Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – After 23 years as the first superior court justice in Northwestern Ontario, Justice Helen Pierce set down her gavel for the last time. By the end of the day, she will be hanging up her robes, returning home to her husband, and settling into a quiet retirement. […]
Wildfire evacuees have landed in Brandon and checked into local hotels as they flee their homes in Manitoba’s north. Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett said on Friday afternoon he had not received any further updates since the previous day’s estimates of about 300 evacuees in the city. The Clarion Inn and […]
The City of Portage la Prairie and the Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation have received a national award recognizing their partnership and efforts toward reconciliation. The two communities were presented with the 2025 Collaboration Award from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) during the association’s national conference in Mont […]
It was the beginning of the end for the playground equipment located at the Knights of Columbus Park on the former St. Michael’s School grounds in east Fort Frances yesterday, Monday, June 2, 2025, as workers began disassembling the more than 30 year old play structure. According to the District […]
Dairy Queen Fort Frances’ Nancy Armstrong pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s 2025 Trip of the Month draw for June yesterday morning, Monday, June 2, 2025. Tim Spence is the winner of a Prague, Vienna and Budapest trip valued at $4,200.00. Next month’s draw is for an Alaska […]
Tonight will see a few clouds with a low of 10 C (50 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and clear with a high of 22 (72) and a low of 8 (46). Thursday will again see sunny and clear skies with a high of 23 (73) and a low 9 […]
Over 180+ delegates from across Northern Ontario will gather to address homelessness and strengthen social service delivery in the North Northwestern Ontario DSSABs to Attend Northern Ontario Service Deliverers Association Conference in Sault Ste. Marie Over 180+ delegates from across Northern Ontario will gather to address homelessness and strengthen social […]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 have been on strike since last Thursday when their employer the WSIB locked them out. Since then, picket lines have been forming across the province, including in Thunder Bay. On Monday, OCEU picketers were joined by fellow CUPE members from CUPE local […]
THUNDER BAY – By engaging in dialogue with “patience and love” the library’s new senior advisor for Indigenous relations hopes to strengthen the relationship between the library and Indigenous communities in the city. Stephanie MacLaurin has been brought on to work with community partners in achieving the goals in the Thunder Bay Public Library’s relationship-building […]
THUNDER BAY – Motorists in the city should be aware of several big road projects that will affect travel around Thunder Bay. A stretch of Cumberland Street North between McVicar Street and Howe Street is now closed to traffic as crews work on capping and removing the existing water main. Brian Newman, City of Thunder Bay project […]
Tofino, B.C. – Small town whispers about an orca swimming into a fish farm near Tofino are true. On the morning of Feb. 18, 2025 a killer whale swam into the infrastructure at Creative Salmon’s Baxter Islets facility in Clayoquot Sound, states a May 23 email statement from Fisheries and […]
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Taking a walk through his basement, it’s safe to say one Fort St. John resident has a lot of love for A&W restaurants. That’s because Marcel Kristoff has an extensive collection of mugware from the restaurant – some over 100 years old – as well […]
