Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The “Out of the Cold” program has accomplished five years of service this year in Fort Frances, offering a safe warm place for individuals facing homelessness. To address the ongoing homelessness crisis in the region, many service providers have partnered together in order to keep programs running. “Things have been […]
Learn and Stay Grant includes nursing, paramedic and medical technology programs Anyone thinking of becoming a nurse or paramedic got some good news last week, with the announcement of full funding for those programs locally. Students enrolling in the Confederation College nursing program or Seven Generations Educational Institute’s paramedic program, […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of -21 C (-6 F). Tomorrow will see a mix of sun and clouds with periods of snow overnight and a high of -12 (10) with a low of -12 (10). Friday will see periods of snow […]
On January 23, Confederation College announced a partnership with Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong, to offer free, in-person Office Administration training to Treaty 3 members. The first full intake with 15 students will commence on January 23 in Fort Frances. Courses will be mainly delivered at the Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong offices, with the rest […]
(RAINY RIVER, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 198 occurrences between Monday January 9, 2023, and Sunday, January 15, 2023, including: Rainy River OPP laid 13 charges under the Criminal Code and 20 under the Highway Traffic Act.
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A traffic stop has led officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Rainy River District Detachment to arrest two individuals and seize drugs near the community of Fort Frances. On January 19, 2023, at 11:05 pm, members of the Rainy River District Community Street Crime Unit […]
Earlier this week, the Kaatagoging Survivor’s group of the St. Mary’s Indian Residential School near Kenora announced its preliminary findings of 171 anomalies suggesting potential grave sites at the school site. Treaty #3 people from all cultural backgrounds have been processing the news, and thoughts are with the surviving families, […]
One death due to carbon monoxide is too much for the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service and Enbridge Gas. This week, the two organizations entered into a partnership to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero. The Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service received 156 […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A driver with cannabis readily available became the subject of a drug recognition evaluation that ended with an impaired driving charge. On January 14, 2023 shortly after midnight, members of the Atikokan OPP conducted a RIDE check on Highway 11 in Mine Center. A vehicle came […]
While one lives in southern Ontario and the other lives in Melbourne, Australia, both Suzie Vinnick and Lloyd Spiegel have great passions for blues music and both came to the genre at a young age. Growing up in Saskatoon, Suzie Vinnick started playing the guitar at age nine with plans […]
Tashina Morgenstern to live a lifelong dream of nursing in the developing world. She’s joined with other healthcare professionals for a term in Guatemala An OR nurse from Fort Frances has always dreamed of using her skills to help the less fortunate. With the nonprofit organization Medicos en Accion, this […]
One third of menstruators under the age 25 say they struggle to afford period products, said Sabrina Baldini, the speaker from the Period Purse who delivered a presentation to over 80 students at Fort Frances High School (FFHS) last week on January 12. In 2015, Canada removed the goods and […]
