Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO – The Ontario government announced a $200 treat on Halloween for residents – a rebate that will be sent out in early 2025. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy formally made the announcement when delivering his government’s fall economic statement. “At a time when the cost of living remains stubbornly high, […]
Researchers at the University of Guelph are taking a unique approach to environmental conservatorship: studying local fish species at the cardiovascular level. Master’s student Liz Manchester is currently studying how the hearts of zebrafish, a commonly used lab animal, are affected by hypoxia, a decreased level of oxygen in the […]
Amanda Colvin has experienced firsthand what it is like to watch an elderly family member suffer from isolation and loneliness. The Niagara-on-the-Lake home builder, along with her husband, Scott Colvin, has moved into the tiny home business, which they see as an opportunity to help ease the housing crunch and […]
THUNDER BAY – It seems that the public is getting fatigued by the council composition review process. Krista Power, director of legislative services and city clerk, told Newswatch, “we are finding that people are fatigued in having the conversation and potentially have given us their feedback. And they are not […]
Tributes continue to pour in for Murray Sinclair and one woman said it was the influential judge’s decision in a Winnipeg court room decades ago that helped her to turn her life around. “When I was a teenager, I was charged with a very violent crime and when it came […]
(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, […]
