Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – Newly minted Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products Kevin Holland announced a new five-year contract between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to support nearly 400 direct and indirect jobs in the region. “Biomass is gonna play a critical role in sustaining the […]
The annual Naicatchewenin committee and volunteers hosted their annual Bass/Walleye tournament September 13/14 and the weekend proved to be another great tournament. Everything from the anglers, organizers and volunteers made for a top notch tournament. Also the great weather conditions were in everyone’s favour, especially the anglers. The top#1 team, […]
Deputy Mayor Mike Behan presents Proclamation of Welcoming Week to Holly Angus, Adult Services Coordinator of Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The FFPLTC hosted a Welcome Week Open House event last week, to showcase services available to new residents, regardless of where they’re from.
Ontario’s health care is in crisis. There are thousands of unplanned closures of hospital emergency departments, unprecedented levels of inpatients being treated in hallways, long waits for surgeries, drastic understaffing and funding levels among the lowest in Canada. Even with these dangerous realities, the crisis is only going to […]
Tomorrow, Sept. 18, 2024 in conjunction with the Seven Generations Education Institute’s Anishinaabemodaa – Waking Up Ojibwe program, Naicatchewenin First Nation (NFN) is hosting an all day conference on revitalizing the local indigenous language. Brian Smith is one of the organizers, he says they hope to see more people learning […]
Port Alberni, BC – The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Society has embarked on the arduous journey of youth substance use prevention by turning to an upstream initiative called the Icelandic Prevention Model. The Icelandic Prevention Model is being used in hundreds of municipalities and communities around the world. The model is a […]
The recent hospitalization of a Brant-Brantford person with rabies — the first case in a human in Ontario in more than 50 years — has put the rare disease in the spotlight. While little has been confirmed about the local case, which was announced by the Brant County Health Unit […]
EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA – Eight female scientists from Africa are in Northwestern Ontario as part of an international science program. “I’ve interacted with different researchers here and local communities – the Indigenous people – learning about their culture, seeing how passionate they are about their culture and conservation of the […]
The Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in Fort Frances concluded an investigation with the arrest of two individuals and seizure of drugs, money and a vehicle. In the summer of 2024, the Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) CSCU began a drug trafficking investigation in the Rainy River […]
THUNDER BAY – The Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA) plans to set its sights on enlightening Thunder Bay city council about the growing challenges of keeping up with a higher demand for food distribution in the city. “The food banking is really starting to stretch us to the limit,” said […]
Two London, Ont. women, a Toronto man and a 17-year-old youth were charged with drug-related offences on Wednesday after provincial police seized about $22,000 worth of illegal drugs from a sedan in Shuniah Township. Police said an officer encountered the four accused around 11:30 a.m. on Highway 11-17 when the […]
The Town of Fort Frances will accept hazardous waste on Saturday at the Public Works depot from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hazardous waste includes anything like aerosol cans, pressurized containers, batteries, old paint cans or anything that could be considered harmful to the environment if disposed of in a […]
