation with the Fort Frances and Thunder Bay OPP Drug Enforcement Units, conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11, east of the Couchiching. It led to the seizure of a large quantity of marijuana. […]
Staff The forest fire scene has heated up in the Northwest Region, with a total of 26 new fires since Friday. Fort Frances District saw its ninth fire of the season Friday—a human-caused blaze sparked in the Morson area. It is now “out.” There currently are four active fires in […]
By Robin McCormick Devlin correspondent Guthrie United Church in Devlin will host its annual Mother’s Day tea and bake sale on Saturday, May 9 from 2-4 p.m. There also will be a penny table and cookie walk. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for kids 12 and under (babies […]
Staff Six new forest fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon, two of which were still active as of today. The human-caused Nipigon Fire #6 was listed as “not under control” at three hectares in size. Sioux Lookout Fire #2, meanwhile, was “under control” at 0.5 ha […]
Press Release More than 550 Unifor members in the Dryden-based Domtar pulp mill and Woodlands operations voted overwhelmingly in favour of new four-year deals last night. Maintenance, production, and office employees in the pulp mill voted 97 percent in favour of the new deal, with harvesting, trucking, and chipping employees […]
Duane Hicks In 2010, Aaron Petrin attended Global Vision’s annual National Youth Ambassador Caucus in Ottawa. Five years later, he has become a local connector to promote the event, which takes places June 5-8 this year. NYAC will see 100 of Canada’s top young leaders gather in Ottawa to celebrate […]
Staff The ice is now out on the north arm of Rainy Lake. Several local residents reported that boaters should be able to get anywhere on the lake as of yesterday. This is a far cry from last year, when “ice-out” didn’t occur until late May. “Ice-out” on the north […]
