Local News from Across the Rainy River District
NIPIGON — Hieu-Van “Huey” Truong came to Canada from Vietnam in 1983, and began his dogged quest to establish a business. Long days at work for Chinese restaurants enabled Truong to save up enough money to eventually open his own restaurant in Nipigon. In 1988, China Gardens was born on […]
THUNDER BAY — Every serious traffic accident investigation is about finding answers—not only to determine what happened, but for the sake of the people who may have lost a loved one. “The main thing we (investigate) is very serious or fatal motor vehicle collisions and at the end of the […]
OAK LAKE BEACH — The Souris River Watershed District has installed the first walleye spawning ground at Oak Lake in an effort to increase the survival rate of more than 1 million fry that are dumped into the lake each year. The spawning ground, which is roughly 1,000 yards long, […]
Steve Teekens believes he is facing increasingly more difficult challenges. Teekens has served as executive director of Na-Me-Res in Toronto for the past 15 years. It’s an Indigenous-led organization that provides shelter space and housing developments to unhoused Indigenous men. “I think we’re among the few male-serving Indigenous organizations in […]
The Town of Fort Frances has extended the window for parties to submit expressions of interest (EOI) in purchasing the Sunny Cove campground. The new deadline for expressions of interest, announced on Wednesday, is this coming Monday, June 22, 2026. In a Dec. 8, 2025, meeting, Town Council voted 4-3 […]
More than a month after being declared missing, the Rainy River District OPP say the investigation into the disappearance of Murray Beninger is still ongoing. Beninger, 51, was last seen in Fort Frances on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at approximately 9:00 p.m. In the month since, the OPP have continued […]
The municipal election continues to add candidates who believe they have the vision to bring Fort Frances into the future. The most recent, and to date only mayoral, candidate was added to the Town of Fort Frances’ unofficial list of candidates this morning. Brent Calder has tossed his hat into […]
The lowly pea had a big boost last week in a snappy New York Times article that gave the green plant high praise for its nutritional value and positive impacts for the environment. While peas can theoretically do well in the Thunder Bay area, local farmers don’t grow them on […]
An arena facility renewal strategy is now in place to guide the City of Thunder Bay into the future with its arena network to ensure it continues to meet the needs of residents, user groups, and the broader region. Kelvin Jankowski, the City’s manager of capital facilities construction, told The […]
THUNDER BAY — OPSEU Local 740’s picket in front of a local MPP’s home was not retaliation for his truck bumping a union member a day earlier, member Erin Smith said Wednesday. “No, actually we had this planned for Friday,” Smith told Dougall Media as about 40 fellow Ontario Public […]
A group of ordinary Ontarians is helping save injured turtles by doing something many people do every day: driving. The only difference is the unique passenger in their vehicles. Since 2009, the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre’s (OTCC) Turtle Taxi program has been helping transport injured turtles across the province to […]
Wisk Air Helicopters has added a new Bell 407GXI helicopter to its growing fleet, bringing the total to 12 aircraft. The acquisition will likely be followed next year by a Bell 429 twin-engine helicopter, making it the 13th aircraft in the company’s fleet, both produced by Bell Textron. Mark Wiskemann, […]
