Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In order to meet the needs of a growing program, Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services will relocate some of their staff into the Energy Fitness Centre located at King’s Highway in Fort Frances. The Child’s First Initiative (CFI) program will be moving to the new location. Starting back in 2017, CFI has […]
Construction on Rainy River’s new $30 million JK-12 school is officially underway after a groundbreaking ceremony last week. “We’re here, really, with a message of hope,” said minister of education Stephen Lecce, who made the trip to Rainy River. “It’s so promising to see new builds take hold across Ontario.” […]
Last week, the Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) restarted an initiative called “Feature Jobs” in hopes of spreading awareness about the weekly job openings available across the Rainy River District. Ten job postings are posted every Friday on the NCDS website and Facebook page. As resource and information lead at […]
Over the course of the last week, the Fort Frances Lakers have announced the return of five players from last season’s team with more still likely to come. “We are lucky to have up to 15 players coming back from last season,” said general manager Luke Judson. “Obviously we are […]
Crystal Gray had worked as Emo’s deputy treasurer for just a few months before being appointed interim CAO last April. Her 13 years of experience in municipal government would come in handy quickly — within Gray’s first week of being named interim CAO, the township declared an emergency due to […]
Emo Museum summer students Cassie VanZwol and Ted Donaldson making sure the pies were all set to go! The annual R.R District Women’s Institute Museum served a large variety of homemade pies last week at their pie sale fundraiser.
After a weekend full of racing over the holiday long weekend, the heroes of the Emo Speedway spent their week repairing and preparing for another exciting night of action under the lights. With three classes of cars ready to rumble, the drivers were eager to get back on the clay, […]
Three large-scale organizations have joined forces in order to move Canada’s dairy industry even further into sustainable operations. In a joint press conference that took place on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Farm Credit Canada (FCC), the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), and Lactanet, an organization that serves Canadian dairy farmers […]
Mr. Gordon Woollard generously donated $5,000 to the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum in Emo. This donation took place last Thursday, July 7, while Mr. Woollard was attending the annual Pie and Coffee fundraiser at the museum. Mr. Woollard made the donation in memory of his late wife Margaret. […]
The Fort Frances Lakers have had a few rough years, both on and off the ice, but this year’s management team has a vision to turn things around. Lakers General Manager Luke Judson, Head Coach Tyler Miller and Communications lead Tara Allaire were in Fort Frances council chambers this week, […]
The entire district is grieving the unexpected passing of Pam Bujold (Allen). Pam was many things. Her large circle of family was truly blessed with her never-ending love and support. Pam and her husband Murnie worked hand in hand at their meat shop, cutting lawns (to perfection) moving the organ […]
Amanda Galusha has come a long way from her childhood in the halls of Crossroads School. She has recently been accepted to have the opportunity to earn her master’s degree in Europe. Galusha returned to school at York University in 2019 to finish her degree while working full time at […]
