Local News from Across the Rainy River District
With June right around the corner, organizations across northwestern Ontario are busy planning this years’ Pride Month celebrations, but they aren’t all on the same page about what it means to celebrate and promote pride year-round. Relationships officially soured back in Feb., when a group of northwestern Ontario pride organizations […]
A Manitoba First Nation is warning that drugs being sold in the community are being cut with dangerous and possibly deadly ingredients, and pleading with residents to avoid illicit drugs, because of what the consequences of taking them could be. “These contaminants pose a significant risk to your health and […]
A forester and arborist is sounding the alarm on increasing spruce budworm infestations across the Thunder Bay area and expects a further surge this season. Vince Rutter, owner of Rutter Urban Forestry, works with his team in the city pruning and removing trees as well as providing treatments to control […]
The Chemawawin Cree Nation (CCN) is the fourth First Nation community to declare a state of emergency since the start of this year, as CCN leaders said they are dealing with an ongoing crisis of violence that includes the recent killing of a 14-year-old girl. Last week, CCN Chief Clarence […]
Opposition MPs are joining forces to demand an examination of the exorbitant cost to taxpayers and climate impacts of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Last week, NDP MP Charlie Angus put forward a motion to call top Liberal ministers before the federal natural resources committee and grill them about how […]
A massive, Indigenous-led development project in downtown Winnipeg got a major financial boost when the federal government announced they would put an additional $31 million towards the work being done to transform the former Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) building into Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn. “We know that Winnipeg is Canada’s most vital […]
The town council of Fort Frances has passed a motion to revert the recently installed four-way stop sign at Keating and First Street West back to a two way stop intersection, after a traffic study revealed that traffic levels don’t justify a four-way stop. In October, council had accepted a […]
Getting your summer reading lined up will be easy, thanks to the annual Book Sale at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The sale will take place this Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include good quality used books and DVDs. Shoppers are asked […]
Seniors in town will have plenty of additional opportunities to get together and have fun next month thanks to ongoing planning at the Fort Frances Senior Centre. As June is recognized as Senior’s Month, the Fort Frances Senior Centre, also known as the Sister Betty Kennedy Centre, has been working […]
The theme for Paramedic Services Week this year is “Help us, help you” to that end, the Rainy River Association of Professional Paramedics has posted a few tips on their facebook page. If you should ever need to avail of paramedic services here is some advice from your local paramedics. […]
There have recently been some concerns around whether by-law officers have been doing their jobs, last Friday the Town of Fort Frances posted a press release to clarify what the duties of by-law officers are when it comes to animal control and other concerns in the community. The release was […]
Fort Frances will be receiving over $3.5 million to support two road reconstruction projects in town. Dryden will also receive funding for a big project. The funding is being delivered through the Connecting Links program, which helps maintain vital roads and bridges that connect people to jobs, support the movement […]
