With one final antic–a tree-planter putting in his last 20 trees in the nude–another season of tree-planting has ended for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Altogether this year, Abitibi has had roughly 5.5 million trees planted in the district’s forests by hand, and as much as double that by aerial seeding. As required […]
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By Sonny McGinnisRainy River F.N. (Manitou Rapids) I offer the following comments regarding self-government issues because of the seriousness and danger I feel that has arisen from a national consultation process that is being carried out by the Department of Indian Affairs on behalf of the Government of Canada regarding […]
Dear editor: My name is Aleata Jerry, and I am one of 14 Rainy River District School Board employees that drove school bus. We are the first person your child sees in August, and the last person who says good-bye, be good, and have a great summer every June. This […]
Dear sir: As everyone in this area is well aware, the FFCBC bass derby is just around the corner. This will be an exciting time for many spectators and anglers alike. Countless hours of volunteer work and many donations have helped to make this annual event something we are all […]
Call it the little derby that could! After a humble beginning in 1995 with 47 teams, then growing to 72 in its second year, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has ballooned into one of the premiere fishing tournaments in the country–with a full field of 130 teams set to […]
Mike Allison has quit as head coach of the Borderland Thunder hockey team after several discussions with management on the lack of time he was able to put into the team. Wayne Strachan has been named head coach while a new assistant will join Shane Bliss as his aides as […]
A new $500,000 abattoir hopefully will draw even stronger support after the Rainy River Future Development Corp. promotes it at a booth during the Emo Fair next month. The decision was made during a meeting Monday evening in Stratton, where the RRFDC and district cattlemen further discussed the project. “We […]
After days–if not weeks–of pre-fishing, it’s now do-or-die time for the 130 teams hitting the water Thursday morning in the seventh-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But while pre-fishing may have helped anglers find the hot spots, or at least discover fishing patterns they can use during the real thing, […]
On the occasion of Katharine Graham’s passing last week, I was motivated to once again watch “All the President’s Men.” It had been years since we had seen this adaptation of the book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. It’s a gripping story as the two reporters […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
This incident that I’ll call “The Kayak Kid” is actually a horror story–as you will agree having seen the Ranier rapids in full boil this summer. Now kayaks are said to be catching on again. You’ve known that our new-found Atlantis has held perils for us right along, and the […]
