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Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie, Gunner Paradis, has been named Third Star this week by the SIJHL. Paradis played one game this weekend, but he faced enough shots for two. Paradis got the nod on Saturday night in Dryden for the Lakers, coming off a 4-2 home loss on Friday. On […]

From Riverside Foundation
Press release

Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the Halloween 50/50 jackpot is Ernest McCormack of Morson, ON with the winning ticket number OO-6962460. Ernest is the lucky recipient of $8,875, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made on November […]

- By Robin McCormick

The annual Stuff A Cruiser was held throughout the Rainy River district last Saturday (December 7th.) The Emo Stuff A Cruiser event resulted in a very successful day of donations. 1,916.3 pounds of donations were gathered along with monetary donations. This was the largest amount of donations in five years. […]

Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of -27 C (-17 F). Tomorrow will see mainly sunny skies during the day before becoming clear overnight with a high of -20 (-4) and a low of -30 (-22). Friday will once more see sunny skies […]

- Allan Bradbury photo

An appreciative crowd of music lovers braved the elements last night to take in the Rainy Lake Community Orchestra’s annual Christmas Concert, Monday night. The event took place in the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre, and featured a wide selection of holiday favourites.

By Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative reporter
The Chronicle-Journal

The province should create an all-party task force to try and solve a chronic paramedic shortage that has hit remote Northern communities particularly hard, union and NDP officials say. NDP health critic and Sudbury-area MPP France Gelinas said on Wednesday the task force would be directed to come up with […]

By Marissa Lentz-McGrath
Local Journalism Initiative
TimminsToday.com

TORONTO – A northern politician is pushing for mandatory winter driving simulation training for new truck drivers in an aim to improve safety on Ontario’s highways. Today (Dec. 3), Mushkegowuk-James Bay MPP Guy Bourgouin introduced a private member’s bill that would require all new Class A and D license holders […]

By Connor McDowell
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brandon Sun

The federal government’s proposed two-month GST holiday is already giving some small business owners sleepless nights. Brandon toy store owner Amber Hagans is one of them. She told the Sun she will have stay back after closing the store next Friday and spend the night revising GST status for her […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

IGNACE — A week after her township was named host municipality for a proposed nuclear waste facility, Tammy Barden said she’s happy with the decision. The retired Ignace resident, volunteering at Silver Tops Senior Centre, said Thursday she had environmental concerns about the idea of storing spent nuclear fuel underground […]

By Mike Stimpson
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source

THUNDER BAY — Think of Wednesday’s Reverse Expo as speed dating for companies in the minerals sector. Four mining companies came to a local hotel ballroom and gave presentations to local companies that supply and service the sector. Following their presentations, the miners had business-to-business meetings with the service and […]

By Pam Wright
Local Journalism Initiative
Reporter
Chatham Voice

A December storm on Lake Erie has yielded the wooden bones of a mystery ship from the lake’s tempestuous depths. The sight caused Erieau resident Elma Renders to do a double take Dec. 5 as she walked along the beach on Mariner’s Road. “It had been so windy here and […]