The province is contributing $6.6 million to the Kenora-Rainy River Riding for infrastructure projects.

Minister of Northern Development Greg Rickford says most of the municipalities will get the increased funding because of higher costs.

“There are three things…we have inflation, which is affecting us all as Canadians…we have supply chain challenges and pretty typically we have increased costs to get many of our products here to the region” explains Rickford.

Rickford says the funding reflects the increased cost of doing business.

“This kind of, I don’t want to call it a top-up, because it is a substantive part of the coverage of the cost, but it does reflect the additional costs that these projects are taking on.”

Rickford says most of the municipalities in the riding will get the increased funding to help cover the higher costs of infrastructure.

Municipality 2023 Grant:

Alberton $ 100,000
Chapple $ 115,000
Dawson $ 100,000
Dryden $1,368,877
Emo $ 156,886
Fort Frances $ 1,497,567
Ignace $ 290,113
Kenora $ 2,055,862
La Vallee $ 100,000
Lake of The Woods $ 100,000
Machin $ 145,991
Morley $ 100,000
Rainy River $ 280,581
Redditt Local Services Board $ 100,000
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls $ 100,000