Dear sir: An open letter to the Hon. Robert Nault, minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and MP for Kenora-Rainy River, re: the Fort Frances-International Falls bridge. Mr. Nault, “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s (pig’s) ear!” Despite a new Customs facility on the U.S. […]
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More than 80 dancers took part in three days of dancing at the 13th-annual Weechi-It-Te-Win pow-wow here last Friday to Sunday. The pow-wow, held at the Memorial Sports Centre, attracted dancers and participants from across Northwestern Ontario and Minnesota. “This is a time for people to celebrate their culture and […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is getting its “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign rolling next month with a “stretcher push” from Rainy River to Fort Frances. “We think this is a great opportunity for the whole district to show their support of the renovations at both the Emo Health […]
Security cameras may be installed at the Emo OPP detachment after a jury recommended such a move following a coroner’s inquest last week. Dr. John Hammett, of the regional coroner’s office in Thunder Bay, visited the detachment last Wednesday and Thursday to conduct a mandatory inquest into the death of […]
The province is poised to implement mandatory trail permits for snowmobilers in Northwestern Ontario and across the rest of the province, MPP Joe Spina revealed here Friday afternoon. Spina, the parliamentary assistant to Tourism minister Cam Jackson, was in town primarily to promote Ontario Tourism Week (May 19-28) in conjunction […]
How the school renewal budget will be spent on the five public elementary schools in town, as well as Alberton Central, is something the Rainy River District School Board’s facilities review committee will be looking at after it discusses feedback from stakeholders at its meeting here June 12. The committee, […]
Many area businesses are pleased by last Wednesday’s announcement by Bell promising to provide fast, up-to-date services throughout most of Rainy River District. “This is a very good day, it’s going to move us forward,” said Geoff Gillon, community investment manager for the Rainy River Future Development Corp., which had […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. held its annual meeting last Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous to update members, elect new board members, and to take in safety advice from an entertaining speaker. “We have raised the community benchmark to another level thanks to people from across the district who […]
A monument dedicated to aboriginal war veterans will be unveiled and blessed at a ceremony at Couchiching next Tuesday (June 6), which coincides with the anniversary of D-Day in 1944. Currently, 105 aboriginals are being honoured for their service during both world wars, in Korea and Vietnam, as well as […]
Despite finding out two week ago that Rainycrest Home for the Aged here would not get 32 long-term care beds for a special needs unit, administrator Kevin Queen said yesterday “things are looking pretty good” for reallocating some or all of the home’s 21 empty beds. “We may be getting […]
Crossroads School in Devlin may have walked away from the second-annual “Quest for Knowledge” with top honours yesterday but all 160 participants left with a better understanding of native culture. Wilfred Cyr, director of Educational Support Services for the Seven Generations Education Institute here, said “Quest for Knowledge” is mainly […]
Morley and Patullo township residents who had passed away were honoured at a special Memorial Tree dedication service attended by about 70 people Saturday in Stratton. Moe and Joyce Henry came up with a unique idea last winter. “I anticipated that we would get about 10 takers,” Moe Henry said. […]
