Local News

Ken Johnston

It really pays to shop in Rainy River!
More than a million Rainy River Bucks were spent on Canada Day in Rainy River!
The culmination of about six weeks of shopping in Rainy River that included a bonus every time a consumer spent $10 in real money ended on Friday when the Chamber auctioned off merchandise for Rainy River Bucks.

Ken Johnston

There is good news in the offing for a church congregation in Rainy River.
Recently ground was broken for the Good News Fellowship’s new church on Railroad Ave. in Rainy River.

Ken Johnston

Riverview Elementary School students had a chance to take a realistic trip back 100 years last Tuesday when they travelled to SS Spohn #2, one of the last remaining one room schools left in the region and it is still fully functional.

News Release
Provincial Government

TORONTO, June 15 /CNW/ - The McGuinty government’s aggressive plan to replace coal-fired generation with cleaner sources of energy and conservation will clean up our air, improve the health of our citizens, and contribute to the sustainability of our environment while ensuring a reliable supply of electricity, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said today.

News Release
Howard Hampton, MPP

Queen’s Park - Howard Hampton, Ontario NDP Leader and Kenora-Rainy River MPP today wrote to the Minister of Culture urging her to stop the McGuinty cuts to library services and reverse the decision to close the Thunder Bay and Kirkland Lake Ontario Library Services-North offices.

News Release
Federal Government

Despite the confirmation today of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow in the United States.

Ken Johnston

This Friday, July 1st, five young people from Southern Ontario will be in Rainy River to begin a long walk down the World’s Longest Street.

Ken Johnston

Canada Day has been revitalized in Rainy River this year.
On June 30th the Rainy River Recreation Board and Fire Dept. will be hosting a street dance at Hannam Park (at the Rec. Centre if it rains).

Wes Gilbertson
Summer Reporter

32 students that make up Rainy River High’s Class of 2005 will soon be headed in a variety of directions.

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O.P.P.

(Fort Frances, Ontario) The Atikokan Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is asking the public for help in solving a mischief. Sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on June 10th, culprits vandalized several boat trailers that were parked at Turtle Lake Landing located approximately 0.5 kilometers east of Highway 622 on Turtle Lake. Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.