Press Release Riverside Health Care announces service limitations in the delivery of health care at La Verendrye General Hospital to ensure safe and effective care for the residents of Rainy River District. Due to physician shortages, there are known periods of time in which hospital anesthesia services may not be […]
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Press Release Following receipt of the International Rainy and Namakan Lakes Rule Curves Study Board’s final report in late June, the International Joint Commission will be holding public hearings on its own report. The IJC’s draft changes relating to the Rainy and Namakan Lakes rule curves are centered on five […]
Nicholas Donaldson Campers at the Knox United Church camp at Sunny Cove were treated to a special guest speaker last Thursday morning. Yahya Samatar, a refugee originally from Somalia, spoke to the group about his journey and what it means to be a refugee seeking safety in another country. Samatar […]
Nicholas Donaldson Rainy River once again hosted a jam-packed weekend for its annual “Railroad Daze” celebration, now in its 30th year. Beginning with a “Paint and Sip” on Thursday evening and finishing up with a home run contest Sunday afternoon, the event featured something for everyone. “I think it was […]
Press Release From Mercury to Neptune and beyond, tour outer space without leaving Planet Earth! An indoor planetarium will be set up at the Fort Frances Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 3 to help people learn about our celestial neighbours and what makes our solar system so unique. Combined with […]
Nicholas Donaldson For the first time this fall, the Rainy River District campus of Confederation College will be offering the new Community Integration through Co-operative Education program (CICE). The program focuses on building academic and social skills to help students who normally would not be comfortable in an academic setting […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter A passion for cars and a sense of community is what fuels the “Canadian Coasters.” With campers in tow, they cruised into town last Wednesday and stayed until Friday to celebrate their coast-to-coast tour. And they had no problem settling in with the residents of Fort Frances […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter Brianna Eldridge’s voice truly is “one in a million.” Her sultry vocals swooned the judges Friday night first during her rendition of Alannah Myles’ “Black Velvet” at the annual “Quest for the Best” singing competition held under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina in conjunction […]
Duane Hicks Work on the Rainy Lake Square will take a few more weeks than initially scheduled. The completion date was to be Sept. 1 but there have been delays along the way, so that date has been pushed back to Sept. 22, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told […]
Duane Hicks The 200 block of Scott Street will be closed to vehicle traffic tomorrow and Thursday in order to do some prep work for the installation of new sidewalks starting next week. Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob said this window of time will allow contractors to safely remove […]
Staff Ontario plans to deploy more than 150 additional personnel to British Columbia over the next few days. There currently are 430 staff supporting B.C. in its fire management efforts. The 140 Ontario personnel from the first wave of resources Ontario provided to B.C. in mid-July are expected to return […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 11 p.m., Dryden OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 502 in Van Horne Township near Dryden. A small two-door car travelling northbound lost control and left the roadway, coming to rest against a rock cut. The Dryden Ambulance Service and Oxdrift Fire […]
