Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Work and rehearsals are well underway for this year’s Fort Frances High School musical production “Cry-Baby,” with cast and crew working around COVID restrictions and fully committed to launching in early May. Based on – but not exactly a straight adaptation of – the 1990 film starring Johnny Depp and […]
Krista Fox has walked the 100 kilometres from North Battleford to Saskatoon, Sask., each year since her close family friend Ashley Morin went missing in 2018. Today (Feb. 18), Fox will start her 7,426-kilometre cross-Canada trek — from Kilometre 0 of the Trans Canada Highway in Victoria, B.C., to St. […]
Garbage has evolved into a major problem world wide. Oceans and lands have become polluted in this world where it seems there is just too much of everything. In the 40’s this was not a problem living as we did. My mother as a widow with four children received $40.00 […]
The Fort Frances Canadians hosted a six-team regional U11 hockey tournament over Family Day weekend. The Norwest Stars took the top prize in the weekend-long tournament, with the Fort Frances Canadians clinching the second place, after losing the final 2-1 against the Stars. Also playing were the Neebing hawks, the […]
Game Team A Score A Score B Team B 1 Fort Frances Canadians 4 1 Elks 82’s 2 Dryden Paper Kings 4 6 Neebing Hawks 3 Northshore Elks 1 7 Norwest Stars 4 Fort Frances Canadians 1 4 Neebing Hawks 5 Dryden Paper Kings 0 5 Norwest Stars 6 Northshore […]
Ontario residents should be on the lookout for romance fraudsters trying to swindle you out of your money and love. In 2021, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) received a significant increase in romance fraud reports amounting to $64.6 million in losses. In 2020, romance fraud reports amounted to $27.9 million […]
THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is investing over $2.9 million in seven projects to help build and renovate 98 supportive housing units in the Thunder Bay area. The funding is being delivered through the Social Services Relief Fund (SSRF) and will provide wraparound services for racialized groups and individuals who are homeless […]
The Fort Frances Lakers added one to the win column, with a 5-2 victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars on Saturday. Goalie Ethan Hein was strong in net, with 40 saves for the Lakers. Goals were provided by Tyson Lambert, Ethan Elgie, and Sheldon Kelly, who each had one […]
OTTAWA – The federal government remains alert to the possibility that trucks and protesters could return to Canada’s capital after police spent the weekend arresting demonstrators and dispersing blockades on Ottawa’s streets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Downtown was eerily quiet after weeks of overwhelming noise from honking horns, […]
This family day weekend, the Sandelovich’s took advantage of a break in the cold and snow to build an igloo with homemade snow, saws and teamwork. Their dad built a metal frame and roof to prevent any collapse and keep the kids and their friends safe while playing – Tiffany […]
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Premier Doug Ford says Ontario is eliminating licence plate renewal fees and the requirement for drivers to have a licence plate sticker, effective March 13. The legislature is back in session after its winter break, and Ford says the government will be introducing red tape legislation […]
TORONTO – Pandemic recovery, housing and affordability will be top of mind for Ontario’s party leaders as the legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for the last few weeks of the session ahead of a June election. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government has at least one more major piece of legislation […]
