Local News from Across the Rainy River District
GFL Environmental recently bought out Asselin Transportation. Eldon Mose, former owner, says the buyout was something he saw coming, and something he desired. “They took the responsibility from me,” says Mose. “Which is what I wanted.” Mose is in the process of retiring. His son, Jeff will run the business […]
Kenora-Rainy River We invited the provincial candidates in Kenora Rainy River to submit a few words to voters, to introduce themselves and their goals, ideas and values. Today, we’re printing the first six. Check in next week for the remaining submissions. Election Day is June 2 Early voting is available […]
Catherine Kiewning was born and raised in Red Lake, Ontario and attended university in Montreal, QC. After graduating she got her dream job working with youth in public health in Dryden and has been there ever since. She is the busy person people ask to get things done and has […]
My name is Richard Jonasson, and I am excited to serve as the Consensus Candidate for the Kenora Rainy River District in the up coming Ontario Provincial Election. I made my home in Dryden 41 years ago. What brought me here was the stunning nature and overwhelming sense of community. […]
I am a 57-year-old Ojibway Anishinaba/Indian person. I was born in Minaki Ontario and was raised throughout the surrounding treaty 3 territory. I have been self-employed as a carpenter the majority of my life. I am happy to be raising my daughter as a single parent and fortunate to teach […]
I am Greg Rickford, the PC Ontario candidate for Kenora-Rainy River. My wife Janet and two young girls and I live in Keewatin Ontario. I am the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Kenora and have worked as a nurse in many northern Indigenous communities. Before entering politics, […]
Boozhoo /hello! I’m excited to introduce myself to the people in the Kenora-Rainy River Riding. I’ve lived in northwestern Ontario for my entire life, raised between my home community of Couchiching First Nation and neighbouring Fort Frances, where I currently live with my husband Dale. We live in the same […]
Liberals in Kenora-Rainy River have nominated Anthony Leek, an educator, as their Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the June 2 provincial election. Anthony currently serves as the OntarioLearn Coordinator for Seven Generations Education Institute. He also remains active in Northwestern Ontario motorsports racing as past-President of Borderland Racing Association and […]
A total of 18 students from across the district participated in the Rainy River District School Board Speech Contest on May 12, hosted at J.W. Walker School in Fort Frances. Students delivered outstanding speeches on a wide variety of topics to educators, families, peers, and community members. New this year […]
Playing hockey was a lifelong passion for Jillian Langtry, and once she had made it to the University of Maine’s Division One team, the pressure was on. “Oh, my goodness, there was so much pressure,” Langtry said. “Being in this sport, and you’re also doing your education, and I realized […]
A routine blast at the Fort Frances quarry on Monday sent a small piece of rock flying, hitting a power line and tripping a breaker. Parts of Fort Frances’s west end lost power temporarily. Shane Armstrong, owner of George Armstrong Co. — the company doing the blasting — says they […]
Residents in Kenora, Ont., were told to watch for the possibility of more flooding on Monday as water levels were projected to rise in the northwestern Ontario city that issued an evacuation order for certain areas last week. Kenora Fire Chief Kent Readman said city staff were out monitoring road […]
