Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY — Mushkegowuk–James Bay MPP Guy Bourgouin and his northern NDP colleagues, including Thunder Bay–Superior North’s Lise Vaugeois, are trying again to make it illegal for motorists to cross double yellow lines when passing another vehicle. First introduced in 2023, when it didn’t get past first reading in the legislature, his private member’s bill proposes an […]
KENORA — Improving access to housing for people with more complex needs is an ongoing priority for the Kenora District Services Board, its acting CEO says. “Constantly,” Sarah Stevenson said of the KDSB developing plans for more supportive housing in Kenora. “It is a primary focus of our work.” Stevenson said the Kenora District Services Board […]
THUNDER BAY – As the city’s vacant and dilapidated buildings program seeks to speed up response to run-down properties in tax arrears and hold private owners accountable for managing vacant properties, city staff say property owners who respect bylaws and property standards can rest easy. City staff have begun a […]
The University of Winnipeg has begun the search for a new leader after terminating its president. The board of regents, the governing body in charge of operations at U of W, removed Todd Mondor following a meeting Monday night. Mondor began what was supposed to be a five-year term on […]
THUNDER BAY — Northern Ontario tourism officials say they continue to look abroad for new opportunities to sell the region. Hundreds of stakeholders in the tourism sector are gathering in Thunder Bay this week for the Northern Ontario Tourism Summit. David MacLachlan, the executive director of Destination Northern Ontario, said […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski says he thinks the country is in good shape following the passage of the federal government’s budget last week. In order for the budget to pass, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Powlowski and the ruling Liberal party required an assist from the Green Party and […]
The District of Rainy River Services Board (DRRSB) has released a new five-year, five-point plan to enhance and improve childcare and early years services even as it faces continuing challenges affecting the province and some specific to the region. “Children’s Services in the Rainy River District is supported by dedicated […]
TORONTO — New laws governing rentals passed by the Ford government put too much power in the hands of corporate landlords, a Thunder Bay area MPP says. The majority Progressive Conservatives passed the controversial Bill 60, or the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, at Queen’s Park on Monday. The tenancy […]
Sheila Medwechuk retired on October 28, 2025, after 40 years of employment as an insurance broker. Sheila was employed by Gillons Insurance which became Westland Insurance about ten years ago. Sheila has always worked out of the Rainy River Branch of the insurance company. Sheila fondly remembers her many years […]
Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School, written by settler-Anishinaabe historian Dr. Jackson Pind, is a powerful offering of Two-Eyed Seeing, a methodology that mixes Indigenous knowledge with Western practices. Pind uses oral Indigenous history and western archival analysis to chronicle the lesser-known story […]
OTTAWA—In the sterile fluorescence of a Senate committee room, where legislation usually trudges along at a bureaucrat’s pace, history cracked open on November 17, and two women from Manitoulin—one in the gallery, one waiting at home—felt the ground shift beneath them. When senators voted ten to one to amend Bill […]
Correctional Services Ontario will hold a career day in town this Thursday to showcase jobs and opportunities in a wide range of careers across Northwestern Ontario. Recruiters from the provincial agency will be at Northern Community Development Services at 304 Scott St. for Corrections Day on Nov. 27 from 9:30 […]
