In a recently-released draft report, the Ministry of Natural Resources is recommending a new dam be built to replace the deteriorating one on the Manitou River (Esox Lake). MNR district planner Rachel Hill said Wednesday morning that the MNR has selected a “preferred alternative” following an environmental assessment of the […]
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Transport Canada representatives are expected to perform a preliminary site inspection here later this month for a proposed heliport for medical transfers. “We view it as definitely important [to patient care,]” said Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. “Right now we have to use the airport to […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is planning on making its 10th-annual business awards banquet the best-ever, Chamber office manager Dawn Booth said Tuesday. “We’re going big this year. We’ve been planning since January and people can expect to see some big things,” she remarked, adding there will be lights, […]
With a narrow fairway and tall stands of trees on either side, the view from the tee box on par-four 16th hole at Kitchen Creek can be a daunting sight even on the best of days. But the landing area looks even smaller after carding a double-bogey on the previous […]
It was a performance most of those crowded into the Bethel Baptist Church here Friday night won’t soon forget. The African Children’s Choir performed for nearly two hours, but don’t let the name fool you: they are much more than a group of children who stand and sing. This choir’s […]
Two judges from the “Communities in Bloom” organization were in Fort Frances last Thursday through Saturday to take a look at what the town and its residents have done to beautify the community over the past year. Now the local “Communities in Bloom” committee is waiting with bated breath to […]
They say you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl. And perhaps nowhere is that more true than in the case of Charlene Fisher. Fisher, 27, is typical in some ways of so many other young women in Rainy […]
There’s an old saying in Rainy River District that if it rains in August, it must be Emo Fair week. But while Mother Nature has not always smiled on the 105-year-old event, residents from right across the district certainly look forward to it every year. And rightly so. The Rainy […]
Dear sir: I read with great interest the letter from Bob Cottam in last week’s Times. Mr. Cottam, this letter is not directed to you in particular, but more as a matter of public interest. In your letter, when the officer spoke to you, you focused on the “drinking.” I […]
Dear sir: In last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, there was an article on Canada winning a NAFTA ruling on the long-running softwood lumber dispute with the United States. We then believed the U.S.-imposed duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports would be lifted. These duties hit all parts of Canada, but B.C. […]
Dear editor: Sending subsidy cheques to Northern Ontario forestry companies for operating expenses is a bad idea that only will delay the inevitable closing of unprofitable and obsolete mills. Subsidies to industries are a waste of taxpayers’ dollars that allow companies to temporarily put off innovating, modernizing, and adapting to […]
I’ve had a dream for more than half-a-century. The dream of living in a wooded area, maybe in a log cabin. Living close to the earth with a big garden and apple trees, with huge logs burning in the fireplace when the winter storms come. I always envisioned my woodland […]
