Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In an effort to help those in need, the Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association chose a special project to work on and elected to grow a crop and donate the proceeds to a Canadian charity which strives to end world hunger. Dave Schraa is the president of the […]
Canada wants to leverage its G7 presidency to shape international objectives on the use of artificial intelligence to understand oceans, documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) hoped to host meetings in the fall to develop shared priorities and a global blueprint for […]
Riverside Health Care has secured a contract with Siemens Healthineers to introduce leading-edge diagnostic imaging technology to the Rainy River District, marking a transformative step forward for local healthcare. The agreement includes new state-of-the-art digital radiography units for La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) in Fort Frances and the Rainy River […]
Tonight will see a few clouds and a low of 13 C (55 F). Tomorrow will bring a mix of sun and cloud during the day, before clearing overnight with a high of 24 (75) and a low of 5 (41). Friday will see sunny skies during the day before […]
Residents and business owners on Scott Street’s 200 block had water and heavy machinery on their doorsteps this morning as a water main break under the street had water running out of the road near the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Manager of Operations and Facilities for the Town of Fort […]
THUNDER BAY — The medical school that serves northern Ontario says the addition of four new residencies will improve access to health care across the region. NOSM University has added post-graduate specializations in medical oncology, a new emergency medicine program, palliative care, and obstetrics and gynecology. In a media release, […]
THUNDER BAY — Patty Hajdu, the federal jobs and families minister, was at Thunder Bay Hydraulics on Friday morning to announce help for businesses dealing with shocks and strains from U.S. tariffs. The Montreal Street employer is one of those businesses. Hydraulics president Jamie Crozier said he was surprised to […]
If Kapuskasing Paper shutters its operation within the next two weeks, more than 2,500 jobs across the Northwestern Ontario forestry sector could be lost. Sawmills in Kapuskasing, Hearst, Chapleau and Cochrane, which rely on chips and bark from the paper mill, would face cascading shutdowns. The Federation of Northern Ontario […]
THUNDER BAY – OPSEU workers rallied together with other local labour organizations outside Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland’s office on Wednesday to send a collective message to the Ford Government: they may be black and blue, but they are certainly not broken. “The Ford Government and Kevin Holland all say […]
Garden River First Nation Chief Karen Bell says Ontario’s investments in the community do not fully address ongoing Indigenous challenges, and “fall short” of the economic gap. Ontario is investing $8 million over three years to support economic development in First Nations communities, partnering with the Ontario First Nations Economic […]
Six kilometers east of Elie, Manitoba, at the 290-kilometer marker, a man with blisters on both feet and shin splints in both legs had to stop walking. Which is not surprising, given he had set out to walk nearly five hundred kilometers across the province in the first place. The […]
Canada’s auditor general wants to know whether the federal government is doing a good job protecting its assets — including dams, buildings, vehicles and more — from the increasingly severe impacts of climate change. The Department of National Defence received a notification letter — obtained by Canada’s National Observer through an access […]
