Local News from Across the Rainy River District
CALGARY – Auston Matthews and John Tavares rode to the rescue scoring third-period goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-2 win Sunday over the host Calgary Flames. Matthews and Tavares each had a goal and an assist, and Morgan Rielly and Alex Galchenyuk also scored for Toronto (25-10-3). […]
TORONTO —The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is imposing a provincewide emergency brake as a result of an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province. The provincewide emergency brake will be effective Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. […]
TORONTO – The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is expected to announce a 28-day provincewide “shutdown” today to stop the spread of COVID-19 as an alarming spike in cases threatens the critical care system. A source with knowledge of the restrictions discussed at an hours-long cabinet meeting Wednesday night […]
Aria Brady and Naomi Gerber greet Arthur Heathcote, Salvation Army corps officer as he comes to collect the non-parishable items donated by children at St. Mary School. Through the “Help the Mustard Seed Grow” campaign, the school collected 20 boxes of food for the local food banks, Salvation Army and […]
In an effort to clean up the community and make use of the proliferation of deer droppings an enterprising entrepreneur from Manitoba has come up with a plan to clean up Fort Frances while generating extra power. The concept, dubbed Pelletonne, revolves around the idea of incinerating deer waste in […]
Government officials are considering changing the sound of train horns after a study citing long-term health concerns to individuals living close to the tracks was released. Given Fort Frances is a border town, with trains constantly crossing over to the United States, doctors and researchers involved in the study expressed […]
With this winter being very mild in terms of snow inches and rain levels, it marks a season Fort Frances has not seen in years. While many people thanked mother nature for the break from the brisk cold weeks, the concern of low river levels was floated at one of […]
Fear not, gentle reader, that the days of smelling that oh-so-familiar smell are behind you now that the Fort Frances paper mill is coming down. Entrepreneurial souls from across the smell-o-verse are enterprising to ensure your olfactory organ will still revel in that most singular of scents thanks to their […]
It’s a rescue device for a couple who’ve reached the breaking point. Call it what you will, growling stomach, the rumbly in my tumbly, the gallywobbles, it pushed Edna and Wally Trumpeter to the brink of marriage dissolution. After 47 years, 7 children, 13 grandchildren and many happy times on […]
As we approach the Easter holiday and spring break, the northern Medical Officers of Health are asking all community members in northern Ontario to work together to prevent another surge in COVID-19. In many parts of northern Ontario, COVID-19 infection rates have been at some of the highest levels since […]
Locations across Kenora–Rainy River to offer AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals aged 55+ KENORA — The Ontario government is steadily increasing capacity in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the addition of over 350 pharmacies across the provinces, including 3 pharmacies in Kenora–Rainy River in Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances. In Fort […]
The federal government is negotiating adding a new “health” section to union contracts, effective in 2022. In trying to have a piecemeal approach to promoting healthy living, government officials are urging unions across Canada to meet and craft new sections. In 2019, the Government of Canada released Canada’s updated Food […]
