Cameron Penney Leading Air Cadet Logan Nugent, of the local 908 Rainy Lake squadron, served a meal to Jean Bolen on Saturday night at the Legion during the annual “Veterans’ Night” dinner. About 120 people attended this year’s event.
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Cameron Penney Roger Nordlund, left, chatted with Dan Fraser about one of the many guns available for purchase during the annual Gun & Hobby Show held Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Nordlund, a hobby gun collector from Dryden, was one of the many vendors on hand for the […]
Staff The 2016 town budget will be presented at tonight’s council meeting. Treasurer Laurie Witherspoon will explain the budget process, outline sources of revenue and what the town’s expenses are, as well as compare uncontrollable costs from 2015 with those in 2016. She also will provide a taxation summary, and […]
Staff As dry conditions prevail and more fires are reported each day, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry declared a Restricted Fire Zone for Northwestern Ontario on Saturday morning to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. The RFZ will remain in effect until conditions improve. The fire hazard currently […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board has offered binding arbitration to settle its dispute with local high school teachers, who have been without a contract for almost 20 months. In an open letter to OSSTF District 5B, board chair Dianne McCormack requested the two parties “resolve this serious […]
The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C.—James Hahn said the anxiety was creeping in after missing eight-straight cuts on the PGA Tour, causing him to wonder if he’d ever get his game straightened out. But after a long talk with caddie Mark Urbanek last week, Hahn came to Quail Hollow Club with […]
By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — North Korea on Monday expelled a BBC journalist it had detained days earlier for allegedly “insulting the dignity” of the authoritarian country, while it continued to keep other foreign media away from the first-in-decades ruling party congress […]
By Rachel La Corte And Rob Gillies The Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Cooler temperatures and light rain have officials optimistic they’ve reached a turning point on getting a handle on a massive wildfire that has devastated parts of Canada’s oil sands town of Fort McMurray. Alberta Premier Notley […]
The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mercury makes a relatively rare move across the sun Monday. Visible just after 7 a.m. on the east coast, the smallest planet will appear as a tiny black dot on the face of the sun, and the transit will last for about 7 […]
By Marcela Isaza And Leanne Italie The Associated Press In Argentina, South Africa, Rwanda and elsewhere around the globe, there’s something that sticks out for Blake Mycoskie about the one-for-one shoe company, Toms, he started in his Venice, California, apartment 10 years ago. While the idea was to give away […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press On the surface, ramps are a lovely harbinger of spring, wild leeks that are unable to be cultivated, hence part of their mystique (think truffles). They also are one of the first vegetables to appear in farmers markets and on chefs’ menus after a […]
From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has declared a Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) in Northwestern Ontario to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires. Effective as of this morning, the RFZ is in place and will remain so until conditions improve. The fire hazard is “extreme” because […]
