Congratulations, first, to NDP candidate John Rafferty, who captured the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding on his third try, handily defeating Liberal incumbent Ken Boshcoff in yesterday’s federal election. Sincere thanks also must be extended to Mr. Boshcoff for his service as our MP for the past four-and-a-half years. First elected […]
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We can be thankful that the election campaign in Canada is much shorter than that of the United States. But even by our short campaign, the election seems to go on for far too long. After all the campaigning, accusations, and slights, when Parliament reconvenes, it will be much the […]
By Marie Snider About 20-25 years ago when the “green” movement was young, I took a short leave from work to research how our family could live more environmentally-friendly. At that time, we had been advised that coloured toilet paper was bad for the environment. Though disappointed, most of us […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru This is the time of year when many gardeners are out planting spring flowering bulbs. Let’s face it, planting bulbs is a time-consuming job that involves a fair degree of effort and nothing is more frustrating than watching your local squirrel population digging around, […]
By Troy L’Hirondelle With all the talk in the news about the financial troubles now affecting almost every region in the world, it seems worthwhile to discuss how the technologies of the modern communications era may be influencing this economic phenomenon. To help get some background, I entered the key […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo There are a number of misconceptions floating around out there that keep us from getting the best value from soil testing. In some cases, they mean that samples don’t get collected at all. This is a total waste of valuable information you could use […]
With the chill winds of autumn reminding us that summer is over, reminiscing over the past season’s follies was in high gear down at the Bakery in Drizzle Creek the other morning as I pulled up a chair. “When did you say you were heading south?” Pickle quizzed me as […]
The past few weeks, along with my friend, Davis Viehbeck from Thunder Bay, we have been working on a story for a new bass fishing publication coming out of Toronto called “Bassman.” The story is a recap of the top five finishers from the region’s two premier bass tournaments, the […]
By Mitch Calvert This has got to be the best time of year to be a sports fan. The NFL is in full swing, baseball is in the thick of the playoffs, and the NHL is back on rinks across North America. Normally every hockey pundit on the globe likes […]
Jessica George Cruises to win over Boshcoff THUNDER BAY—Facing three elections in four-and-a-half years may have resulted in voter fatigue, but John Rafferty is anything but weary. After losing to Liberal Ken Boshcoff in both 2004 and 2006, the NDP candidate finally turned the tide—cruising to victory in Thunder Bay-Rainy […]
Jessica George The overcast sky matched the grief felt by those on hand Friday morning for the unveiling of a monument commemorating the 17 victims of the Dance Fire that occurred on Thanksgiving Day back in 1938. Held 70 years to the day, about 300 people, including survivors and family […]
Jessica George With Dr. Moore of Addictions Services in Kenora leaving the area, and the subsequent overload on the staff both in Kenora and Dryden, Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC) has looked at opening up another methadone treatment facility in the region. Fort Frances’ high number of methadone patients (reaching […]
