As someone who enjoys participating in just about any outdoor activity you can come up with, waterfowl hunting is one I absolutely love doing but don’t have a ton of experience with. The thing I like most about it is that it’s more social than other types of hunting because […]
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November–who would have thought this! This weather is simply amazing. But then you have the people who just have to tell you,“We will pay for this” or “This will be added on to the spring!” Let’s just be positive, enjoy it, and hope it is just as nice on the […]
Joey Payeur “Silver Linings Playbook” not only is an Oscar-nominated movie but an accurate depiction of Jordan Sinclair’s end-of-the-weekend review. His Muskie boys’ hockey team was on the wrong end of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Thunder Bay Minor Midget ‘AAA’ Kings—losing 4-3 on Friday, followed by […]
Heather Latter There’s a new dog—and officer—in town. OPP Cst. Adam Martin and his canine partner, “Mako,” arrived in Fort Frances two weeks ago—taking over the post left vacant in the K-9 unit here when Cst. Chris Halverson, along with “Briggs” and “Diesel,” relocated back in May. “Cst. Halverson completed […]
Heather Latter The turnout might not have been huge but attendees seemed to enjoy themselves at the Fort Frances Museum’s “Night at the Museum” wine-and-cheese fundraising gala there Thursday evening. “It was lovely as always,” said Sarah Marusyk, acting president of the “Friends of the Museum,” which hosted the fifth-annual […]
Duane Hicks Ten communities in Rainy River District will receive more than $3.2 million in predictable, formula-based funding over the next three years to invest in critical local infrastructure projects. Municipal Affairs minister Bill Mauro, also the MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, announced Monday morning at the Civic Centre here several […]
Duane Hicks The telemedicine studio at La Verendrye Hospital here has moved from the second floor to the ground floor in order to better serve patients. It is located in the Outpatient Services area, with a new tabletop telemedicine unit also set up in the office of telemedicine co-ordinator Bev […]
Duane Hicks Can the 2000 rule curves be improved? The International Rainy and Namakan Lakes Rule Curves Study Board has found evidence the rule curves pretty much have performed as expected. But the board now is looking at two alternative options to “tweak” them, engineering advisor Matt DeWolfe reported during […]
Heather Latter New Gold’s Rainy River Project, located north of Barwick, remains on schedule for its mid-2017 start-up. “We’re still on target,” general manager Grant Goddard noted Monday, adding employment at the site continues to increase weekly. As of this week, there were 313 full-time New Gold employees. “We’re in […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board is concerned about the speed limit in front of Crossroads School in Devlin and is asking the Ministry of Transportation to reduce it from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. Director of Education Heather Campbell noted in a recent letter to Transportation minister […]
Joey Payeur It’s been a while since Jackie McCormick had a shot at a Canadian title. But she has given a long look to the ceiling of her hometown Stratton Curling Club and has envisioned a shiny new decoration to join the two already hanging from it. “The last national […]
Heather Latter With the unseasonably warm weather prominent across the district, crews at New Gold’s Rainy River Project were busy Monday afternoon moving rock and clay to other parts of the site to prepare the open pit for the start of production in mid-2017.
