Dear editor, COVID cases are rising in Northwestern Ontario communities. I find it very disturbing the NWHU seems reluctant to let people in our communities know which ones are of concern, but rather chooses to clump communities together as ‘regions’ on their website. The Rainy River District has 31 […]
News
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 0 C (32 F). Tomorrow will bring a mix of sun and cloud with a chance of flurries overnight and a high of three (37) with a low of minus-five (23). Friday will see partly cloudy skies with a chance of […]
Megan Walchuk photo
It’s been a long time coming, but the staff and management team at the Fort Frances Superior Oil Change, at 850 Kings Highway, celebrated the shop’s Grand Opening Weekend with a customer appreciation barbecue and half price oil changes. Attending were managers Jodi and Bryan McGauley, dinosoar Brianna Babcock-Toews, General […]
Press Release
Do you have a head full of STEAM? Are you a STEAM leader? Applications are now open for the 2021 Ingenium – NSERC STEAM Horizon Awards, where Canada’s youth are invited to join a roster of outstanding previous winners! Five Canadian students will be awarded $25,000 each to study in […]
Ken Kellar photo
Riverside Community Counselling Services’ Jacquee Loerzel, left, Pauline Hyatt and Kaylee Heyens-McMahon showed off their new banner at the Rainy Lake Square in downtown Fort Frances in celebration of Wear Purple Day and the Shine the Light campaign on Friday, November 13. Riverside Community Counselling Services were at the square […]
Staff Writer
Natali Trivuncic
Natali Trivuncic
A staff member with the Rainy River District School Board has tested positive for COVID-19, but board officials and the Northwestern Health Unit agree that the case brings no risk to the student body. Heather Latter, community outreach officer for the RRDSB, said in an email that the board was […]
Ken Kellar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Salvation Army and 93.1 The border are joining forces again this year for an event that’s a little different than what they’ve done in the past. Following the decision to hold off on their annual “Burst a Bus” program, which generally sees toys collected for the Salvation Army’s Christmas […]
Ken Kellar
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s that time of year again when the Salvation Army kettles and bells can be heard tinkling their tunes throughout the district. This year their songs are more important than ever. The Salvation Army kicked off their kettle campaign in Fort Frances last Friday, setting up their bell just inside […]
Ken Kellar photo
Salvation Army Fort Frances corps officer Arthur Heathcote, left, and mayor June Caul kicked off the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Kettle campaign at Walmart on Friday morning. The campaign will take steps like providing masks and sanitizing materials in order to keep both the volunteers ringing the bell and the […]
Santa’s helpers were busy sorting the Christmas decorations in Rainy River. “How are we going to win $1000 with these?” they wondered. Peggy Advent, Marty Kreger, and Keith Tesarsky took a short break from social isolation to dig out the lights from a tangled heap right where they left them […]
Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
Just because we have a long winter ahead and Covid-19 concerns have us pretty much pinned down to our own homes, it is no reason to be glum. Let’s brighten things up! The West Rainy River District Lions Club has announced the Lions Festival of Lights Contest. Get those lights […]
