Bell will spend $5 million in Rainy River District to bring most of its residential and business customers the most up-to-date services available, Bell Ontario president Terry Mosey announced at a press conference at the Civic Centre here Wednesday afternoon. “Starting with this announcement by Terry Mosey, we can now […]
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Town council has changed its mind about tabling recommendations concerning a possible toll fee hike at the international bridge here and now will back residents opposing any increase. “This report was tabled at the last meeting and I would like to put it back on the table, re-introduce it,” said […]
A little peace and quiet. That’s what members of Northwestern Ontario’s Elk Restoration Coalition (NOERC) are giving the herd of wild elk that has been living near Cameron Lake since their release there earlier this year. Monitoring of the elk was cut back in mid-May until at least July to […]
Municipal clerks for La Vallee, Emo, and Alberton are going to begin the daunting task of doing an joint review on possible cost savings through amalgamation. After a question-and-answer session with Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing reps last week, the clerks will get together to see whether a single […]
Town council intends to make the fight for a correctional facility in Fort Frances a top priority. In the wake of the announcement earlier this month that the Fort Frances jail is slated to close in 2004, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon vowed he intends to find a way to keep its […]
Gordon Armstrong will be setting down the gavel this fall after 15 years after 15 years as mayor of Rainy River. “I’m not running [in November], I’m retiring,” said Mayor Armstrong. “I’ve loved it [but] it’s the time now to try something different . . . to get some new […]
More than 700 people gathered at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre west of Barwick last Friday, where Rainy River First Nation served over 370 pounds of fish. “It took weeks and weeks [of preparation],” said Chief Jim Leonard as a long lineup quickly filed alongside tables of salads, baskets of bannock, […]
A “social” visit by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Allen Garber to Rainy River First Nation yesterday is hoped to be another step towards improving relations along the border. Several delegates from Koochiching County and the local Ministry of Natural Resources joined Garber as he took a quick tour […]
Edith Munro, 93, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her home May 23, 2000. She was born Dec. 23, 1906 to John Joseph and Delima Arsenault of Balmoral, N.B. The family moved to Kapuskasing, Ont. in the early 1920s. She was […]
Peacefully at Seven Oaks General Hospital on May 19, 2000, Rev. David Jasper Hyatt left this world to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. David was born in Emo, Ont. on Aug. 7, 1912, the youngest of seven brothers, Stanley, Gordon, Freeman, Noble, James, John, and Marshall, and […]
Robert Lee “Bob” Mutz, 48, of R.R.#2, Devlin, Ont., passed away Thursday, May 18, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born Feb. 14, 1952 in Fort Frances. Mr. Mutz had lived all his life in Rainy River District and was employed at the local […]
In loving memory of Onni Huitikka, 92, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 17, 2000 at his residence. Onni will be greatly missed by his wife, Aili; children, Reino (Agnes) of Dryden, Ont., Albert (Helen) of Dryden, Ont., Helen of Courtland, […]
