Local News from Across the Rainy River District
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The driver of a vehicle stopped for speeding was arrested and charged with impaired offences. On November 6, 2024, at approximately 1:00 am, an officer with the Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a speeding vehicle in the Mill Road area of Fort […]
The annual Trunk or Treat event was in fine form as it returned to the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) last Thursday, October 31, 2024. The event was gracefully handled by Fort Frances GM and Beyak Automotive Group in 2023 after the FFPLTC announced they would be unable […]
Canadian country music star Tim Hicks brought an intimate, campfire-style show to Tour de Fort audiences last night at the Townshend Theatre. Armed with a guitar, harmonica and a backup player, multi-Juno award nominee and CCMA award winner Hicks brought listeners along on a musical journey through his country career.
Rainy River will be receiving a new clinic thanks to a partnership that will see a continuum of health care in the region, while expanding representation for Indigenous voices in local health care. In a press release dated November 1, 2024, Riverside Health Care, along with Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre […]
According to Kevin Knutsen, Executive Officer of Employee and Labour Relations for the Rainy River District School Board, the need for teachers will “increase significantly” by 2027 on both a provincial and national level. Moreover, Knutsen thinks the teacher shortage will influence “a shortage of teachers to become administrators.” Furthermore, […]
On December 12th, 2015, Canada signed the Paris Agreement and ratified it in parliament on October 5th, 2016. According to a statement on the Government of Canada website, the agreement outlines “the essential roles of subnational governments, cities, civil society, the private sector and financial institutions in responding to climate […]
It may be considered a niche sport by some, but squash is alive and well and growing in the District, according to someone who’s been part of the scene for decades. Bob Tkachuk, along with wife Mary Beth, has been a fixture of the local squash community since the 1980’s, […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is proud to be hosting a Women’s Wellness Gathering at their Family Healing Program location on McTavish Road in LaVallee Township on Nov. 7 and 8. The conference filled up quickly with many workshops available for the attendees. Gathering organizer and Director of Nanaadawewenin, Shannon Blight, is […]
The Weechi-it-it-te-win Family Services (WFS) fourth annual “McTavish Haunted Woods” was another frightening, yet fun success! The haunting event was once again held on the twisty wooded trails at WFS Family Healing Program location on McTavish Road in LaVallee Twp. on October 29th and 30th. There was something for every […]
This Saturday, November 9, 2024 The WRRD Lions is hosting their Hunters’ Dinner at the Stratton Recreation Centre in Stratton, Ontario. The Hunters Dinner celebrates the harvest and bounty of the Rainy River District across our communities as we approach another Winter season. Sportsmen are traditionally sharing a portion of […]
Riverside Health Care is laser-focussed on urinary health, thanks to the addition of some cutting-edge new equipment. Riverside has announced that its Surgical Team has successfully completed its first procedures using a Thulium LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). These were the first of their kind in the […]
Friday in Winnipeg the Fort Frances Muskies bid for a second straight Winnipeg High School Football League AAA division championship ended with a 23 – 7 loss to the Tec Voc Hornets. After a scoreless first quarter the Hornets took advantage of turnovers by the Muskies to take a 14 […]
