Atikokan’s reputation as an outdoor destination usually is synonymous with canoeing, fishing, camping, snowmobiling, ATVs, etc. After all, the community is located on the northern perimeter of Quetico Park and the White Otter Wilderness Area. With such proximity, it’s easy to see why Atikokan has earned its status as the […]
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The provincial government announced Monday it is investing in 76 communities that have met eligibility requirements for the $8-million Ontario Small Waterworks Assistance Program (OSWAP). Emo, Chapple, and Rainy River were the communities in this area that received funds. “Since 2003, this government has made ongoing investments in water and […]
YOUMANS-BASARABA–Born to Jessica Youmans and Scott Basaraba, of Thunder Bay, a boy, Kaiden Gary John, weighing 9 lbs. 5 oz. and 21 1/2” long, on Dec. 30, 2007 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, Proud grandparents are Kim and Carla Basaraba and great-grandmother, Leona Gosselin, of Fort Frances, Ont.
As much as I try to have a neat, orderly desk, somehow the papers pile up—magazines to read, folders to file, bills to pay, e-mails to answer, letters to write. And when the piles begin, it’s very easy to put one more magazine or folder on the stack. I always […]
In the United States, Democratic candidates at a debate in New Hampshire were asked whether or not they would support a carbon tax. Overwhelmingly they rejected the proposal, citing such a tax would fall onto the shoulders of consumers. Yet Nobel Prize winner Al Gore endorses the idea of a […]
Once again, the popular VALA Follies are about to strut their stuff. This year’s theme is “The Wacky River Cruise.” Several local talents will sing, dance, and entertain. The audience also will be wowed by four gentlemen making up an award-winning barbershop quartet from Winnipeg called Harlequin. Also new to […]
The largest of our resident owls is the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). A large bird, with a wingspan which may reach nearly five feet, it strikes silently in the night at its unsuspecting prey. Owls have specially-developed wing feathers with downy margins so they don’t make the whistling sound […]
It wasn’t just Jason Blake who came away Saturday night with a black eye. Steve Downie, the NHL’s latest repeat offender, in a prime time match-up between the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs, took advantage of Blake, the Toronto winger fully restrained by a linesman, by socking him square […]
Dear editor: I don’t know if you will print this or not, but I very much want to thank the Good Samaritan who made my Christmas a wonderful, heartfelt event. On Dec. 24, I received a call from McTaggarts asking if I had purchased gift certificates. I indicated that I […]
