Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The commissioner of the Superior International Junior Hockey League, (SIJHL) Darrin Nicholas is investigating after a Red Lake Miners’ player allegedly made a taunting gesture towards the Fort Frances Lakers. Nicholas says it’s still early in his investigation, and having reviewed game video didn’t see anything obvious, but he’s still […]
A windowsill herb garden is a fun winter project, but some herbs do better than others Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air and relatively […]
The weasel, a small mammal, moves constantly. This one disappeared into the snow and in a few seconds emerged to look around. In about one second, it was gone again. These movements were repeated over and over again. In winter, the weasel is white with a black tip on its […]
Like many other organizations in the district during the holiday season, the Beyak Automotive Group is doing their part to help ensure every child gets a toy for Christmas. On Monday, December 6, 2021, representatives from the group made a stop at the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) building in […]
The Muskie girls are off to a hot start in NORWOSSA play. Two lopsided wins over the Beaver Brae Broncos 10-1 in Kenora and 12-0 at home have them feeling good. The girls improved their record to 3-0 with a win over the Thomas Aquinas Saints last night in a […]
TORONTO – The Ontario government has appointed nine members to a task force that will advise the province on ways to address housing supply and affordability. The Housing Affordability Task Force is expected to look into measures to boost the supply of rental and ownership housing, build housing in complete […]
A Teddy Toss at last weekend Muskie Girls’ hockey game resulted in an adorable cheering section for the remainder of the game, cheering the Muskie girls to a 13-0 win over Beaver Brae. The Muskie Boys hockey team will be having their own Teddy Toss at their game against the […]
THUNDER BAY — Andrew Scribilo isn’t really going to drive all the way to Winnipeg in a snowstorm just to buy a smoked ham for the holidays. But he admits he thought about it. The Kenora chamber of commerce president says the fact he can’t buy a Christmas ham in […]
TORONTO – Ontario’s science advisory table is set to release new modelling today, as COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the province. The province’s chief medical officer of health is also scheduled to provide an update about the COVID-19 situation in Ontario today, in addition to his regular Thursday […]
OTTAWA – Since the announced detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians bracing for the worst. More than four in five respondents to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they support closing the Canadian border to travellers coming from […]
OTTAWA – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada’s biomanufacturing sector has rebounded beyond his initial expectations in the last several months, as a Canadian drug maker stands poised to bring positive results from the first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine to Health Canada. At the outset of the pandemic, Canada’s lack of […]
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Michigan’s attorney general said her office won’t be the agency to conduct a school district’s planned third-party investigation into the events at Oxford High School that occurred before last week’s school shooting that left four students dead. Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne has said […]
