Local News

A local organization is bringing in a special guest speaker to mark Men’s Health Awareness and Diabetes Awareness months in the district with a community event. The Rainy River District Ontario Health Team (RRDOHT) will be hosting a free, all-ages event on Monday, November 3, 2025, titled “Conversations for Mind […]

A Fort Frances man is facing a charges following a traffic stop conducted by members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Friday. According to a press release from the OPP, the individual was pulled over on Friday, October 24, 2025, after members of the Rainy River […]

A decade-old Fort Frances tradition set to take place next week would appreciate additional community support. An effort to give families a safe Halloween of trick-or-treating started in 2014 as “Project Safe Halloween,” the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) has hosted the event in its parking log for […]

Canada’s Consumer Price Index increase for next year will be reflected in a 1.9 per cent rise in Fort Frances user fees over 2025. Each year when work begins to ink the municipal operating and capital spending plans, one of the first tasks is to nail down the baseline user […]

Ann Rousseau has received an 18 month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to one count of mail theft. The sentencing came down on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, following years of the case making its way through the justice system. While Rousseau had originally entered a guilty plea in the case […]

The fate of two retired tugboats considered culturally and historically significant to Fort Frances may finally be headed toward a resolution. After several years debating how to preserve the Hallett and the Owandem, as the larger boat was removed from its waterfront berth in 2022, whereupon the damage to the […]

Singer-songwriter Melissa Payne will play for the sold-out Tour De Fort Audience on Saturday, but for those who don’t have a passport, you can get a taste of Payne’s music at Boston Pizza on Friday night. Payne, who hails from Ennismore, Ont., near Peterborough, got into music as a child […]

It’s the perfect time to get into the Halloween Spirit with a fun family pumpkin carving activity from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Fort Frances BIA. Happening tomorrow evening, Friday, October 17, 2025, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Rainy Lake Square, the Chamber and BIA have […]

A local children’s entertainment series is holding a fundraiser in an effort to make its shows free to all this year. Committee member Nadine Cousineau says that Kids & Company’s goal is to expose local children to the arts. “So Kids & Company’s goal is to foster an appreciation of […]

Residents of the Rainy River District will have a chance to learn more about one of history’s darkest moments first-hand, from someone with an unexpected connection to the region. Scheduled for next Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Holocaust survivor and speaker Nate Leipciger will be at the Townshend Theatre as part […]

Cassandra Spade’s legal career is just getting started, but she already appears poised to become a powerful force for good in the community. A member of Couchiching First Nation, a graduate of the University of Manitoba and the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University, and now an associate […]

A new face has joined the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) helping to fill a void and bring new programming and fun for younger library patrons. Alina Eldridge has joined the FFPLTC to take responsibility for the children’s section and activities oriented towards young people at the library. […]