Local News from Across the Rainy River District
THUNDER BAY – Wendy Landry, the longest serving president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA), has decided to take a step back from the organization after eight years. The announcement came during the opening of the 2025 Thunder Bay District Municipal League annual general meeting on Thursday. Landry will […]
During last Wednesday’s general committee meeting of council, Mississauga’s local elected officials approved amendments to the City’s procurement bylaw in an effort to promote Canadian businesses and bar any contracts from going to American suppliers or companies. According to a staff report, the City of Mississauga in total “procured approximately […]
This month, while Manitobans were bumping their clocks forward for another daylight savings time (DST) ritual, Springfield-Ritchot MLA Ron Schuler was presenting to the Legislature a few reasons why this tradition should be eliminated once and for all. According to Schuler, DST is a biannual habit that is both pointless […]
For many Canadian community news publishers, Canada Post is really the only game in town when it comes to distributing their newspapers to readers. This is especially true in more rural and remote communities. A year ago, Canada Post decided that community newspapers with commercial inserts – like Canadian Tire […]
Shelby and Brett are both Fort Frances locals who met back in their elementary school days, so their wedding last July was the culmination of years of friendship blossoming into love. “Brett and I have known each other since elementary school,” Shelby said. “We attended different schools but through sports […]
TORONTO, March 11, 2025 /CNW/ – On Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Janet Leiper released a decision in School Boards v Meta et al., dismissing social media giants Meta, Snapchat and Tiktok’s motion to dismiss the case. Since March 2024, fourteen Ontario schools and boards initiated lawsuits against these tech […]
Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ninh Tran is urging area residents to help stymie the continuing spread of measles in Elgin County and across the country by staying home if they’re infected or have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. “Both of our communities are […]
March 11, 2025 – The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) proudly positioned Thunder Bay as the premier service and supply hub for mining in Northwestern Ontario at the 2025 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention. At PDAC 2025, the CEDC actively promoted Thunder Bay’s industry strengths, […]
The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (IRLWWB)’s Water Levels Committee (WLC) established an initial spring regulation plan for Rainy and Namakan Lakes on March 10, 2025. This plan is issued in accordance with a Temporary Supplementary Order issued by the International Joint Commission (IJC) which combines the previous high […]
When Justin Trudeau won his Liberal party leadership bid in 2013, he had a clear, decisive victory of about 80 per cent of the votes. Of course, Trudeau’s support has dwindled over his tenure in office, leading to his resignation on January 6th. Since Trudeau’s resignation, Mark Carney has emerged […]
The Domtar saw mill, formerly Resolute saw mill, in Thunder Bay exports almost 90 per cent of its produced softwood lumber to the U.S., and like the many other Northwestern Ontario mills in the forestry sector, will likely not feel serious impacts from the U.S. government’s imposed 25 per cent tariffs, a local […]
The Ontario government killed its $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, leaving rural and remote communities in northern Ontario in the dark about their future internet access. The decision, part of a broader political strategy by Ontario Premier Doug Ford in response to American tariffs, alarms those who rely on […]
