The majority of people believe skilled trades are low-paying, involve dirty and demanding physical work, and are not intellectually challenging. In fact, a major recent survey commissioned by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) found that only one in four people said they would consider a career in the trades. These […]
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A snowy owl was rescued by two trappers from the Dryden area and successfully released back into the wild. Barry Fedorchuk and his brother, Syl, had rescued the owl in a field off Wabigoon Lake Road, northwest of Dryden, on Dec. 20. The men had seen a flock of ravens […]
A Red Lake tourist operator who illegally built a trail, dumped a fuel tank, and failed to immediately report killing a black bear has been fined $1,400. Brett Geary, 44, who pleaded guilty, was fined $1,000 for putting in the trail to his lodge on Little Vermilion Lake, $200 for […]
Reflecting back on 2005, Rainy River District once again saw its share of triumphs and obstacles, happy stories and sad ones, over the past 12 months. This time, however, as we get ready to turn the page to a fresh start on Sunday, many of the serious challenges this area […]
Christmas is a time for people to come together—whether they be family, friends, or perhaps just neighbours. And one enduring tradition exemplifying this is the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s community Christmas dinner. Now in its 18th year, the annual dinner was held Sunday afternoon at Knox United Church and once […]
Maybe they fell down once or twice, and perhaps most of their rocks didn’t make it over the hog line. In fact, many had never curled before, but that didn’t stop young and old alike from having a blast during the “funspiel” at the newly-renovated curling club in Emo on […]
Dear editor: After reading your paper of Dec. 21, I am left wondering if this is an official publication of the Liberal party. First, there are the ramblings of Melanie Béchard on how wonderful the Liberal blog site is and how the humour it portrays is so great. Well, let […]
Dear sir: Recently, there have been several letters to the editor concerning the reduction of full-time staff at the Fort Frances Fire Department. Certainly this financial-based decision by town council has far-reaching effects—and not limited to Fort Frances residents. Firstly, Fort Frances taxpayers will feel the effects in many painful […]
There was like 400 people wearing Senator jerseys and about eight people flaunting Leaf ones piled into the Irish pub that I bartended at in Ottawa. It was like a stadium in there. We removed all the tables and added hundreds of chairs, and watched as the people wheeled in […]
Joyce Gosselin, Miss Fort Frances, is one person happy for snowfall as she practises regularly for another run at the Special Olympics, where she was world champion in Japan earlier this year! Joyce, looking fit and half her age, has not yet been invited. Merely being the reigning titleist does […]
After four decades, the scores are still written in the bottom of the yellowing Scrabble box. Five hundreds and six hundreds mostly, although one score reaches all the way up to the grand number of 769. If you remember playing Scrabble during its heyday in the 1950s, you’ll recognize just […]
When I was a kid, I wished I could hide inside our Christmas tree and gaze at the world through a rainbow of colour—the way the chipmunks did in the Christmas cartoon starring Mickey Mouse. Sometimes, I still wish I could do that. To compensate, I do the next best […]
