Dear sir: The government of the day soon will have to make a decision on the return of the spring bear hunt. The government has ignored all the scientific facts of this issue far too long. Northern Ontario communities have been plagued with nuisance bears since the closure of the […]
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With all the publicity and misinformation over bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in recent weeks, the federal and provincial governments finally have moved to provide emergency funds for farmers who are most directly affected. Last Tuesday (June 17), Ottawa and Queen’s Park jointly announced a package of $460 […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. held its annual staff appreciation and recognition day June 17 on the Emo Health Centre grounds for all staff, retirees, quarter-century club members, and auxiliary members from Emo. The tent moved to Rainy River on Wednesday and then back to Fort Frances to complete the […]
This year, as it has for the last two, the local “Relay for Life” is bringing together people from all walks of life to fight a common enemy: cancer. Some 32 teams of about 10 people each have signed up for the all-night event at Pither’s Point Park this Friday, […]
Rainy River wanted to make a statement, but Sight & Sound wasn’t in the mood to listen. Pitcher Warren Voth earned the win as Sight & Sound stretched its lead atop Rainy River District Fastball League with a 9-5 win over second-place Rainy River last Tuesday (June 17). Duane Carlson […]
As days turned into hours and hours into minutes, the countdown to the release of the newest instalment of the Harry Potter saga reached a fevered pitch last week. As the much-anticipated release of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” approached Friday night at midnight, dozens of locals—some […]
What was assumed to be a lead pipe cinch just turned into a streetfight, with the all-Ontario high school hockey championship in 2006 at stake. Fort High principal Ian Simpson headed to last week’s OFSAA spring meetings under the assumption that Fort Frances, as the NWOSSAA rep, was almost certain […]
Rob Doucette wasn’t wearing any tie-dyed clothing or sporting a peace symbol on his golf bag, but for one day, he was glad to be back in the 60s. The Elmhurst, Man. native sputtered down the stretch, but held on to shoot a three-under 69 to nip Fort Frances’ Glen […]
Numbers can be deceiving. While registration numbers in the Fort Frances Minor Soccer Association declined this year, vice-president John Pierce said the drop can be attributed not so much to a lack of interest as in the hastened advancement of some of the older players. “Overall, a lot of the […]
After a six-month delay, a Rainy River District tourist outfitter has been named to a special committee to represent northern interests for the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corp. (OTMPC). Nancy Hanson, co-owner of King Island Resort near Nestor Falls, was one of four northern candidates submitted by the provincial cabinet […]
The congregation at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo recently welcomed their student pastor for the summer months. My wife Adelia and I visited with Dave Loew, his wife, Dawn, and their young son, Elijah, last Wednesday afternoon to gett better acquainted. They live at 75 Colonization Rd, in Emo […]
At a recent meeting of the board of directors for Heartland Christian Broadcasters Inc., a good deal of time was spent discussing future opportunities for this ministry at KBHW, station manager Bruce Christopherson said. “We are vision-casting, looking at ‘what if’ possibilities,” he added. “There are those things we could […]
