Local News from Across the Rainy River District
As the pandemic moved into 2021, health care partners across the region and province began to experience increasing staffing shortages, an issue that has exacerbated across long term care and hospital environments in recent months. As a result of staffing shortages at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home, Riverside Health Care […]
Grade 9 students at Fort Frances High School capped off their math classes with a real-world exercise involving budgeting and helping others in the community. Over the course of a few weeks, math students in the newly de-streamed Grade 9 curriculum were tasked with buying Christmas presents on a budget, […]
A few more address changes and Don Eldridge will no longer be living on a Colonization Road. Eldridge, 48, a Colonization Road West resident is looking forward to having Sunset Drive be the new address label for his residence. Eldridge has been a vocal supporter of the name change. He […]
Besides administering COVID-19 vaccinations, 2021 was a year of many milestones for the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU). Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said 2021 was a challenging year that began with province-wide restrictions that shut down schools, many businesses and recreational centres. “As the […]
The WRRD Lions are looking for volunteers for the Rainy River COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics, to facilitate the Screening and Flow requirements. If you are able to join, contact John Elliott at elliottjhn@gmail.com or call 807-852-3790. The Fort Frances Meals on Wheels is seeking volunteer drivers to deliver meals to […]
At its December 2021 meeting the West Rainy River District Lions Club announced updated funding to various charitable groups across the Rainy River Valley. “Financially we have had a couple of strong years with the Pontoon Boat Raffle we hold at the RRWT Tournament in September. Our ticket sales support […]
The Executive members of the Northwest Unit of the Ontario Catholic Teachers’ Association arepleased to share with the district our Advent Efforts for 2021. This year by unanimous decision, the following local charities have been each gifted a $250donation to continue their good works through the 2021 Advent and Christmas […]
The kitchen is the heart of the home, so for a home like Rainycrest, that heart has to be pretty big. It takes a large and dedicated staff to create 289,080 meals and snacks for the residents at Rainycrest Long Term Care each year, and that team is set to […]
Callahan and Cassandra Armstrong’s Christmas Hallelujah has reached over 250,000 views on YouTube. The video was uploaded to Cassandra’s Star YouTube channel three weeks ago. The video was professionally recorded for them by MJ Interactive out of Emo. Nikki Armstrong said her daughters and son have always sung it at […]
Tonight is the night for the winner of the WRRD Lions Festival of Lights to be revealed. According to Committee Chair Katie Ableman, the winners will be announced live on the WRRD Lions Facebook feed from the Royal Canadian Legion in Rainy River tonight, Wednesday, December 22. Displays are to be […]
The Rainy River District will have a strong showing at the Northern Ontario Men’s and Women’s Provincial Curling Championships, scheduled for Jan 4-9 2022 at the Kenora Rec Centre. Dylan Johnston of the Fort Frances Curling Club and local native Trevor Bonot of the Fort William Curling Club will compete […]
A welcome donation from the OPP will help the Fort Frances Special Olympics change course, after the closure of Plaza Lanes Bowling Alley COVID-19 has kept the local Special Olympics club down but they are not out. The club got a boost this week with a donation from the local […]
