Local News from Across the Rainy River District
IGNACE — The future Centre of Expertise now has a construction site. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced Wednesday that the 65,000-square-foot facility will be built on a 67-acre piece of land directly west of the Ignace municipal office on Highway 17. A news release from the industry-funded not-for-profit […]
Activists from several nuclear-free watchdog groups are claiming that the nuclear industry will omit nuclear waste transportation from the impact assessment of the Northwestern Ontario deep geological repository project. A statement issued by We the Nuclear Free North to The Chronicle-Journal on Wednesday calls on individuals, groups and organizations to […]
Support for a bill that aims to protect areas ideal for growing crops and other agricultural activities from development is starting to take root, albeit not in the North as yet. According to the Green Party of Ontario, which this spring put forward Bill 21 — the proposed Protect Our […]
In recent years, curious finds by quarry workers in gravel pits near Grunthal have led to some remarkable discoveries about prehistoric conditions in southeast Manitoba. According to Dr. Joe Moysiuk, curator of palaeontology and geology at the Manitoba Museum, the artifacts date back to the Ice Age, a period believed […]
Local scrap metal from Westman finds its way around the world in a fascinating process that begins with about 100,000 pounds of material shipped on an average business day from a scrap metal yard south of Brandon. The yard, called 2 & 10 Metal Recycling, is in the business of […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services (WFS) together with Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and Giishkaandago’ikwe Health Services, are excited to welcome families to the fifth annual McTavish Winter Wonderland Trail Of Lights on December 9 and 10. This much-loved holiday tradition is returning to the Family Healing Program site on McTavish Road in […]
New research has led to a change in how local health professionals carry out aspects of certain exams. In a press release from Riverside Health Care dated December 2, 2025, the organization announced that their Diagnostic Imaging Department will no longer utilize lead shielding during X-rays and CT scans. According […]
This week, Flint House, a restaurant which has become known as one of the best in Fort Frances, celebrates its 10th anniversary. Originally purchased by the late Duane Cridland, his family is keeping the legacy alive. Thinking back 10 years, Stacey Cridland, who manages the restaurant now, and her sister […]
The Ontario government is looking at how students are assessed after standardized test results showed some grades are making “insufficient progress” and are lagging behind in reading, writing and, especially, math. The government blamed the problems on “dysfunctional trustee performance” that is failing to support student achievement, noting that Education […]
Onalee Derksen is an old soul, something that serves her well as the owner of Vintage Junky Thrift in Fort Frances. Derksen’s love of thrifting started out of necessity in the early ’90s, but over time she developed a love for the thrill of a good find, in addition to […]
In an effort to give the First Nation’s children something to do after school, as well as give them some incentive to go to school every day, Naicatchewenin First Nation opened the The Sagaankwat Youth Centre on Wednesday Nov. 26, 2025. The centre is named for a young boy who […]
Two forwards, a defender, and a goaltender from the Fort Frances Lakers will make their way to Thunder Bay in the new year to compete with other SIJHL all-stars against the Lakehead University Thunderwolves. Lakers forward and captain Pierce Gouin, forward and Fort Frances native Teagan Wrolstad, defenseman Judd Pesch, […]
