Local News from Across the Rainy River District
It’s not often that you hear of a parent following in their child’s footsteps but that’s exactly what Fort Frances Kiwanis president Dana-Lynn Begin has done. It was Begin’s daughter McKenna who was president before taking on a new role with Kiwanis on a bigger scale as Governor for the […]
The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances is celebrating 100 years of existence in town, and two longtime members are reflecting on being part of the club, as well as what it means to serve. For Dana-Lynn Begin and Robin Wright, volunteerism has long been a part of their lives. Begin, […]
Nursing staff – and the funding needed to pay for it– is one of many challenge being faced by healthcare across Ontario, and Riverside Health Care is no exception. According to a statement from Riverside Healthcare, significant human resource shortages since the pandemic has forced Riverside to look to alternate […]
Ryan Deschamps has a successful fishing trip, earlier this summer, catching this monster in Rainy Lake – living proof of our world class fishing.
ONIGAMING – The chief of Ojibways of Onigaming has resigned from Grand Council Treaty #3’s environment committee and his reasons relate to the regional organization’s ties to Canada’s nuclear power industry. GCT3 has been receiving money from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which is considering a site in Treaty 3 […]
When apologies are issued by organizations or governments for harms against Indigenous peoples in our country, we can be left wondering whether the words said will be followed by effective action. “Yes, well, that’s the question, isn’t it?” said Glenn Wheeler, a lawyer, journalist, and Indigenous rights activist from the […]
THUNDER BAY – FedNor, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, is investing $6.9 million in 18 Indigenous-led projects across Northern Ontario, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu announced Friday. Hajdu, Thunder Bay-Superior North’s member of parliament, said the funding “will support development in remote and rural Indigenous communities, creating good stable jobs and […]
Chrissy Isaacs’s grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known are big blue water jugs. That’s why Isaac gets emotional today. She’s from Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation), near the Manitoba and Ontario border, about […]
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce continues to work with its provincial arm and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce to advocate for businesses and strengthen the economy. The chamber has developed 10 policy measures to present to the House of Commons that “will cost the government little to nothing but […]
A remote northern Ontario First Nation now has a water treatment plant, but is still unable to lift its boil water advisory of almost three decades. MP Charlie Angus, who represents Neskantaga First Nation, 436 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, told a federal committee the community’s pipes are rotting. “I was trying […]
Richard Comeau got quite a bit more than he bargained for when he agreed to help workshop a play four years ago. The setting for that play, co-written by Metis playwright Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan, who is non-Indigenous, is titled 1939. Comeau, who spent part of his childhood in […]
The aquatic invasive plant hydrilla, which can grow up to 2.5 centimetres per day and reach lengths of 7.5 metres, has been detected for the first time in Ontario at the West Cell of Hillman Marsh Conservation Area in Leamington. Hydrilla is a prohibited invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species […]
