Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The early-August day Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, Kia Nurse and her Phoenix Mercury teammates watched the heart-wrenching court proceedings play out on their phones in their locker-room. The Mercury hosted the Connecticut Sun later that day, and the two teams locked arms at […]
BERLIN (AP) – Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address […]
Former CFL player Garrett Marino says he’s signed a contract with the United States Football League. Marino took to social media to make the announcement. “Just signed USFL Contract,” he tweeted late Sunday night. There was no indication regarding the USFL team Marino had been assigned to although his Twitter […]
As the summer of 2022 winds to a close, so too does construction season in Fort Frances. At Monday night’s town council meeting, operations and facilities manager Travis Rob provided a verbal update on the state of several construction projects that are underway or wrapping up around town. Beginning with […]
Fort Frances mayor June Caul extended her condolences to the British Royal Family, as well as those impacted by the violence on a northern Saskatchewan First Nation during her verbal update at Monday night’s council meeting. “I first want to start his evening letting everyone know we certainly mourn the […]
Residents at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home were treated to a shiny collection of vintage and collectors’ cars on Tuesday afternoon as part of the home’s Resident Council Week. The week celebrates resdients, their families and all those involved in day to day life at the home. Events will be ongoing […]
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) released a statement advising that the Rainy River Tributary Bridge on Highway 602, commonly known as the ‘Bailey Bridge’, approximately 1.6 kilometers west of Oakwood Road, will be closed for the foreseeable future. The bridge is scheduled for construction in 2023. It has not been […]
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 (Edwin Switzer Memorial) in Sioux Lookout is one of many branches in the Northwest and across Canada which will be holding ceremonies to remember Queen Elizabeth II. “We will have a service, almost like a Remembrance Day service, it will be down at our Cenotaph […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared the COVID-19 Outbreak at La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) First Floor In-patient unit, over as of September 13.Riverside continues to have our detailed safety procedures and infection prevention control practices in place, which are designed to ensure the […]
OTTAWA – A member of Parliament who quit the Conservative caucus says Pierre Poilievre’s office sent a text message to party members in his Quebec riding asking them to encourage him to resign. Alain Rayes, who supported former Quebec premier Jean Charest in the Conservative leadership race, left Tuesday to […]
LONDON (AP) — Two minutes of silence will be observed Monday across the United Kingdom at the end of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey, giving British public across the nation a chance to pay their respects to the late monarch. Buckingham Palace released more details Thursday about […]
The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird-lovers in the U.S. Midwest every winter. Now, thanks to what has been heralded as the most comprehensive summary of migration patterns ever assembled, those birders can see where those raptors migrated from: the Seal River watershed […]
