Things certainly have brightened up along the Barwick waterfront these days. Last Wednesday evening, a two-year project culminated in a new landmark when Chapple Heritage Committee member Wayne Nugent threw the switch that changed the way the river looks at night from now on. A brilliant, pulsing strobe light now […]
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District truckers and their customers may as well dust off their old “Supertramp” tapes because they’re all going to be taking the long way home for the next few months. The announcement last week by the Ministry of Transportation that the bridge on Highway 71 at Sioux Narrows will be […]
After one week of pricking my finger and taking blood samples, giving “insulin shots” twice a day to a teddy bear I’d been carrying everywhere but the bathtub, and following a meal plan that, while fair, was far different than my regular intake, I felt I’d gotten a good taste […]
It seemed like an angler’s paradise across the district last weekend. For bass lovers, the second-annual LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Bass Classic built an even stronger foundation for years to come with 71 teams battling it out for the $5,000 top prize. Meanwhile, the fifth-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament pitted 81 […]
Each year, clients are reminded to take count of their hay bales, but this year, it may be more critical. On top of the BSE situation possibly causing you to carry more animals than you planned, hay yields were well below normal in most of the district. Normally you should […]
After first shooting down a bylaw to seal a deal between the Town of Fort Frances and Charlie Morken, Steve Both, and Russell Pollard to develop the old Fort High property on First Street East last Wednesday, council changed its mind when it voted on an amended agreement Friday afternoon. […]
A new accessibility committee being formed by the town needs members to help identify and remove barriers faced by handicapped citizens. “We’re trying to get people on a committee. We have a couple people interested, but we need more,” municipal planner Faye Flatt said this morning. Flatt, part of the […]
The first chapter in this season’s edition of the storied rivalry between the Borderland Thunder and the Dryden Ice Dogs will be written tonight. The game—set for 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena—pits the defending SIJHL champs (1-1) against the title-holders from the league’s inaugural campaign the previous […]
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, Lydia Deloraine (Dolores) Weir passed away peacefully on her birthday at the age of 79, following a brief illness, in the Dryden Regional Health Centre. Born Sept. 30, 1924 in Fort Frances, Ont., she spent most of her life in the Fort Frances area and […]
With the nomination deadline for the Nov. 10 municipal election having been 5 p.m. on Friday, Fort Frances voters will have quite a few names to choose from when they mail in their ballots. The last candidates to throw their names in for council were former councillor Gus Lindberg and […]
After more than four months of admissions being suspended, Rainycrest Home for the Aged here once again can begin admitting new residents, administrator Jill Colquhoun said Monday morning. “The requirements for lifting the suspension on admissions have now been met,” Colquhoun said. “With a waiting list of over 50 residents […]
The post-tournament thought of putting a bounty on the heads of Kenora’s Ted Stewner and Winnipeg’s Al Carlson for next year may have been a joke. But the pair of ace anglers once again showed they don’t kid around when it comes to fall fishing. Stewner and Carlson (Team #19) […]
