Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Communities can be difficult to navigate if you’re living with, or a caregiver of, someone living with dementia. But the Alzheimer Society of York Region is aiming to increase education and outreach programs to foster “dementia-friendly communities.” The global pandemic illustrated just how isolating dementia can be for both the […]
Microscopic creatures vastly important to marine life are gobbling up harmful plastic fibres, which pose a serious risk to ocean health on the West Coast. A type of zooplankton important for fish on B.C.’s southern coast are lining their guts with synthetic microfibres shed and flushed out to sea when […]
THUNDER BAY – Four players from Manitoba teams recently returned to Northwestern Ontario for the Border Battle. The four-day event at the Tournament Centre was held from Feb. 15 to 18, featuring a pair of defencemen on the Pilot Mound Buffaloes: Carter Perrault from Migisi Sahgaigan, which is 22 kilometres […]
New exploration opportunities, and freed up cash to explore them, may enable New Gold to continue production longer than expected. New Gold’s Rainy River’s mine is currently expected to last until 2031. The company has been busy expanding into the underground portion of the project. But with that complete, the […]
Globe-trotting explorer Adam Shoalts has been called “Canada’s Indiana Jones,” but there’s a key difference — Indy famously hates snakes, while Shoalts goes looking for them. The self-described “professional adventurer” is best known for epic solo treks, like traversing nearly 4,000 kilometres of Canada’s Arctic and following birds from Lake […]
The president and founder of Weengushk Film Institute, Shirley Cheechoo, is a ground-breaking Cree artist, actress filmmaker and editor. On Friday, Cheechoo, who is based on Manitoulin Island, visited Laurentian University to talk about her current project, Blanket of Stars. In her own words, her work is “dedicated to harnessing […]
Monsters are real: take Kingston, Ontario’s Richard Charles Joyce for example. With over 55 million downloads, Canadian True Crime is Canada’s top indie podcast and was named the fifth podcast overall in Canada for 2023, according to Apple Podcasts. Podcast host Kristi Lee visited Kingston on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, […]
Knowledge keeper and hunter Robin Louie is worried. Worried his people’s food security, traditional knowledge and culture will suffer yet another hit with the dreaded arrival of chronic wasting disease in their territory in the southern Kootenays. “It’s a serious issue,” said Louie, an executive with the Ktunaxa Nation Council, […]
Tonight will see clearing skies with a low of -10 C (14 F). Tomorrow will bring mainly sunny skies with a chance of flurries during the day, with cloudy periods and a continuing chance of flurries overnight with a high of 2 (36) and a low of -22 (-8). Friday […]
Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, centre, presented the staff at the United Native Friendship Centre with a certificate of recognition from the provincial government for their work as a not-for-profit during the government’s Non-profit Sector Appreciation Week held from February 12 to 16, 2024. The week celebrates non-profit sector organizations […]
Town council has directed staff to request an investigation by the Integrity commissioner, around a possible municipal code of conduct violation by Coun David Kircher. The directive came as a resolution after the in camera portion of last week’s council meeting. According to Mayor Andrew Hallikas, the request will come […]
Physicians represented by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) took some time Thursday to present a dire warning about what’s to come if some drastic changes aren’t made to the province’s healthcare system. OMA president Dr. Andrew Park opened this webinar by referencing a recent report from the Ontario College of […]
