Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Classes were cancelled for more than 2,500 students in Winnipeg on Wednesday while many of their peers attended schools that opened without power. An overnight storm caused wind and water damage, flooded school fields and downed phone and internet lines. The aftermath also prompted principals to call off extracurriculars and […]
Commercial flights between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay, Ont., are scheduled to start on July 6, according to Economic Development Officer Sumantra Ghosh. North Star Air, based out of Thunder Bay, will be filling a void left by Bearskin Airlines, which ceased regular passenger flights from Fort Frances, Dryden and […]
The La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) Auxiliary presented a cheque for $100,000 to Holly Kaemingh, Riverside Health Care’s director of fundraising, at its annual general meeting on Monday, the largest single donation made to Riverside’s Lights, Camera, Diagnosis! campaign so far. The donation was the culmination of an ambitious goal […]
As summer arrives, something profoundly special is right around the corner. Blended with colours and light, motion and energy, smiles and song, and pulsing to the heartbeat of a nation, powwow season is set to begin. A powwow (Anishinaabe-niimi’idiwin as an event or Anishinaabe-niimi’iding when speaking of it as a […]
2026 Olympic speed skater Anders Johnson shared his experiences with Cornerstone, Donald Young and J.W. Walker Schools on June 29. Although Anders was only home for one full day, he was very excited to meet with students from those three schools. Students from JK to Grade 8 listened and all […]
A new report from the Northern Policy Institute (NPI) suggests that many municipalities across Northern Ontario are bearing the cost of providing services to residents living outside their boundaries who do not contribute to municipal property tax revenues. The report, titled Serving More People Than You Can Tax: The Fiscal Impact […]
THUNDER BAY — A collision that killed a snowplow driver on Highway 102 in 2022 took place in an area where collisions have happened at least once a year since 2015, the court heard in Thunder Bay on Monday. Pritam Singh was charged in February 2024 with dangerous driving causing […]
DRYDEN – The city has published a letter from Mayor Jack Harrison to the residents of Dryden urging them to read the three Integrity Commissioner complaint reports against Coun. Ritch Noel, who was found to have not been in breach of conduct in two of the three. These include the […]
GINOOGAMING — Why does Ginoogaming First Nation have security checkpoints with drug-detecting dogs? Because “we have to do more,” Chief Sheri Taylor told Newswatch during the first week of the new protocol at the bridge into Ginoogaming. The First Nation has contracted a Moosonee-based company to deploy highly trained drug-sniffing […]
THUNDER BAY – The 63 evacuees from Weenusk First Nation are already missing home, two days after arriving in the city, according to Thunder Bay Fire Rescue’s Fire Prevention Chief Kevin Anderson. “They’re getting homesick, they want to go home, so we just try to keep them comfortable and keep […]
Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, along with town staff, councillors, along with members and supporters of the local 2SLGBTQIA+ marked the beginning of Pride Month in Fort Frances with a flag raising at the Civic Centre on Friday, June 5, 2026. The mayor also read out a proclamation officially declaring […]
Town council will consider using $657,558 in reserve funds to hook up part of the former Shevlin Wood Yard to water and sewer lines as it looks to accelerate the development of a “desperately required” new housing project. Timing was the decisive factor in considering the expenditure of reserve funds, […]
