Local News from Across the Rainy River District
There’s always plenty on the go in Emo for the annual Holly Daze weekend, but be sure to make a stop in at the Emo Public Library for a bit to enjoy some crafts and activities with the kids, while also supporting the library itself. The Emo Public Library and […]
A wave of anti-LGBT comments aimed at Borderland Pride has sparked a request for Emo council to denounce hate. Borderland Pride recently won a Human Rights Tribunal Hearing against the Township of Emo and Mayor Harold McQuaker, which found that the Townships’ refusal to pass a proclamation ackonowledging June as […]
The Town of Fort Frances can likely breathe a bit easier as the Ontario Govenrment has announced it will help offset the increased cost of policing to small towns and rural municipalities across the province. Following outcry from municipalities in Ontario that are serviced by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) […]
Cassandra Spade, a law student at Judson Howie LLP who grew up in Couchiching plans to graduate this spring, has always known she wanted to be a lawyer. But, it wasn’t until she attended a United Nations gathering in New York that she was inspired by other Indigenous leaders, both […]
The count of individuals who have put their names up for the vacant Town of Fort Frances council seat has increased to five as of 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, with one week to go until the closing date for potential candidates. The nomination period for the vacancy […]
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 […]
