There are changes in the air at the Rainy River Watershed Program with the resignation of program co-ordinator Martin Nantel, effective in two weeks. Nantel, who has been overseeing the program for nearly two-and-a-half years, is stepping down July 9 to take a position with Environment Canada in Thunder Bay. […]
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Despite a nearly $1-million cut in funding due to decreased enrolment, the Rainy River District School Board passed a balanced budget for 2004-05 during a special meeting here Monday night. The board has lost about 116 students since last year, which translates into a $1 million reduction in funding. “Our […]
Sunday was Father’s Day. My two sons, in the past, have given me a lot of great Father’s Day presents. And one or both has always gone fishing with me on that Sunday. I remember when Brendan was barely four, we managed to go fishing with his grandfather. I think […]
It was close but no cigar for the local Taggs Bantam hockey team last weekend as they posted a 2-1- 1 record at a tournament in Thunder Bay to finish second in their pool. Another win would have propelled Taggs into the semi-finals— and a shot at the tournament championship. […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team improved their NorWOSSA record to 13-2-1 with a 5-3 victory over the host Kenora Broncos on Tuesday night. With just four games left in the regular season, the black-and-gold also solidified their hold on first place—which means they would meet the fourth-place team in the […]
Sioux Lookout resident Susan Barclay has filed the necessary papers to seek the NDP nomination for the proposed new riding of Kenora in the next election. Barclay had run for the NDP in the Kenora-Rainy River riding in 2000—garnering 21 percent of the vote while the party only received eight […]
The director of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care said the buzz is building over its annual fundraiser coming up Feb. 28, which this time around will be in the form of a chair auction and casino. “We’re starting to get some tables sold. It’s exciting. It think it’s going […]
Katrina (Katie) Fedoruk, 87, of 158 Sixth St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Oct. 26, 1916 in Fort Frances to the late Thomas and Mary Yurchuk. Katie moved to La Vallee for a […]
John Robert Madison, 91, passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 at Pinecrest Home for the Aged. He was born April 22, 1912 at his parents’ homestead near Golden Vale, Sask. He retired in June, 1974 after 39 years of teaching, the last 29 of those in the Kenora Lakehead High […]
Katrina (Katie) Fedoruk, 87, of 158 Sixth St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Oct. 26, 1916 in Fort Frances to the late Thomas and Mary Yurchuk. Katie moved to La Vallee for a […]
Margaret Helen Hughes, 88, of 425 Nelson St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004. She was born April 28, 1915 in Fort Frances to the late Margaret and John McVey. She was predeceased by her first husband, David Andrew Vance in 1947; […]
Got a problem with skunks on your property once that snow melts and the critters venture out from their burrows? Well, don’t bother calling the town this year as they’ve deemed it’s not the best use of staff time to do so anymore. In a report to council Monday night, […]
