Well, it took me most of the week to get caught up from my holiday. There were numerous e-mails and phone messages that needed to be answered. Unfortunately, I hadn’t lined up any help and that didn’t seem to fall into place until Friday. And if I am sitting at […]
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There were four of us in the boat who took bets as we floated by the tiny cabin with the “for sale” sign, but the closest guess was $50,000 below the asking price. Curious about the current value of cabins here in Rainy River District, I contacted broker Chad Jack, […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Applications are now being accepted for the fifth year of the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence program. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 15, with the awards to be announced in 2011. The Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence was established in 2006 […]
For those of us in Sunset Country who like to fish, we truly don’t know how lucky we are. The world-class fishing options for multi-species really is off the charts. On Lake of the Woods alone, we have trophy fishing opportunities for smallmouth bass, walleye, pike, musky, crappie, lake trout, […]
This column topic may be a smidgen on the late side, but I didn’t quite grasp the bit of fallout from the roller derby event, “Bordertown Shutdown,” here a week ago Saturday. Apparently, some in attendance learned a new acronym as a result of the team names selected for the […]
A bloodsucker on your leg can give you the willies! But let’s not be too hasty in our criticism of this lowly creature. The leeches we have here in the northwest are not alone, by any means. There are more than 700 species of leeches in the world. In our […]
It is with great sadness that the family of John Baranowski announces his passing on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. after losing a courageous battle against cancer. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side. John was born June […]
Carol Jean Driscoll, 69, of Nett Lake, Mn., passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 in Rochester, Mn. after a lengthy illness. She grew up on Basswood Lake and in Ely, Mn. She lived in Fort Frances, Ont., and later in Thunder Bay, Ont., where she completed her education, and was […]
Ila Merle Gibson, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 at the Extended Care Wing of the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. She was born Aug. 5, 1923 in La Vallee, Ont. Ila moved as a young girl with her family to Emo, Ont. in 1926. Ila […]
