Duane Hicks Riverside Health Care staff Janice Wright, left, Lori Maki, Glenna Morand, Kathy Taylor, CEO Ted Scholten, Julie Loveday, and Noah Loveday didn’t let pouring rain stop them from taking a walk yesterday to mark National Nursing Week. This year’s theme is “Nurses: With you every step of the […]
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Lindsay Campbell Janissa Judson was the winner of this year’s district speech contest organized by the Rainy River District School Board. The Sturgeon Creek student won over the judges with her speech entitled “Transition Time.” The annual competition, which took place last night at Robert Moore School, featured nine students […]
Press Release A Rainy River District apprenticeship forum will be held next Thursday (May 21) from 4-9 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #145 in Atikokan. Supper will be provided. We know highly-skilled workers (“baby-boomers”) will retire in great numbers. As such, employers are challenged to recruit (and compete) […]
Press Release With the May long weekend just around the corner, many people are looking forward to some fun outdoor activities. Whether you are visiting family and friends, camping, getting active, dining out, boating, heading to the cottage, or swimming, the Northwestern Health Unit would like to remind the public […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is anticipating heavy traffic volumes at ports of entry in Northern Ontario this Victoria Day weekend. As such, travellers are advised to plan their border crossing outside of peak traffic periods if possible. They can check border wait times on the CBSA’s website […]
Staff Local NDP MP John Rafferty announced today he will seek a third term in the upcoming federal election. Rafferty was first elected as MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River in 2008. The first of three nomination meetings will be held here on Tuesday (May 19) at 6:30 p.m. at From […]
Staff The waiting game was getting old so a few district fastball teams decided to play a real game instead. Despite a steady rain, which already washed out most of the schedule this week, some games did take place yesterday evening in both local leagues. Matt Anderson homered, and picked […]
Staff Should tomorrow’s RBC Cup semi-finals turn out a certain way, a Fort Frances native will be skating around with the trophy come Sunday. Davis Ross and the host Portage Terriers (MJHL) locked up first place with a 3-2 win over the Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) in their round-robin finale last […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of six C (43 F). Look for light west winds becoming calm. There is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, with a high of 22 (73) and low around 14 (58). Expect southeast winds gusting up […]
Duane Hicks This summer’s major road construction project here will get underway late next week. Bay City Contractors Inc. will begin phase one of the project (from just east of York Avenue to Webster Avenue), which will involve re-routing traffic at Central Avenue to go down Fourth Street West instead […]
Staff Just one new fire was confirmed in the Northwest Region yesterday. Sioux Lookout Fire #11—a human-caused blaze—currently is classed as “not under control” at 0.1 hectares in size. This was the only active fire as of press time today. Meanwhile, two other fires were declared “out” yesterday, including Kenora […]
Heather Latter Jennifer Horton of “Curvy Chick” showed off a few of the dresses that will be available during Saturday’s giveaway from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
