Area tourist operators say they will feel the financial crunch through lost revenue with the province’s decision to cancel the spring bear hunt starting this year. Don Hyatt, owner/operator of Hyatt’s Manion Lake Camp northeast of Mine Centre, predicted he will lose $35,000-$40,000 in gross revenue with the cancelled hunt. […]
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Dear sir: There it goes, not to return, a perfectly legitimate, well-managed bear hunting season, cancelled by the Harris government without consultation with any of the stakeholders it may affect. I beg you, if you enjoy hunting, not to sit on your hands and allow this to happen without making […]
Dear sir: Earlier yesterday I had one of the most heart wrenching experiences I’ve had in a long time. I went into the 364 Store on the way to work. The clerk came dashing out of the back of the store, obviously distracted, and advised me and another customer that […]
Why does Frank Miclash not want Kenora-Rainy River tourist outfitters to take advantage of one of the most lucrative markets in tourism? In a recent press release, Frank ridicules the minister of natural resources for suggesting tourist operators take advantage of the burgeoning field of bird watching. But if Frank […]
Dear sir: Banning the spring bear hunt is political as much as all government decisions are political but preventing cubs from being orphaned is not a “sell-out to special interests like environmentalists.” Environmentalists are no more a special interest group than are tourist operators. And, if the ban is “electioneering […]
Dear sir: I played for the Fort Frances Muskies hockey team from 1982-86. We had a lot of success, winning gold at the All-Ontario championship in 1986. I had the opportunity to be on a team with great players, but more importantly, great people. One player I remember well was […]
Construction of the “multi-use” facility at Westfort here is continuing at a steady pace, with Rainy River District superintendent Murray Quinn saying it should be ready to move into before students break for summer vacation. Taking a quick tour of the site last Wednesday, Quinn noted several rooms on the […]
As the Jan. 31 deadline for small businesses in the district to join the Safe Communities Incentive Program looms, several SCIP members took the time to laud the benefits of the safety program. “One of the incentives for me was to make for a safer workplace, and be able to […]
While registrations for activities during the Little Amik Winter Carnival are trickling in, organizers are gearing up for the onslaught of participants and onlookers expected at the seventh-annual celebration running Feb. 4-7. First on the event schedule is the popular “Candlelight Ski,” which will be held next Thursday evening on […]
On a recent trip to attend meetings at the American Academy of Optometry in San Francisco, Drs. Robert and Bruce Lidkea of Lidkea, Elliott, and Lidkea Optometrists here purchased a new piece of equipment that will assist in the testing of children as young as six months.
Final results of a 15-day stint of hyberbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for six-year-old Brett Jewell of Fort Frances won’t be fully known for a couple of weeks but indications are the innovative treatment has diminished some of the side effects of his cerebral palsy. The youngster and his mother, Kathy, […]
Mark Faragher is calling it a dream pulled into reality. The Fort Frances entrepreneur received $90,000 from the Transitional Jobs Fund during a grand-opening ceremony here yesterday to help his new company–Fibre Works Canada–get off the ground. Fibre Works is the sole producer for “Top-Up” products, a company based in […]
