Press Release David Bouchard calls his passion for stories a gift from his great-grandmother. As a young boy growing up in Gravelbourg, Sask., the award-winning author and advocate for literacy would visit the elderly woman weekly. Long after her death, Bouchard is convinced his great-grandmother’s spirit also helped him discover […]
District News
the OPP A 32-year-old Atikokan man has been identified in a sudden-death investigation there. Foul play is not suspected in the death of Ryan Keeash, police have determined. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Dec. 31, Rainy River District OPP officers responded to reports of a deceased male located on the […]
Staff An Atikokan man was killed in a two-vehicle accident early yesterday morning on Highway 17 about 40 km east of Ignace. Danny Henderson, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Ignace OPP said a westbound van, driven by Henderson, collided with an eastbound pickup truck carrying two occupants around […]
Staff An open house focused on results of the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, “First Findings,” will be held Jan. 23 from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Statistics Canada released data Nov. 25 from the national survey of First Nations’ people living off-reserve, Métis, and Inuit […]
Heather Latter The new year will be a busy one for both local MP John Rafferty and MPP Sarah Campbell as they continue to tackle several issues to ensure the best for the residents of Northwestern Ontario. The issues at the top of Campbell’s list are winter highway maintenance and […]
Heather Latter “I expect [it] to be a blessing and to be blessed, challenged, and inspired.” That’s what local resident Melissa Friesen wrote in a blog back in October, 2012 before she embarked on a missions journey to 11 countries in 11 months through a program called “The World Race.” […]
Heather Latter Jackie McCormick, chair of the accommodation review committee at Sturgeon Creek School, is urging the public to attend a committee of the whole meeting scheduled for next Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 1 p.m. at the Rainy River District School Board office here. The intention of the meeting is […]
Duane Hicks Couchiching First Nations chief Chuck McPherson passed away suddenly at home yesterday. Co-worker and long-time friend of Chief McPherson, Christine Jourdain, said the news was a shock to the community. “Our community has a huge loss here and we just don’t know what to do,” she said tearfully. […]
the OPP On Jan. 1 around 12:35 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers, as well as local fire and ambulance personnel, responded to a two-vehicle collision at Portage Avenue and Fifth Street East here. Four adults were taken to hospital by ambulance but later released with minor injuries. As a […]
the OPP Shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, members of the Rainy River OPP responded to reports of a deceased male on the 100 block of River Road in Atikokan. Members of the Rainy River District Crime Unit, as well as a Scenes of Crime officer from Atikokan and the […]
Sarah Pruys District municipal leaders took a little time last week to look back at 2013, as well as focus on upcoming topics including rural schools, mining, official town plans and bylaws, and the municipal elections that will take place in October. “We had a good year. We certainly had […]
Sarah Pruys The presents have now been opened and the new has replaced the old. But what to do with the old? There are a number of organizations around the district in need of donations to redistribute to people in need, but a problem all of them seem to face […]
