Local News

Ken Johnston

Rainy River’s hopes for federal and provincial help to fix the town’s ailing sewer system has once again been flushed down the drain.
For the second year in a row, the town’s application for Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Funds (COMRIF) has been rejected. That means the community’s hopes and aspirations for future growth are again put on hold as the Ontario Ministry of Environment has an order on the town prohibiting any additions to the existing sewer system.

Donnie Gall
RRHS Coach

RRHS won three golds and one silver at the NORWOSSA playdowns Tuesday April 11.
Joel Ashworth and Carling Nordin went 5-0 to capture gold in the Senior
Mixed Doubles. They worked hard all day and dominated the field to advance to NWOSSA.

Press release

More than 100 students from host Donald Young School, Crossroads, McCrosson-Tovell, Riverview, Robert Moore, St. Francis, Sturgeon Creek, and the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program attended a chess tournament on Friday (April 7).

Ken Johnston

The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition (RRVSC) and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have teamed up to bring you all some “Smart Love” this week.

Ken Boshcoff
Member of Parliament

The recent announcement that a foreign company is in negotiations with the City of Ottawa to build a light rail extension has once again raised awareness on the issue of Canadian content requirements or the lack thereof in tax-funded projects.

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

AGRICORP’s Forage Rainfall Plan offers protection against drought in a simple and innovative format. The plan is based on the concept that rainfall influences production and, within reasonable limits, increased moisture levels during the growing season have a positive effect on forage production. Under the Forage Rainfall Plan, insured customers receive a claim payment if the measured rainfall during the period from May through August is less than 80 percent of the long-term average for their area.

Al Lowe
Contributor

This is by far the largest of the woodpeckers of Northern Ontario, and certainly the most impressive. As big as a crow, black with white lines on face and neck, and with a flaming red crest, this is a bird which cannot go unnoticed, even by the most casual passer-by.

News Release

Today, the Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”) released new electricity commodity prices and distribution rates for utilities in the province.
The commodity prices were set under the Board’s Regulated Price Plan (RPP), which helps ensure that the prices consumers pay for the electricity they use better reflects the actual amount paid to generators. These prices are reflected on the “Electricity” line of consumers’ bills.

Ken Johnston

Hello... can you hear me now?
That is what most people found themselves doing on Good Friday when a fire just outside Fort Frances knocked phone services out or at the very least made them very sporadic at best.

Ken Johnston

Amalgamation was a dirty word last Wednesday, at least for officials from Dawson and Lake of the Woods Townships.
At a meeting in Rainy River last week, Rainy River Mayor Glen Armstrong opened the session with two easels headlined with “Amalgamation Pro” and “Amalgamation Con”.