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Area municipal leaders want to see provincial-run roadside rest stops in the west end of the Rainy River District.

The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board will spend just shy of $28 million in 2022.

Photo file Municipalities across the Rainy River District are coming together to help fund doctor recruitment. Delegates attending the Rainy River District Association’s annual meeting on the weekend gave unanimous support to using 20 per cent of membership fees toward the cause. Until now, only Fort Frances and Emo were contributing annual funding to a recruitment and retention committee. Fort Frances Councillor Rick Wiedenhoeft says it takes a lot of time and energy to bring new doctors to the area. “You have to maintain contact with these people, and you have to get them on board right...

Deb Ewald at Rainy River District Municipal Association Meeting, Jan. 16, 2021 The mayor of Rainy River will continue to head the area’s municipal lobby group. Deb Ewald was elected president of the Rainy River District Municipal Association during its weekend meeting, held virtually for the first time. Alberton township Councillor Peter Spuzak will serve as vice-president. Fort Frances Councillor Wendy Brunetta and Dawson township’s Doug Hartnell will act as the Association’s reps to the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s board of directors. Ewald also serves on NOMA’s bo...