of Paul Tessier The population of caribou along the Lake Superior coast and its islands has plummeted in recent years. Caribou populations on the mainland are also declining.
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Staff You could say the Big Grassy Lynx bit a chunk out of the Fort Frances Mud Dogs. The Lynx jumped all over Mud Dogs’ starter Jodie Hood en-route to a 12-run first inning and never looked back in a 21-12 romp in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action […]
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The Rainy River branch of the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) is pleased to announce that on Saturday May, 25, Rainy River will be having their first LGBTQ Pride event and we invite all in the community to take part with us. This walk will run in conjunction with other free […]
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Black bears have a keen sense of smell. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry plans to take advantage of that to update our bear population data for the province. Starting this month, ministry staff will conduct barbed-wire hair trap surveys in several parts of Ontario. Staff will set up […]
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Kennah LeBlanc
Kennah LeBlanc
The United Beef Club’s first meeting was held at the home of David and Shari Peters on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The United Beef Club has 15 members this year, ranging from Barwick to Rainy River. To start off the meeting, youth leaders, Alanna Gerula and Aynsley Williams planned an […]
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The recent discovery of a children’s storybook about saving caribou shows that fear for the animal’s future is not new. Nearly 20 years ago, elementary students at Schreiber Public School wrote the book to voice their concern that caribou on the Slate Islands off the northern coast of Lake Superior […]
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Borderland Pride announced yesterday that Trevor Bonot has been named Grand Marshal of the organization’s LGBTQ2 Pride March, as part of 2019’s PRIDE WEEK+ festival in the Fort Frances and International Falls area. Bonot was born and raised in Stratton, Ont. He made a name for himself and his community […]
Sam Odrowski
Holmlund Financial recently expanded its team and the long-term vets of the business are working hard to pass along their knowledge to some fresh faces. Adrian Chapman, who has six years of experience in the financial services industry, joined Holmlund Financial mid-April as a financial advisor. Meanwhile, Tyler Ruppenstein, who […]
Sam Odrowski
While the Rainy River District has one of the highest per capita criminal case loads in northern Ontario, it has been without a sitting judge since 2012. “We are the only judicial district in the province–perhaps in the country–that does not have its own resident judge,” said Rainy River Law […]
From the OPP
Today at approximately 8:30 a.m., members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received two reports of stolen vehicles from callers residing in the Town of Fort Frances. One of the vehicles has been recovered; however, the second vehicle is still outstanding. The outstanding vehicle was last seen […]
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Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, was at the Fort Frances Tourism Information Centre on Friday to announce that two projects were approved by the province for funding. The Town of Fort Frances will get $1,425,185.89 for the reconstruction of Colonization Road West, while the Township of […]
Ken Kellar A crowd of people waited for their turn to fill up a plate at Rainy River First Nations’ 49th-annual Manitou fish fry at the RRFN pow-wow grounds on Friday afternoon. Volunteers worked all day to cook up about 500 pounds of walleye, as well as french fries, wild […]
