There was an overwhelming sense of deja-vu as I stepped into the Rainy Lake Hotel’s dining room to meet with the members of “See Spot Run” last Tuesday before their concert in the lounge. Visually, the band hasn’t changed much since the first time I interviewed them in the fall […]
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The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission said it will not take action against Bell regarding phone service at Bear’s Pass because no one there has filed a written complaint. Martha Wilson, the CRTC commissioner for Ontario, said last Friday that all complaints regarding telecommunications are logged in their computer system–and […]
After seven years of exploring mineral properties in Rainy River District, Toronto-based Nuinsco Resources Ltd. will step into a new phase early next month when it kicks off the “#17 Zone Bulk Sample Advanced Exploration Project.” The $1.8-million venture will facilitate the removal of 1,500 tons of gold zone rock […]
It’s been quite a summer so far for Dobi Frenette. Not only is the Couchiching band member heading off to Hawaii early next month to attend a world conference on indigenous peoples, she is to receive a prestigous award in Vancouver today. Frenette, a 22-year-old student at Laurentian University in […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. was given $50,000 in FedNor funding this year and next to maintain its office in Rainy River. The office there had opened its doors last year, with Dan Wright hired as an additional economic development officer. Local MP Robert Nault said yesterday he believed […]
If you’re going to spend 160-plus days together in a canoe going across Canada, make sure you do it with someone you know really well. It was a piece of advice from Carrie McGown, 23, and Martha Mortson, 24, a pair of recent graduates from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, […]
Last Friday afternoon in Rainy River, about 50 dignitaries from Steinbach to Atikokan gathered at the birthplace of the Manitoba-Ontario-Minnesota (M.O.M.’s) Way to officially open what’s being pitched as an alternate route between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg. A consultant who looked at the idea identified a potential for increased traffic […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
They say the best things in life are free. I say the best things in life are free for the taking on. That’s how community spirit grows. It is one of the good things in life, and I’ve just had three great experiences of it. Friends now living in Toronto […]
The largemouth bass is a good-sized fish. It makes fine eating, it puts up a good fight when caught, and it is very prolific. Not much wonder it is the most popular game fish in the U.S. The largemouth is bigger than its close relative, the smallmouth bass. In fact, […]
Ian Campbell Noakes, formerly of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully with his family by his side after a brief illness on July 15, 1999 at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ont. He was the dearly beloved husband of Catherine; loving father of Frank and his wife, Cindy, of […]
The Smoke Alarm For Every Baby program is more than six months old. To date, more than 150 smoke alarms have been distributed to the parents of each newborn baby in the district. The program is funded by the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Fire Association and Canadian Tire (Fort […]
At the Cafe in the Bailiwick the other morning, the local politicians were gathered for their caffeine intake and ruminating over the events of the July 1 celebrations. This celebration is the main occasion of the year when Bailiwick’s politicians–young and old–get out and press the flesh in anticipation of […]
