Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Introducing Ontario’s Newest Way to WIN BIG with Split the Pot Lottery! ONTARIO, October 19, 2023 – 21 Hospital Foundations across Ontario have joined together to launch a first-of-its-kind lottery, offering their supporters a brand-new opportunity to WIN BIG! Guaranteeing a $50,000 jackpot and an additional $50,000 in Early Bird […]
Weechi-it-it-te-win Family Services (WFS) is hosting its third annual “McTavish Haunted Woods” event with two nights this year due to the tremendous success of the event last year, which saw well over 1,300 people attend. The Haunted Woods will be held at WFS Family Healing Program, at 71 McTavish Road […]
The Our Lady of Lourdes CWL ladies hosted a thoroughly lovely Tea and Bazar on Sunday afternoon, October 21. The event was their first since 2019 due to the challenges of Covid. The well-attended event was enjoyed by all; it was easy to tell by the flow of conversation that […]
Local dancers Keagan Morrison (Left), Charles Friday and Gabriella Friday (far right)were a highlight of the Sultans of String concert Last Thursday. Violinist Chris McKhool (second from right) said having the dancers was a top moment from the Northern leg of the Sultans’ Walking Through the Fire tour.
As road construction season gives way to snow clearing season, the town of Fort Frances is busy competing some key tasks – and launching others. Here’s a snap-shot of the key capital upgrades underway across town: Recycle Facilities. Building construction continues for a new recycling facility on 6th Ave. Residents […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 Outbreak for the entire facility of Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. Previously, this outbreak had only affected the West Wing and Special Care Unit (SCU). Enhanced visitor restrictions are in place that permit two (2) […]
TORONTO — The Ontario government introduced legislation yesterday that, if passed, would strengthen protections for Ontarians from unfair business practices such as price gouging, and make it easier for businesses to comply with consumer protection rules. “Our government will not stand by and allow bad actors to take advantage of […]
Students will have to wait a year to enrol into the Lakehead University veterinary program. Officials confirmed that students will begin classes in the 2025-2026 school year in the Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program for Lakehead University and the University of Guelph. “We are trying to do things as […]
When Serena Orok is away from her duties as a registered nurse at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, she operates her growing business Lux Scrubs. Orok and her colleagues were wearing trendy, comfortable uniform scrubs that are available online, but with prices that seemed unaffordable for many, especially if they needed […]
When Cowessess First Nation wanted to farm their own land in 2018, large non-Indigenous companies refused to extend them a line of credit, said former chief Cadmus Delorme. It wasn’t that the land, about a 90-minute drive east of Regina, couldn’t be farmed. The First Nation had watched non-Indigenous farmers […]
A First Nations chief continues to call for support to battle alcohol bootlegging, as she says illegal booze sales continue to plague adults and youth in northern communities and lead to ongoing battles with addictions. During the third day of this week’s Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Assembly in Winnipeg, […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO (October 24, 2023) – The Anishinabek Nation is excited to kick-off its inaugural annual Economic Development Opportunities Forum now underway from October 24 to 26, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. “Economic sovereignty has never been more important for our communities than presently,” states Anishinabek Nation Grand […]
