District grade three students are right on course in their reading, writing, and math according to testing results revealed at last night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting. The results, which were released by the Ministry of Education on Friday afternoon, indicate an improvement over testing done in 1997/1998–a change […]
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Rainycrest’s effort to get 32 beds for a special needs unit will now be a matter of waiting, as administration waits to be interviewed, along with three other competitors, by the Ministry of Health later this month. During a public session last Thursday afternoon at the Travelodge in Kenora, Rainycrest […]
While Ontario announced last Friday its decision to drop the rule requiring non-resident anglers to stay overnight in the province in order to keep walleye and sauger, some members of the Border Waters Coalition say the next step will be equally important. “It’s time for our federal people to start […]
The local 4-H “Go for the Gold” team heads down to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto on Friday, where it will square off against the other regional winners in the provincial showdown. Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen won the right to represent Northern Ontario at […]
The “RiverWatch” program is off to a good start, organizer Jennifer Mercer noted yesterday, after completing several field trips with elementary schools on both sides of the border. Students in grades five-seven at Robert Moore, J.W. Walker, Donald Young, Riverview, and Indus schools headed down to the Rainy River to […]
With the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market having wrapped up for the season Saturday, the consensus among vendors indicates they had a good year there. Ray and Evelyn Bragg of “Bragging Tackle” were busy selling homemade wood carvings and other trinkets from their table Saturday. But even though it was the […]
How many birds could you possibly see in Northwestern Ontario? Well, it takes quite a bit of looking to find a sensible answer to this question but here goes my estimate. According to “Birds of Canada” (Godfrey), about 518 species of birds have been seen in Canada. This includes a […]
By Sam Anderson
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
It’s been said by experts in marketing trends that if you try to look ahead two years to predict what will be the hottest-selling item, you’ll be wrong. That’s because nine times out of 10, it hasn’t even been invented yet! In the outdoor world, changes and innovations typically burst […]
Word has been received of the passing of Richard Thomas Larish, 67, of the Faribault/Kenyon, Mn. area on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis, Mn. The Larish family lived in the Devlin/La Vallee area from 1968-1971, with the children attending local schools. His widow, […]
Pearl Campbell, 105, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Sunday, Oct. 31, 1999. She was born June 10, 1894 in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of the late George and Sarah Parker. At age nine, she moved with her family to Dauphin, Man. […]
Dorothy Vernon Wilkins, 92, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 1999 at La Verendrye General Hospital. She was born Sept. 17, 1907 in Portage La Prairie, Man. to the late Emily and Frank Myers. Dorothy moved with her family […]
Helen Gertrude Hammond, of 1112 Victoria Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 1999. She is survived by her husband, Charles Hammond; and children, Dalton, Gay, Robert, Leathia, Randy, Art, and Barbara. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1999 at 9:30 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in […]
