Press Release The International Falls Ambulance Service responded to a local hotel Monday regarding an unresponsive person, resulting in a portion of the hotel being closed down temporarily. The patient was brought to the Rainy Lake Medical Center and later airlifted to hospital in Duluth, and is in critical condition. […]
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the MNR Grass fires were reported in the south and west sectors of the Northwest Region throughout the week. Every year, residents burning grass or debris ignite wildfires. In the spring, cured grass dries quickly, ignites easily, and can spread out of control quickly. These fires threaten people and properties, […]
Press Release Did you know that up to 70 percent of young adults living with mental health problems report the symptoms started in childhood? So why is your mental health so important? Mental health is an essential part of your overall health. Just as physical fitness helps your body to […]
Press Release Local MPP Sarah Campbell is asking why research is being obstructed at the Experimental Lakes Area two weeks after the provincial government announced with much bravado that it had saved the facility. “Today we read in the Globe and Mail that nothing has been solved and scientists are […]
Press Release At its May 7 meeting in Atikokan, the Rainy River District School Board announced the appointment of Al McManaman as superintendent of education. McManaman has served the board as acting superintendent of education and assistant to the director since August, 2012, and has acquired more than 20 years […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care Facilties, Inc. reports the watermain break on Front Street, close to the Emo Health Centre, has been repaired and the boil-water advisory has been lifted. Water samples were analyzed and approved for drinking by the Northwestern Health Unit.
Sarah Pruys If the number of pickup trucks in the parking lot of the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday was any indication, the sixth-annual Gun and Hobby Show was quite the success. The show, which has been held here for the past three years after being moved from Barwick, […]
Lucas Punkari It may seem strange to some that the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet here is an event so many people circle on their calendar each year. But for the last 30 years, it definitely is something many look forward to, with last Friday’s banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous being […]
Sarah Pruys Of the 93 elevator pitch videos entered in the entrepreneurial “Make Your Pitch” contest, Tanner Bell’s is the only one from Northwestern Ontario. And he’s hoping everyone will go to makeyourpitch.ca, watch his idea for a new company, and vote so he can become a semi-finalist and attend […]
Heather Latter Educators with the Rainy River District School Board and from Seven Generations Education Institute continued with their second day of mental health first aid training today at the school board office in an effort to prepare themselves to help students who may be developing a mental health problem. […]
Heather Latter The top performers from this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts took to the stage Sunday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre to showcase their talents during the annual highlights concert. And the most prestigious awards—the coveted Rose Bowls—were presented to Lorianne Dueck (piano) and Taylor […]
Duane Hicks Northern communities that have been the victims of mill closures and similar economic hardships increasingly are looking to tourism to reinvent themselves. But are small businesses open to this shift in focus. And if so, how ready are they? Nicholina Youroukos, who recently completed her Masters in Environmental […]
