Local News from Across the Rainy River District
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 […]
Province funding multi-use trail network in Northwestern Ontario SIOUX NARROWS-NESTOR FALLS – The Ontario government is providing $249,750 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls to support the second phase of its plan to expand its multi-use trail network. This investment in […]
Members of the Fort Frances High School Muskies boys hockey team were one of the dozens of groups, businesses and organizations who filled the parking lot at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Halloween night for the annual Trunk or Treat event. This year’s Trunk or Treat saw […]
(FORT FRANCES ON)- Rainy River District OPP is investigating a break and enter to a residential property in Fort Frances. On Saturday October 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were dispatched to a property on Mill Road in the Town of […]
THUNDER BAY – Parks Canada is working with Red Rock Indian Band to make amends after a “flawed process” culminated in the unearthing of Indigenous ancestral remains in Nipigon, Patty Hajdu says. “I’ve spoken with (Red Rock Chief Allan) Odawa a number of times about the Parks Canada build and […]
THUNDER BAY – The federal government is providing $980,595 over the next four years to Lakehead University for programming that focuses on youth dating violence prevention. “When our young people are experiencing a crisis, they need a safe place and safe people to turn to,” Patty Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s […]
The Ontario government’s current ongoing expansion of the number of retail outlets that could sell beer, wine, liquor and other alcoholic beverages would at it completion see 8,500 stores peddling booze, Southwestern Public Health Board was told at its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24. Public Health Nurse Jacqueline Deroo delivered […]
FORT ALBANY – Fort Albany First Nation is receiving federal funding to help provide safety and support for women and families. On Oct. 23, the federal government announced over $58 million for 12 Indigenous housing projects in Ontario. Among the recipients is the Fort Albany Women’s Shelter. TimminsToday reached out […]
