Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A group of young baseball players from Wauzhushk Onigum Nation has added a national championship to its growing list of accomplishments. After winning the local Indigenous Rookie League title in 2025, the community’s senior team travelled to the Greater Toronto Area this summer for the Jays Care National Classic. They […]
Crews were busy yesterday afternoon installing the sign on the newest member of the Scott Street business community. Pet Valu, aCanadian pet store chain, will be moving into the building that was formerly Warehouse One. The Fort Frances Times has reached out to Pet Valu corporate for comment on the […]
As Fort Frances moves toward the Oct. 26 municipal election, residents will soon be choosing the mayor and council who will shape the direction of the town for the next four years, making decisions that will potentially have an impact for many more. With 11 candidates on the ballot and […]
For the Wiersemas, reunions with the entire extended family are a tradition, and part of that tradition is raising money for their community. This year, they broke their own record by raising $8,000 for the Rainy River Health Centre. Jan and Froukje Wiersema first moved from the Netherlands to Canada […]
After four years in the finals against the Sight & Sound Wolves out of Fort Frances, the Stratton Eagles finally broke through last night with a 9-6 victory to clinch the final. Delayed due to team injuries and weather, the final was pushed late and shifted to the lighted Couchiching […]
The Atikokan Progress is sponsoring an all-candidates meeting to be held at the Atikokan Legion Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. This is a chance for residents to hear the points and perspectives of potential future councillors and compare the policies of the two mayoral candidates, […]
Lakers head coach and GM Luke Judson said he’s optimistic the team will come together and perform well once the Junior A hockey regular season gets started, after a preseason shootout loss at home to the Thunder Bay North Stars Saturday night. “It was a great opportunity for us to […]
The annual Naicatchewenin (North West Bay) Bass and Walleye Classics take place this weekend, Sept. 11-12. Weigh-ins start at 4 p.m. on both days. A horseshoe tournament takes place on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Come out and try your skills at winning this event or at least having a […]
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Golden Helmets motorcycle squadron made a stop at the Fort Frances airport on Sunday evening to show off their skills and highly choreographed manoeuvres as part of a tour through the northwest region of the province putting on displays for the public. Attendees were treated […]
The announcement of a $4.7-billion Via Rail contract for the Thunder Bay Alstom plant will put the city in the spotlight as the place to invest in manufacturing and other industries. “Honestly, it feels like Christmas,” Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, said. “This is something […]
The Solicitor General has given municipalities that rely on OPP policing notice that it plans to cap increases again. No municipality will see its total cost rise more than 11 percent from 2026. That excludes special contracts for extra policing, which some municipalities have. The OPP is getting the 2027 […]
The scale of markets for goods that come in or are exported at the Port of Thunder Bay depends on downstream investments that Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says are being made by his government. “We’re getting the downstream ones right,” Carney said, during a visit to Thunder Bay last […]
