Do you know how much your cows are eating? Feed supply for the cows is an issue for many beef farmers this season. That’s because many producers are retaining more animals than normal due to depressed cull and breeding cow markets. As well, forage yields were low. It all means […]
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Now our promising beef cattle industry seems to have almost flown out the window, following the demise of our lumbering, sawmills, mining, and everything else almost that have been tried in this vicinity with only passing success. And there even is growing concern over our mainstay—papermaking. Not that there is […]
Both the boys’ and girls’ Muskie curling rinks are off to the NWOSSAA playdowns March 1-2 in Thunder Bay after their goldmedal performance in Kenora on Sunday and Monday. The girls’ rink, including Amy Nielsen, Jenna Enge, Kate Bondett, and Courtney Beadle, dominated the field, outscoring their opponents 57-5 en […]
Two Muskie teams have earned byes to their respective NorWOSSA finals this Friday in Dryden. Even though the junior girls’ volleyball squad lost their regular-season finale here yesterday to the Dryden Eagles, the black-and-gold got the bye because they had won more sets during the eight-game season. A cheer went […]
Community Services manager George Bell last night brought forward for council’s approval an application for Trillium funding for the proposed skate park here with the intention of sending it off with their blessing. But instead, council asked him not to drop it in the mailbox quite yet. The reason for […]
Two Aquanauts are returning home from the Western Canadian Junior Nationals in Vancouver with very different results. Alex Parent and Heather Dutton each competed in several events there, but Parent captured second place in the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:57.46—and never placed lower than fifth in any of […]
Two exhibition women’s hockey games took place over the weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena here. First, the Thunder Bay Queens, a rep team out of Thunder Bay which plays mostly tournaments, played a team compiled from all the local girls’ teams on Saturday night. The Northwest Stars, as […]
The Borderland Thunder continued their winning ways over the weekend, sweeping the K&A Golden Hawks in Thunder Bay. Winning 5-2 on Friday and then 4-1 on Saturday saw the Thunder extend their current unbeaten streak to eight games heading into tomorrow night’s game here against the Dryden Ice Dogs. Andrew […]
Council agreed Friday to extend the town’s current contract with the Rainy River Future Development Corp. because it still hasn’t decided whether to sign a new three-year deal with them. The decision was made during a special committee of the whole meeting at the Civic Centre, when it was brought […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is hoping the town will pitch in $8,215 as a partner in a proposed “Gateway to Canada” project the RRFDC hopes to get off the ground this summer. This proposal will come before council at its regular meeting tonight, which starts at 6:05 p.m. […]
Continuing their discussion on the 2004 budget, councillors heard a list of cuts to capital projects from division managers during a special committee of the whole meeting Friday at the Civic Centre. And foremost among the costsaving measures brought forth was a “fleet management” system, whereby the town could decrease […]
Vera Farago passed away Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, one day after celebrating her 88th birthday. Vera was born in Guernsey, Sask. in 1916. After attending school, she worked on her father’s wheat farm near Young, Sask. During these early years, Vera spent much of her spare time helping the elementary […]
