Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Confederation College is now accepting applications for the new and free Personal Support Worker (PSW) program. The province of Ontario provided province-wide funding to have 6,000 students enrol in a six-months accelerated program. Prior to this, students would need eight months to complete the PSW program. Successful applicants will […]
It has been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic not only shut down the world but also impacted many lives and businesses in Ontario that will reap the repercussions for years to come. Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, held a virtual tele-townhall meeting on […]
In light of our region moving into the Red–Control level of the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework, Riverside has updated our Long-Term Care (LTC) Visitation policy and procedure. These temporary changes are effectively immediately. At this time, there are no changes to visitor restrictions for our Acute Care/Hospital facilities. While we […]
On Monday the Planning and Development Executive Committee unanimously voted for the recommendation to rename Colonization Road West and Colonization Road East. Prior to voting, the committee were presented with a tally of the feedback from members of the community. Cody Vangel, chief building official and municipal planner, said they […]
The first meeting in 2021 for the Laverendrye General Hospital Auxiliary was held on March 1 2021. Nine members and one guest attended virtually. President Linda Booth presided and the meeting was called to order at 1:00 pm. The Agenda, Minutes of the previous meeting, and Treasurer’s report were all […]
A jack of all trades, but a master of none. Steven Lovisa wore many hats before he found the one. One that fit just right, that is a chef’s hat. Lovisa, 36, now owns Foundry Kitchen and Bar in Port Perry. He made a few stops en route to becoming […]
This is the first in a series with Ryan McMahon and Wendell Collier about their CBC Gem series “Stories from the Land,” an adaptation of McMahon’s podcast which premiers on the digital streaming platform Friday, March 19. From a podcast to the CBC, formerly local actor, comedian and filmmaker Ryan […]
It still hasn’t completely sunk in for Brent Tookenay. “It was a big surprise” he said. “It’s a pretty nice honour, it was not expected at all. It was pretty cool.” In an announcement that might not be so surprising to those who know him and his work, Tookenay was […]
Gear up and get ready to have some good old fashioned family fun because the Friends of the Museum won’t let something like a pandemic get in the way of SnOasis. Celebrating its ninth year, this year’s SnOasis event has made a few tweaks to the nearly decade old formula. […]
The Government of Ontario announced that the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) area will be moving to the Red–Control level of the COVID-19 Response Framework as of March 15, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. There has been an increase in cases across the region and the health unit urges residents to take […]
All COVID-19 tests that come back positive are screened for variants of concern. This morning, Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) was informed that two COVID-19 cases in our region have come back positive for the UK variant. The two cases are unrelated to one another. One case is in the Fort […]
The Fort Frances council had their first biweekly meeting of March on Monday. During the meeting, three letters submitted concerning the renaming of Colonization Road were referred to the Planning & Development Executive Committee for inclusion in the collection of comments on renaming Colonization Road. Sorting Gap Marina Council approved […]
