Dear editor: In the courthouse news in last week’s edition of the Times, I read with some disdain that a person with the same name as me had been charged with a criminal offence. This seemed to result in some confusion, as the offender’s birthdate and mine are within two […]
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To the editor: Once again, the Canadian public is faced with another federal election, and this election, if polls can be believed, is between the Liberals and the Canadian Alliance. These parties are very different and so are their policies. We will have to choose between the Liberals who, in […]
The Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Committee is hoping for an early Christmas present this year with the release of 50 more elk here from Elk Island National Park in Alberta. NOERC co-chair Mike Solomon is hopeful the call will come in soon with word the elk are ready for transportation […]
There’s little doubt conservation is crucial for the future of the tourism industry in the region following the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual fall meeting here Friday.
The future looks a little rosier for the Rainy River Future Development Corp. Fort Frances council has put aside other applicants for the town’s economic development officer and is taking a closer look at what the RRFDC has to offer. “We asked them to alter their application and we’ll talk […]
A little over a week after its initial launch, the Fort Area Exchange has seen no intravenous drug users turn in their used needles for sterile new ones. “There’s been no use on our end of things,” said David Schwartz of Gagne Pharmacy here, one of the program’s four local […]
Organizers have been meeting here monthly to continue planning for the 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities, an initiative of the World Health Organization, which is being hosted by Rainy River District in May, 2002. The conference is expected to attract hundreds of delegates from around the world. “We’ve got […]
With the federal election candidates in Kenora-Rainy River riding continuing to debate how to fund health care and what to do with tax surpluses, the district’s agricultural community is feeling left out of the equation. Farmers here–and across the country–are simply being forgotten on all parties’ platforms, they say. “Right […]
After looking over the grade three and six testing results at its meeting here Tuesday night, the Northwest Catholic District School Board is aiming to improve scores in the areas of reading, writing, and math.
Vincent Maynard Silver, beloved husband of Betty Silver (nee Rumney), passed away at his resident in North Bay, Ont. at the age of 80. Dearly beloved father of Donald (Barbara) of Kapuskasing, Ont., Bill (Betty) of North Bay, Ont., Elaine Duke (Marcel) of Porcupine, Ont., Judy Lamontagne (Gerald) of Kapuskasing, […]
In loving memory of Elaine Marie Jeanette Bruyere, 63, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., who passed away with family at her side on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Elaine was predeceased by her husband, Irvin “Sonboy” Bruyere, on Oct. 29, 1987; her parents, […]
The new Kiniwazison Toy Lending Library at Seine River held its grand opening yesterday and organizer Bonnie Johnson has been very pleased with the community’s response to it so far. “I am a bit nervous about [Tuesday],” Johnson had admitted Monday. “The library has been open since August but Tuesday […]
