Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Two amazing rock bands will fill the Sorting Gap Marina with music on Thursday night. Skye Wallace, who uses ‘she or they’ pronouns, and their band played at La Place Rendez-Vous just last fall but their friends in Goodnight Sunrise are coming to town for the first time ever to […]
On day one of last year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC), Ian Waterer and Motei Demers were just over a half pound away from the biggest bag in the tournament’s history. The pair weighed in at 21.74 lbs, just shy of the record 22.28-lb bag caught in 2002 by […]
The Spry Farm petting zoo was a hit at the annual Teddy Bear Picnic. The beloved community event, hosted by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, with help from many community partners, saw hundreds of kids and their teddies out for a fun afternoon.
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services hosted its annual “Honouring Our Children” powwow at the Nanicost Grounds on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Maango-Inini were host drum, with Broken Horn and Giishkandago’Ikwe Health Services Drum as co-hosts. There was a pancake breakfast and fish feast, two grand entries, and a princess and brave pageant.
Organizations which work to protect Lake Superior are benefitting from an injection of multi-year funding from the province as part of a larger $6 million initiative to protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes. The Ontario government has announced 30 “science on the ground” projects so far, which aim to […]
A Manitoba Chief says Indigenous people and communities will continue to fight to see landfills in Manitoba searched for missing Indigenous women, even after a judge decided on Friday that a blockade at the Brady Road Landfill must come down, and full access to the city-run landfill must be restored […]
On Thursday and Friday, Neskantaga First Nation will face off in court against the Ontario government over what the nation argues was a flawed consultation on a road that will link the province’s road infrastructure with the Ring of Fire mining region. Neskantaga First Nation, a remote, fly-in community located […]
In Canada, the vast majority of visible minorities live in areas that get too hot, and there are over 400 wildfires burning across the country, raising questions about the health impacts people of colour may deal with from inhaling smokey air. Studies from the U.S. show that health impacts from breathing […]
Sections of a major Tbaytel high-speed internet expansion currently rolling out in half a dozen communities just outside Thunder Bay are up and running and already have some subscribers signed up, the utility said Thursday. “The project is ongoing, however, we do have some customers currently subscribing to fibre (optic) […]
Ontarians are quickly running out of space to dispose of things they no longer want or need. The province’s landfills only have the capacity to support 10 to 13 more years of waste, according to Ontario’s 2023 State of the Environment Report. While Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk noted the […]
With the prevalence of natural disasters, like wildfires, tornadoes and floods, making an emergency plan for yourself and your family is a great way to keep everyone safe. But when you’re making that plan, don’t forget to include a plan for your pets, says the TurfMutt Foundation. Here are six […]
Farmers can possess a green thumb and help keep the planet green by tweaking their operations with an eye to protecting the environment, says a Thunder Bay-area grower. “There are things we can do to become better stewards of the land and burn less fossil fuels,” Jason Reid said Friday […]
