Local News from Across the Rainy River District
At a special meeting of Town Council last night Fort Frances Town Council passed a bylaw appointing Marcel Michaels as the new CAO for the Town of Fort Frances. Michaels comes to Fort Frances from the town of Consort, Alta., where he has been the CAO for the last year. […]
Rock’n for a Reason was a rock’n success. This annual fundraiser organized by the LaVerendrye Hospital Auxiliary once again received excellent community support. Held at the recent Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Business & Community Expo, over $18,600 was raised from solicited pledges, business contributions and individual donations. Special thanks to […]
(KENORA, ON) – The Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has opened the area of Highway 658 from Dalles Road to Coker Road after an investigation into a barricaded person. On May 6, 2024, just before 8:00 p.m., members of the Kenora OPP Detachment received reports of an […]
May is officially Community Living Month in the Town of Fort Frances, and there is plenty being planned to make the most of it. In an official declaration and flag raising held last week on Thursday, May 2, 2024, Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas acknowledged the month and all of […]
KENORA – A court document filed recently by the Chiefs of Ontario accuses the MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, who is the province’s Indigenous affairs minister, of making “threats of retribution.” A spokesperson for Greg Rickford responded to the allegations with a one-sentence statement. “As this matter is before the courts, […]
With 370 motorcyclists losing their lives in Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) jurisdictions in the past 10 years, the OPP is casting light on causal factors and other relevant data, with the aim of helping motorcyclists and other drivers recognize how they can avoid contributing further to these preventable deaths. Between […]
Don’t want to feel ticked off after a hike in the woods? Then avoid being bitten by a tick, health officials advise. A Ministry of Health bulletin last week noted that deer ticks, technically known as black-legged ticks, come out in full force as temperatures rise. Deer ticks are of […]
Plans to build Canada’s largest urban reserve in Winnipeg continue to move forward, and officials say shovels could be in the ground on the massive development before the end of this month. “Things are looking great for the first phase of Naawi-Oodena,” Treaty One Development Corporation’s newly-named executive director Kathleen […]
As spring blooms and the world comes alive, there’s a peculiar observance lurking in the shadows: Zombie Awareness Month. While it may sound like a fictional concept from a bad horror movie, Zombie Awareness Month is a real campaign dedicated to educating people about the potential dangers of a zombie […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association held its year-end awards banquet Sunday evening, to honour players from across the league. Clock- wise from right, Brayden Neurinski, MVP U11AA, Lincoln Gascogne, MVP U11, Keaton Cooper and Duncan Hill, MVPs U15AA, Gavin Hanson, League Most Dedicated Milton Strachan Award, U9. FFMHA AWARD […]
The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts held their annual Highlights Concert at the Townshend Theatre last Thurs- day, May 2, 2024. The concert is the traditional wrap-up for the festival, which ran for the first three weeks of April. Standout per- formances from each of the different […]
An awareness event was held yesterday, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, along Scott Street in downtown Fort Frances to raise awareness and fight back against the ongoing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis in Canada. Titled “Walk With Our Sisters” the multi-agency awareness walk brought participants from the Fort […]
