Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The holiday season is fast approaching, but the time to step up and help those in need in the community is already here. The Salvation Army is officially kicking off its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign in the Rainy River District. Kettles will be running throughout the months of November and […]
A team skipped by Kim Beaudry out of the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre (CFFCC) will head south to Barrie to participate in the Canadian Club Curling Championship starting Monday. Many gathered at the CFFCC on Monday evening to send off Team Beaudry after their usual Monday evening game. Coming […]
The head coach of the Fort Frances High School Muskie Boys hockey team hopes the return of several seniors and players from past years will be key to the team’s return to OFSAA this year. When high school hockey tryouts took place in September, many of the players had had […]
Half the people in the district that have diabetes are completely unaware of their condition, according to Amanda Roy, Communications Lead for the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team. That’s why the health team, along with their community partners, is hosting a diabetes awareness campaign, with plans to distribute thousands […]
Rebecca Beebe, a teacher at Mine Centre School created a multi-day event to link problem-solving with mathematics and teamwork, together. Moreover, the event combined interactive elements where students cooperated in counting and estimating how many seeds were in the pumpkins, and then calculated the sum of all seeds in the […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskie Girls hockey team will be looking to get to the Ontario provincial championship tournament for the first time in several years as Jordan Larson steps into head coaching after serving as an assistant coach with Shane Bliss for the last two years. Stepping into […]
The Couchiching First Nation War Veterans and Peacetime Armed Forces Memorial Site stood decorated in memorial wreaths following Remembrance Day ceremonies held there yesterday, November 11, 2024. Dozens of people turned out to the memorial site to pay their respects to those who served and gave up their lives during […]
This morning, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a “72-hour strike notice” to Canada Post for both the RSMC and Urban bargaining units. The notice puts the union in a legal strike position as early as Friday, November 15, if negotiated settlements have not been reached. In a release […]
Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit, has declared a COVID-19 Outbreak at La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH). This outbreak is isolated to the First Floor In-Patient Unit of the facility. Currently, visitation is limited to two individuals at a time, per patient, and only one […]
People risk their lives battling forest fires, but Ontario’s government is treating them unfairly. That’s the message Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois and others brought to a news conference Wednesday at Queen’s Park. Wildland firefighters are not getting the “supports and respect” they deserve, said Vaugeois, who is the […]
IGNACE – The Green Party of Ontario has dropped its opposition to nuclear power, and that has energized advocates for a nuclear waste repository in Northwestern Ontario. A resolution passed at the party’s 2024 convention in Kingston this past weekend embraces Canadian reactors as part of a mix of low-carbon-emission […]
The buzz of hundreds of children fell to silence Tuesday morning as a bagpipe player marched with a dozen uniformed military personnel behind him at the Brandon Municipal Cemetery. The annual No Stone Left Alone ceremony took place on the frosted grass at the cemetery Tuesday morning. Hundreds of children […]
