Local News from Across the Rainy River District
OTTAWA – The federal government is hosting a summit on Islamophobia today following a series of violent, targeted attacks that killed or injured Muslim Canadians and left communities across the country in shock. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says the summit will be an opportunity for Muslim Canadians to express their […]
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist and fundraiser who currently serves as a senior adviser to the head of U.S. communications giant […]
To Italians, she sounds American. To Americans, she sounds Wisconsin. That’s fine by Rae Lin D’Alie, because now she’s an Olympian. “Rae Rae” – only her mom calls her Rae Lin – is the 5-foot-3 point guard of the Italian 3-on-3 basketball team fully capable of surprising the favourites at […]
TOKYO – Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come against 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament. The second-seeded Osaka, who represents host Japan and is one of the top names at the Games, is returning to competition after she […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The Walt Disney Co. stands to benefit from more than a half billion dollars in tax breaks for building a new regional campus in Florida that promises to employ at least 2,000 professional employees who will be relocating from Southern California to work in digital technology, […]
The paper mill in Fort Frances has been under demolition for almost a year, beginning in the fall of 2020. Because the mill’s significance is carved in the memory of many Fort Frances residents, many hoped that a new owner would return it to a functioning pulp manufacturing business. However, […]
Fort Frances Mayor June Caul announced the Moffat Family Fund recipients last week during the Committee of the Whole meeting. The fund, organized and given by the Winnipeg Foundation, allocated $93,750 to organizations in the community with the aim of supporting and advancing the economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being […]
The fires in northwestern Ontario are at unprecedented levels with drought and lightning taking most of the credit. Chris Marchand, fire information officer with the Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services centre in Dryden, said the numbers of new fire starts is a cause for concern. There are currently 165 […]
The Fort Frances Senior Centre is finally opening their doors next Monday after they have been closed since last March due to COVID-19 mandated restrictions. The centre will officially welcome patrons back on Monday with an open house followed by a Christmas in July session. Cindy Noble, manager of the […]
It’s been years – even decades – in the making, but the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) has moved into its new building and is hard at work turning it into the home the centre has always dreamed of. UNFC executive director Sheila McMahon gave the Times a special behind-the-scenes […]
Most 13-year-olds are busy playing sports or thinking about when they can hang out with their friends next, but Candace Sinclair, at just 13 is biking 300 km to raise money for childhood cancer. Sinclair registered for the Great Cycle Challenge Canada where people of all ages across Canada set […]
The winner of the West Rainy River District Pontoon Boat Early Bird Draw for $1000 was ticket # 2955, Nico Tang. The draw was conducted on Saturday July 17, 2021 at 7:00 pm by Lottery Chair Jack Elliott at Br #54 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Rainy River, ON. […]
