The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — These days, the price of a San Francisco home can easily top a million dollars. But one savvy investor has bought up a whole street in the city’s most exclusive neighbourhood for a mere $90,000. Trouble is, some of the extremely wealthy residents of […]
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By Malak Harb And Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. More than 40 floors of the 86-story […]
By Efrem Lukatsky The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Instead of swimming and playing volleyball, hundreds of children in war-torn Ukraine have spent this summer assembling Kalashnikov rifles and mastering the art of war. As the deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine entered its third year, some parents here are anxious […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Officials say 100 pounds of meat from geese caught in a Washington park have been donated to an organization that distributes food to the homeless and others. The National Park Service says in a statement that meat from 116 Canada geese was donated to the […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press This is my French-flavoured version of peel ‘n’ eat shrimp. The sauce is delicious and warrants a whole baguette just for sopping up! It’s one of those summer dishes that I make frequently for friends and family. The dish pays homage to one of […]
I was just as surprised as most people were in Fort Frances when the community learned that the trees on the 200 block of Scott Street were going to be removed. I sat on town council back in the early 1980s when the decision to plant trees along the street […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Back in April, I had the honour of attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City, alongside several of my colleagues. This was the 16th-annual conference at the UN dedicated exclusively to discussing the issues facing the world’s indigenous populations. The forum brought the world […]
I just had the great fortune of spending time with Aimee, daughter #1, and my wee grandson, Linden, who is three. The moments we spend with family are far too rare these days but when it happens, I ask the cells of my heart to take it all in; to […]
I hope everyone is enjoying the heat wave we’ve been experiencing this past week. It won’t last (it never does so I get frustrated when people complain about it). Meanwhile, what a crazy busy week it was last week. Our soil and crop tour on Thursday was very successful and […]
Duane Hicks As town council mulls over whether or not to embark on a new subdivision this fall, local residents have provided it with a few points to ponder. A public meeting was held Thursday night at the Civic Centre to gather input on the proposed 27-lot Erin Crescent subdivision […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association held its annual soil and crop tour last Thursday, featuring a day-long visit to local farms as well as discussion on agriculture in the district. For RRSCIA chair John Sawatzky, one of the most noticeable aspects was the ages of […]
Ask people what industries fuel the economic engine of Rainy River District and no doubt forestry and tourism would spring to mind first, followed closely by mining given New Gold’s mine north of Barwick is scheduled to go into production this fall while various exploration projects are going on elsewhere. […]
