Local News from Across the Rainy River District
This year marks the 24th Rainy River Walleye Tournament. While the quarter century milestone had not yet arrived, President Richard Trenchard says this year will be very exciting too. “Everything is coming together,” he said. “It’s going to be a big exciting one this year, too.” 100 teams have registered […]
The Senior Games organizers are looking to expand into winter sports – but they’ll need a little help to pull it off. The region is a long-time participant in the Senior Games during the summer, but organizers feel that winter is a great time to enjoy activity, too. “There are […]
Tonight will see a few clouds and a low of 5 C (41 F). Tomorrow will bring partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers before becoming cloudy and continuing to see a chance of showers overnight with a high of 19 (66) and a low of 12 (54). Friday […]
The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre was adorned with poppies and Forget-Me-Not flowers on Friday as an exhibit opened honouring the fallen military members of the Rainy River District across four major military conflicts. The poppy is the traditional flower for remembering fallen soldiers but the Forget-Me-Not has been […]
A local contractor has been selected to restore recycling infrastructure for the residents of Fort Frances. Richard Wieringa’s $210,353.98 plus $10,000 contingency bid to re-build the recycling centre and $92,654.84 plus contingency to install the base for a new landfill scale, came in at less than half of a larger […]
The Chief of one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations says health care services are in a dire and deteriorating state in his community, and if things don’t improve, he believes it will continue to lead to more harm and more “unnecessary deaths.” “We are sick and tired of bringing our […]
Ontario’s auto sector has a chance to cash in on North America’s growing market for electric buses and electrifying the province’s school buses is a strong place to start, say Pembina Institute analysts. The benefits of swapping out fossil fuel-fuelled school buses for electric buses are many. It reduces the […]
Local survivors welcome to submit their loved one’s name for future ceremonies MADD Canada’s National President Jaymie-Lyne Hancock has been part of several memorial monument ceremonies to honour impaired driving victims in other provinces, but today’s unveiling of the new Ontario Memorial Monument will be especially personal and emotional for […]
Shuniah, Ont. — An extensive four-laning of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Thunder Bay is more than half-way done following the latest added section that was unveiled last week, the Ministry of Transportation says. With the additional nine-kilometre section of the Highway 11-17 route officially put in service last week near Dorion, “58.3 kms […]
Most people get their news about the conflict in Ukraine from brief news clips and stories, without ever hearing first-hand accounts from the people who are there. Now a documentary film brings this tragedy into sharp focus. Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview makes its North American debut Sept. 12 at the Toronto […]
Tonight will see a few clouds with a low of 3 C (37 F). Tomorrow will be mainly sunny during the day with clear skies overnight and a high of 19 (66) with a low of 7 (45). Thursday will be cloudy with a chance of showers during the day […]
TORONTO – Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark resigned from cabinet Monday morning (September 4.) Clark, who has served as Minister in that portfolio since June 2018, has been under fire after two reports were released on the provincial government’s handling of removing land from Toronto’s Greenbelt. […]
