Local News from Across the Rainy River District
On Thursday Dec. 19, 2024 the Township of Emo issued a press release stating that the township’s council had decided to seek a judicial review, and said they would not comment further as the matter is proceeding through the courts. In the release the Township reiterated its Declaration of Equality, […]
Yesterday, newly minted Finance and Intergovernmental affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, as well as with Élisabeth Brière, Minister of National Revenue, announced that the federal government plans to change the Income Tax Act to extend the deadline for making donations eligible for tax receipts in the 2024 tax year, until February […]
The Ministry of Education released a statement from Minister Jill Dunlop and ministry officials to the Fort Frances Times about current and future revisions and updates to curricula. The curriculum reviews in the coming school year include revisions focusing on literacy, math, science and technology for Kindergarten students, and further […]
Nothing stays the same, unless one lives in the mostly rural riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. If a federal spring election that now seems likely takes place after April 22, the riding’s slightly rectangular-shaped boundary will stay as it is now, stretching from Thunder Bay all the way to the […]
If there are any Newfoundlanders in the area, they will be well versed in the Christmas season tradition of “mummering”. I believe most communities of this country are blessed to have Newfoundlanders in their midst, those who bring their special appreciation of laughter and fun, of resilience and recovery, of […]
We have just spent a week with our granddaughters who are three and five. They can operate the remote control for the television, know how to use their iPads and blow me away with their imaginations. I wonder what they will see in their lifetimes. As we stumble into a […]
As I write this column for the Holiday Paper – I am still not fully decorated, and I am certainly not finished shopping. It may very well be that I will be shopping after Christmas. It is not for the great deals; it is for the lack of time and […]
This info-graphic has been provided by the Northwestern Health Unit to gauge the risk of frostbite under different wind and temperature conditions. Get outside and have fun this winter – but keep safe!
Tonight will have periods of light snow overnight with a low of -24C (-11F) Friday will be sunny and clear with a high of -14 (7) and a low of -23 (-9). Saturday will see more sun with a high of -11 (12). With a chance of overnight flurries and […]
Voyageurs National Park shared a photo of a recent ice core sample from Rainy Lake’s Black Bay, showing seven inches of mostly slush ice, which they warn is much weaker than the one inch of clear ice at the bottom, and why they have not yet opened the lakes for […]
Bill Morrison is the town of Fort Frances’ newest councillor following his appointment at a special meeting of council held on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Williams was one of six candidates who made presentations to council in a bid for the vacant seat.
Crews continue to work on the demolition and removal of the White Pine Inn located in east Fort Frances early this morning, Thursday, December 19, 2024. The century-old building has been closed since the early 2010s.
