Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In July of 2008 Johnston wrote that the MN Department of Transportation had deemed the maintenance of the bridge a matter of great importance. A Rainy River Record articleby editor Ken Johnston from 2008 is one of the oldest in the online archive of the paper to discuss the official […]
Rainy River has been a railway town ever since the railway bridge was built in 1901. The installation of a 10-stall roundhouse and a train station near the bridge put the town of Rainy River on the map as the CN town it remains today. The Rainy River Record 100th […]
If the people of a community are its lifeblood, then a rec centre serves as its beating heart, and nowhere is this more true than in Rainy River. The Rainy River Rec Centre and Arena has served as the central hub of the community of Rainy River for decades, since […]
The Quality Bakery on 4th St. in Rainy River has been bought and sold once again. Sharilyn Wood, the owner, is retiring at the end of August when the new owners are to step in. “Everybody, like from all over, know me for the long johns,” said Wood. “I’ve even […]
Rainy Lake Square was filled with local vendors on Thursday, July 11, for the return of Mall Days. The event featured a car show, sidewalk sales, a dunk tank and more, hosted and organized by the Fort Frances Business Improvement Area (BIA).
WABIGOON LAKE – A date and question have not been set for Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation’s plebiscite on being a potential host for a nuclear waste facility. The First Nation’s council intend to set a community vote on the matter in the fall – but not before a potential hosting […]
GRASSY NARROWS – The way Chief Rudy Turtle sees it, his First Nation had to take action against Ontario’s practice of granting mineral claims without consulting First Nations. Legal action was necessary “because they haven’t been listening to us at all,” he said, referring to the provincial government. “We keep […]
THUNDER BAY — As the province accelerates the timeline for grocery stores to sell ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages and more extensive beer purchasing options, striking LCBO members in Thunder Bay believe the Ontario Premier is trying to appease the public rather than workers. Cosmo Crupi has been a permanent employee at […]
IGNACE – John Saunders is happy to see the Township of Ignace continuing as a potential host community for a nuclear waste repository, even though the waste would be kept near his summer home. “I base my findings here on facts presented to me by NWMO, and I respect their […]
The Township of Conmee has deferred a proposed resolution that would have expressed concerns about transporting spent nuclear-fuel rods across its boundaries. At Wednesday’s council meeting, councillors opted to table the resolution until they’ve heard a presentation by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), the agency that plans to ship […]
The federal government has funded 38 new housing units in Sault Ste. Marie to the tune of around $4 million, with a particular focus on accommodating the city’s most vulnerable residents. Sault MP Terry Sheehan made this announcement at city hall Thursday morning, revealing that this money is being split […]
Citizens in a northern Manitoba community were warned to have their bags packed and to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice, as a threatening forest fire continued to burn just kilometres away on Friday. “The situation we are in right now is that it is dangerously close,” Flin […]
