Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Town of Fort Frances now has a better understanding of how it performed during last year’s municipal election in terms of accessibility. During Monday night’s meeting of town council, the town’s municipal clerk Gabrielle Lecuyer delivered her Post-Election Accessibility Report, a provincially mandated report that must be completed within […]
Residents across much of the Rainy River District, and up into the Kenora area, were left in the dark Monday night after an unidentified issue knocked out power for hours. While reports began appearing online from those experiencing an outage late yesterday afternoon, the Hydro One Facebook page noted at […]
Like many other municipalities across the province, voter turnout numbers in Fort Frances during last year’s Municipal Election were low, and no one is entirely sure what to do about it. During Monday night’s meeting of the Town of Fort Frances council, municipal clerk Gabrielle Lecuyer delivered a debrief report […]
The Mission House Sidewalk Project is completed. The steps were replaced in the spring of 2020 and then the ramp was built/replaced in the late fall of 2020. The ramp had the addition added to allow easier access to the building by reducing the grade of the ramp. This fall […]
Riverside has introduced kiosks to perform our Covid-19 Screening. The kiosks have now been deployed at all our facilities. Everyone entering the facility, including staff, physicians, visitors, contractors, caregivers, volunteers and students, is required to use the kiosks. The units will print a sticker for the current date stating that […]
New Gold Inc. (TSX: NGD) (NYSE American: NGD) has reported its fourth quarter and annual operational results as of December 31, 2022. The Company is also providing notice that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and 2023 operational outlook before markets open on Thursday, […]
Fort Frances will be sending two teams to the 2023 U18 Provincial curling championships, to be held January 11-15 at the North Bay Granite Club. Left is Team Tolton, made up of Shae Sinclair, Emilia Saciuk, Sadie Tolton, Grace George, Emma Tucker and Kim Beaudry (not shown). Right is team […]
Residents across much of the Rainy River District, and up into the Kenora area, were left in the dark last night after an unidentified issue knocked out power for hours. While reports began appearing online from those experiencing an outage late yesterday afternoon, the Hydro One Facebook page noted at […]
Christmas tree pick-up is back this year, but it’s going to look a little different. The Fort Frances Volunteer Fire Brigade with help from Daryl’s Custom Landscapes has set a date for the 2023 Christmas tree collection for Sunday, January 15, 2023. It will be a hybrid drop-off/pick-up event. Those who would […]
A parliamentary committee wants to hear from passengers who found their holiday travel plans sidelined by delays and cancellations. Members of the federal transport committee voted in favour of a motion to study the widespread disruptions that affected thousands of people who travelled by air and rail in recent weeks. […]
Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act aims to walk the narrow line between giving people who smoke […]
Some of Canada’s largest police associations pledged Friday to work to end what they called an “unacceptable wave of violence” following the killings of five police officers in four months. In a joint statement, the Canadian Police Association, the Police Association of Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police Association and the […]
