Local News from Across the Rainy River District
With a fairly dry winter in many parts of the northwest region, particularly in the west near the Manitoba boundary, it’s hard to predict what the fire season will look like throughout the summer. Chris Marchand, fire information officer with the Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services centre in Dryden, […]
Pfizer vaccine could be arriving in region, as supplies of Moderna becoming less reliable Since January, the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) region has had 44 cases of COVID-19 variants of concern, Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU said. Of those variants, 23 have been in […]
The first federal budget in two years was released on April 19. The budget covered many sectors that were and continue to be greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the affected sectors include tourism, health care and cutting childcare costs which has been promised by the liberals for […]
Briar McCormick, 9, performed his yearly tradition of jumping into Foot Print Lake, on a chilly April 15, while parents Travis and Sara looked on shivering! If you have a great photo you’d like to share, send it to us! Send your life under lockdown pics to tips@fortfrances.com.– Submitted by […]
(RAINY RIVER DISTRICT, ON) – On Friday April 23, Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting patrols in the Boundary Lake Road area of Chapple Township. During the patrols officers observed 3 youth breaking into a cabin in a wooded area. Officers arrested the youth and found them […]
The monthly Riverside Foundation 50/50 draw takes place this Friday. The deadline to buy tickets is Thursday, April 29, at 9 p.m. If you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, it can be done online at www.riversidefoundation.ca/5050, or by calling 274-4803. Every dollar raised from this fundraiser is used to purchase […]
Any ladies need a prom date? This guy already has a tuxedo. Meet Felix, this week’s Pet of the Week. Felix was found in the New Gold parking lot in the west end of town at the beginning of April. This 8–10-month-old male tuxedo is still more kitten than cat […]
A fire north of Rainy River that broke out in Dawson Municipality just north and west of HWY 600 at the Wilson Creek Rd on Monday, April 26, 2021 has blackened several hundred acres. The fire was burning vigorously again Tuesday morning by 9 a.m.. Dawson Volunteer Fire Fighters reported […]
An exhibit started by Fort Frances Museum’s former curator Sherry George, aims to educate the public on the perils of plastics. In order to better address the global climate crisis resulting from polluting our landfills and oceans, one main thing the exhibit aims for is education. The Perils of Plastics […]
The Performing Arts Festival Committee has received all video submissions from applicants and is working to post the compiled video to YouTube on Mother’s Day. Marie Brady, the vice-chair of the festival committee and director of information and system technology at Riverside Healthcare, said they have received all 50 video […]
A new space is going into Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre to continue to celebrate Indigenous culture and traditions while also helping promote language reclamation. Currently in the works, a new reading and storytelling area is being added to the main floor of the centre that will feature books in Anishinaabemowin, as […]
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was honoured by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada(SRPC) with the Rural Medical Education Award on April 13, 2021. This was the tenth time that NOSM has been recognized with this award. Each year, the Rural Medical Education Award is presented to a Canadian […]
