Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Many local volleyball players had an opportunity to attend the Alberta Indigenous Games (AIG) last week and one team brought home a medal from the stiff competition. Ruthann McGinnis organized the teams from Rainy River First Nations (RRFNs). She says when they held tryouts in the spring they had a […]
United Kingdom-based UNDO is partnering with local company Canadian Wollastonite on a mission to remove one million tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere by 2025. Now, all they need are more Ontario farmers. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, Kingstonist took an opportunity to learn about UNDO, Canadian Wollastonite, […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An erratic driver was charged with impaired offences after refusing to provide breath samples. On August 25, 2024, at approximately 8:30 pm, an officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle in the 700 block of Scott Street when it was observed […]
KASABONIKA LAKE – A wildfire south of Kasabonika Lake First Nation is being held, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The fire labelled Nipigon 36, which was confirmed on Aug. 20, “received immediate aerial suppression from CL-415 water bombers which over the course of several hours were effective in […]
THUNDER BAY — A “debt clock” is making its way around the province on a tour. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking the mobile clock on tour to showcase the province’s growing debt load. While in Thunder Bay, the truck showed the province’s debt was increasing by $768 a second and is well over […]
THUNDER BAY — Delegates from the city are back after a trip to Ottawa for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference. Mayor Ken Boshcoff, Westfort Coun. Kristen Oliver, and At-large Coun. Shelby Ch’ng were represented the city by securing seven meetings with six ministers and a parliamentary assistant […]
Almost nine years after her sister’s shocking murder, Maddie Laberge sees disturbing similarities with the horrific mass murder that took place in a rural Manitoba community last week. “What I see is a disastrous repeat of an abuser who couldn’t be stopped, despite a protection order,” Maddie Laberge, the sister […]
The Grassroots Response to the Ukrainian Crisis team has been on an epic road trip through the North to meet with local organizations and community leaders to discuss ways to support and integrate Ukrainian newcomers into the workforce. First stop was in North Bay, then on to the Sault, Thunder […]
The University of Manitoba is suing its former law school dean to recover hundreds of thousands of public dollars he spent upgrading his resumé with U.S. Ivy League college courses, joining members-only clubs and covering personal bills. Jonathan Black-Branch’s five-year deanship at Robson Hall was cut short in 2020 when […]
Dave Skallet and Jim Merthan were named the 2024 International Falls Bass Champions with a two-day total of 39.54 pounds, and 10 fish. The annual tournament was held August 22-24, with the Champions taking home the grand prize of $10,000.
THUNDER BAY – Indigenous educators from Hawaii, Australia and Norway are visiting Matawa Education and two of its First Nations this week as Matawa seeks institutional accreditation for its Indigenous language revitalization program. Through its Matawa Waka Tere program, Matawa has since 2018 been working to revitalize Ojibwe, Cree and […]
NIPIGON — The township is looking at alternative locations for the Lake Superior Administration and Visitor Centre. Nipigon Mayor Suzanne Kukko said they are working on “plan B” locations and looking into next steps after human remains were found earlier this year at a site where Parks Canada had started […]
