Local News from Across the Rainy River District
With Phase 3 of the province’s reopening plan set to start on Friday, it’s easy to get excited for all the fun events that can make a return, including the Emo Fair. Due to the pandemic, Emo Fair organizers are taking things one step at a time and planning for […]
For the first time in over a year, the weekend warrior racers have returned to do battle on the grounds that they know best – Emo Speedway. Despite COVID-19, the Borderland Racing Association was able to hold five events throughout the summer of 2020. However it was without fans in […]
This week we spoke to Emo Speedway’s current Wissota Modified Track Champion #99 Brody Strachan When did you start racing? I started racing go karts for a couple of years and at 15 got in my first Midwest Modified. What inspired you to start racing? My dad Glen always raced […]
The smoke cleared, literally and figuratively, to allow an ever-improving and ever-increasing number of skeet participants at the FFSC Tuesday night shoot. Especially so, when longtime member Paul Fischer returned, accompanied by his eager daughter, Kathryn, who jumped into the first round under the always capable guidance of skeet President, […]
Cpl Aaron Kellar, 26, returns to Fort Frances after serving in Latvia since February. Prior to his arrival, he completed the Baltic Warrior competition during his deployment in Latvia. It was a cross country competition where 18 NATO countries competed with 247 teams. Kellar and his team partner came in […]
It’s not quite ready yet, but the new home of the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy (RLGA) is shaping up to be the perfect place for young athletes to spring into the sport when the season begins later this year. Following an inaugural season cut short by the onset of the […]
TORONTO – Family, friends and several thousand members of police forces from across the country gathered in Toronto on Monday to say goodbye to an officer who died in the line of duty. They remembered Const. Jeffrey Northrup as an energetic man who was excited about getting back in the […]
The grill master, Bear Clan Patrol’s James Eastman, was busy cooking up a storm during the Bear Clan Patrol’s second BBQ fundraiser held on Sunday, July 11. According to the group’s Facebook page, the fundraiser was another succes, and they also extended their thanks to Boston Pizza for their donation […]
Members of a second First Nation in northern Ontario were being evacuated to Thunder Bay on Monday due to the threat posed by wildfires in the region. The City of Thunder Bay said it would host 101 evacuees from Deer Lake First Nation. Over the weekend, the city began taking […]
Ontario is reporting 146 new cases of COVID-19 today and seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 43 new cases in Toronto, 36 in the Region of Waterloo, and 13 in Peel Region. She says there are also 11 in Hamilton and 10 […]
KELOWNA, B.C. – The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says there were “multiple” fatalities after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday. Jonathan Friesen of the Mission Group said he didn’t know what caused the crane to fall and that workers who died were […]
An Ontario court will continue to hear testimony today at the trial of Linda O’Leary, charged in a boat crash that killed two people. O’Leary, who is the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary, has pleaded not guilty to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada […]
