Rhonda Hyatt photos A grand total of 38 teams signed up to take part in the LaBelle Fall Bass Classic last weekend – one of the last tournaments of the year. The tournament was missing its American regulars, but made up for it with an enthusiastic Canadian showing. Bill Godin […]
News
Our first flurries of the year have been pencilled into the forecast. For this afternoon and evening, we have a 70 per cent chance of showers, with a risk of thunderstorms, and gusty winds up to 50 km/hr. The daytime high today is 12 C (54 F). Showers could continue […]
The Rainy River Bass Tournament was a huge success this past weekend, with 18 teams joining in for the one day event. According to organizers, it was a great family event – 14 of the anglers were under 18, with 10 father/son or father/daughter combinations. The winning team was Jason […]
Merna Emara
Although there will be no short-term election after the NDP party reached a deal with the Liberals on sick leaves, the latter party is not out of the woods when it comes to what local Conservative and Liberal members of Parliament said of the Liberal party’s performance during the COVID-19 […]
Staff
On the advice of the Ministry of Health, Riverside Health Care’s COVID-19 Assessment Centres will begin following the updated testing guidelines to prioritize those who are at the greatest risk and shift away from testing individuals with no COVID-19 symptoms. Effective immediately, Ontarians should only be seeking testing at our […]
Merna Emara
The province of Ontario launched a Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP) to help small businesses offset the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Greg Rickford, Ontario’s minister of energy, northern development and mines, and Indigenous affairs, made the announcement Monday morning via Zoom. He said this funding will help support […]
Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on Orange Shirt Day: “Today, we acknowledge the long-lasting, multi-generational impact of the residential school system on Indigenous communities, our province and our country. For more than 100 years, Indigenous children across Canada were removed from their families and […]
Submitted photo Rainycrest residents participated in a Terry Fox Walk and Roll last week, in commemoration of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. It was a beautiful day to walk though the East and West courtyards. After the Walk and Roll everyone headed inside to the Hallet Hall for home made […]
The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Ontario predicts daily counts of COVID-19 could hit 1,000 new cases by the first half of October. The stark new forecasting comes in updated modelling released today by the provincial government. The projections say the province has seen an upward trajectory in COVID-19 in recent weeks, with cases […]
In just eight years, Orange Shirt Day has become a truly recognizable campaign drawing attention to the damage residential schools caused across our country and specifically to a little six year old girl named Phyllis. Orange shirt day is a movement which officially began in 2013 but in reality it […]
Merna Emara
As the region sees its sixth positive case in the past two weeks, the Northwestern Health Unit is encouraging people to avoid non-essential travel outside northwestern Ontario. Yesterday, the NWHU announced a new positive case in the Kenora region. That adds to two active cases in Dryden/Red lake, two in […]
Merna Emara
The OPP take possession of their new detachment building on 200 McIrvine Rd, today. The movement of equipment and preparations for the staff switchover will happen next, with an official move-in date of Oct.7. Insp. Nathan Schmidt said COVID-19 is impacting their ability to have a public grand opening. He […]
