Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – The 63 evacuees from Weenusk First Nation are already missing home, two days after arriving in the city, according to Thunder Bay Fire Rescue’s Fire Prevention Chief Kevin Anderson. “They’re getting homesick, they want to go home, so we just try to keep them comfortable and keep […]
Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, along with town staff, councillors, along with members and supporters of the local 2SLGBTQIA+ marked the beginning of Pride Month in Fort Frances with a flag raising at the Civic Centre on Friday, June 5, 2026. The mayor also read out a proclamation officially declaring […]
Town council will consider using $657,558 in reserve funds to hook up part of the former Shevlin Wood Yard to water and sewer lines as it looks to accelerate the development of a “desperately required” new housing project. Timing was the decisive factor in considering the expenditure of reserve funds, […]
A Minnesota resident has been charged by the OPP following a boating accident near Bear’s Passage last week. In a press release from the OPP, officers noted that officers responded to a two-vessel collision near Bear’s Passage on Rainy Lake on Friday, June 5, 2026. Once on the scene, officers […]
Two pillars of healthcare in Northern Ontario, Elder Theresa Fiddler and Maureen Lacroix, were awarded with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) inaugural honorary degrees last month. Fiddler and Lacroix were recognized for the changes and connections that they have built within health-care systems in Northern Ontario. Provost and […]
THUNDER BAY – Filling in all the city’s potholes is going to take time. City roads manager Ian Spoljarich addressed the issue at Wednesday’s Neebing ward meeting. After months of complaints about potholes and deteriorating roads, Neebing ward coun. Greg Johnsen put together a road information session to address some of the […]
For years — or for too long, some might say — apprentices in Kenora and Northwestern Ontario have had to travel to Thunder Bay to write their Certificate of Qualification exams, adding travel costs, time away from work and delays to the certification process. The new testing centre in Kenora […]
Kevin Marois wasn’t aware that the health unit spanning North Bay and Parry Sound, Ont., had stopped testing the water at local swimming spots. “I don’t think it’s a good decision,” Marois told The Narwhal after learning about it on a hot June day at Shabogesic Beach in North Bay. […]
“An integrity commissioner is supposed to be independent, yet a significant number of code of conduct complaints (against municipal council members) come from administration and staff,” lawyer Guy Giorno, one of the most widely respected municipal integrity commissioners in Ontario, told a provincial government committee last summer, when Queen’s Park […]
The RM of Morris is urging the Manitoba government to approve disaster financial assistance as crews race to clear hundreds of sites clogged with soil and debris after a mid-May windstorm and subsequent heavy rainfall. The municipality declared a local state of emergency last week after powerful winds on May […]
Riverside Health Care has named A.J. Tucker of Fort Frances the winner of its May 50/50 jackpot, bringing it to within $60,000 of its $1.6-million goal to raise funds to expand diagnostic care in the region. “In less than a year, the level of support we’ve seen has been truly […]
A local hotel is getting in on bass fishing action this year with a major sponsorship. The Mitaanjigamiing First Nation owned Studio 6 Extended Stay Hotel in Fort Frances announced yesterday that it will be sponsoring this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) with $5,000. The Fort Frances Bass […]
