Deb Cornell and Bill Darby of the Rainy River Elk Company, along with Amos and Heidi Brielmann of Pine River Ranch, were presented with awards in Thunder Bay on Friday for their agricultural innovation. The five-year, $2.5-million Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recognizes the innovation Ontario farmers use in […]
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The United Church ladies will prepare their best dainties and sandwiches for their annual spring tea this Sunday (May 6) from 2-4 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. A bake sale, crafts, and auction also will add to the fun. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children five and […]
Nineteen-year-old Samantha Manty is one of nine Canadians who are bound for Brazil and Quebec as part of the Canada World Youth program. Manty and the other youths will volunteer their time in host communities assisting with environmental, social, and educational projects. The program consists of two three-month phases: one […]
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 […]
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 […]
