Time to clean out the garage! District residents will be able to properly dispose of old paint, oil, and other materials they’ve been storing up since last May when the fifth-annual Household Hazardous Waste Day get underway here Saturday. The event is slated from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Public […]
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Some $1,910,000 in joint federal-provincial funding was announced Friday under the third year of the Strategic Tourism Development and Marketing Partnership of Northern Ontario. Building on the partnership’s impressive record of success, this funding will support a number of tourism initiatives, including the development of a new five-year Northern Ontario […]
You may remember her as a past “Quest for the Best” winner or former Thunder Bay “Idol,” but most recently Courtney Jourdain, from Lac La Croix First Nation, captured the title of “Aboriginal Icon.” The national singing competition, which aired on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network last month, saw the […]
Dryden OPP officers were contacted Sunday to investigate mischief to a tree nursery located at 75 Pollard Dr. in Wainwright Township. The investigation revealed that between 10 a.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday, the culprit(s) had entered two greenhouses and sprayed the inside of both with a fire […]
Dear sir: On behalf of the Kidney Foundation, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who made our March door-to-door canvass a huge success. Through the tireless efforts of our captains, canvassers, and contributors, we have raised $8,635 in our area, which covered Fort Frances, Couchiching, […]
Dear editor: Recent research by Henrik Svensmark and his group at the Danish National Space Center points to the real cause of the recent warming trend. In a series of experiments on the formation of clouds, these scientists have shown that fluctuations in the sun’s output cause the observed changes […]
To the editor: Re: Students learn realities of drug abuse (April 25 edition of the Times) How about talking to kids about the realities of prohibition? About how prohibition is more of a danger to users and to society than legalized drugs ever could be? Or about how prohibition makes […]
Dear Mike: Beta Sigma Phi was able to contribute $7,300 to the Canadian Cancer Society this year from the proceeds of our annual “Daffodil Drive for Cancer.” However, events such as these never “just happen” without the contributions of volunteers and committees. I would like to hope that, like me, […]
Dear editor: “No violence against children is justifiable; all violence against children is preventable.” These powerful words were penned in August, 2006 by an independent reviewer who was commissioned by the United Nations to study the state of child rights and specifically looked at violence against children. These words need […]
Rainy River District may be off the beaten track so to speak, but that doesn’t mean we can’t rise above our relative isolation. Case in point the two local farms which received regional awards on Friday in Thunder Bay under the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence program. Pine River […]
The local science fair for schools from across Rainy River District was held Saturday at J.W. Walker School. In all, 52 students in Grades 4-8 from both the Rainy River District School Board and the Northwest Catholic District School Board participated. Kathy Smeeth, the math/science/tech/social studies co-ordinator for the public […]
District parents concerned about their children now can turn to family members in similar situations for assistance at a weekly support group. “We’re just trying to brainstorm what we can do to help,” said Charmaine Langlais, a member of the local Substance Abuse Prevention Team who has helped organize the […]
