Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Following offseason improvements, the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club is hoping for a snowier year on the trails. After a season that saw very little trail usage due to a lack of snow, and the Jackrabbits ski club only got in three lessons, club president Debbie Jean is hopeful that […]
The Fort Frances Lakers are seven points ahead of the Red Lake Miners in the SIJHL standings and two players were named in the league’s three stars again as they took on second overall Sioux Lookout Bombers last weekend. The Lakers jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first […]
A group is proposing two new power projects in the north end of Fort Frances that it says will generate clean electricity and help support the municipality for decades. Council of the town of Fort Frances heard a presentation at their Monday, November 25, 2024, meeting from FirstLight Energy, a […]
The RR Agricultural Society hosted its annual Appreciation dinner on November 26th. The well attended event saw RR Agricultural Society Board members plus many volunteers at the event. A delicious meal was served. Board president Sherri Hay shared that the up and coming plans for the fairgrounds are to build […]
The holiday season is a time of celebration, joy and togetherness. But for the many homeless and unwanted cats and kittens in the Rainy River district, it can be a time of incredible suffering and despair. No one understands this better than the small, but dedicated group of volunteers at […]
According to Sonia Mastrangelo, Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University Orillia and Director of Research at the Applied Self-Regulation Knowledge Research Network, a body of peer-reviewed research suggests positive relationships between teachers and students are critical to student success rates. Moreover, she thinks teachers need to […]
Lakers Defenseman and Seven Generations Education Institute student Kale Nelson is the recipient of the Fall 2024 Northwestern Ontario Metis Community Post-Secondary Bursary, sponsored by New Gold. Nelson is in his first year of the Seven Generations Education Institute welding program, at the Rainy Lake campus. Before starting the program […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care announces that its annual Christmas Appeal, a crucial fundraising campaign that raises up to $40,000 annually to support vital healthcare initiatives, has been impacted by the ongoing Canada Post strike. Typically distributed by mid-November, this year’s appeal letters—one for the east end and one for […]
The Spirit of Christmas was held December 1. This year was its first time in the Couchiching FN Multi Use Building, which was beautifully decorated for the event. Approximately 175 people attended. The event had two new additions this year. There was “pick a present”, which was thoroughly enjoyed by […]
Outside may have been blustery, but inside was warm and bright as youth and families from across the district turned out to the Stratton Curling Rink on Friday, November 29, 2024, for the Rainy River District 4-H Association’s Annual Awards Banquet. The night featured great food and a slate of […]
The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances sponsored the annual Santa Claus Parade in Fort Frances on Saturday evening, with a variety of sports teams, businesses, organizations, churches and communities entering floats. The parade went down Scott Street, and concluded with a sighting of the big man himself, Santa Claus, waving […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskie Girls Hockey team hosted some future Muskie hopefuls in a visit before their recent game against the Sioux North Warriors. Girls hockey players from local hockey associations were invited to see the Muskie girls locker room, and meet the players. Each visitor also received […]
