Atikokan residents are being advised to keep boiling their water after yet another sample tested positive for disease-causing bacteria last Friday. “It was the same problem. The Cryptosporidium was still in it,” Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown said yesterday, adding the Ontario Clean Water Agency was working to resolve the problem. […]
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Starting today, volunteers will be out around town collecting donations in exchange for a poppy as the Royal Canadian Legion kicks of its 1998 campaign. With the funds, the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 29 assists veterans and the children of veterans when the need arises, contributing to items such as […]
OPP detachments in Rainy River District hope to find out what the public thinks of them when they launch a “Policing for Results” survey. The survey, designed by the OPP’s headquarters in Orillia, will be conducted by phone from the OPP detachment here and takes about 10 minutes to complete. […]
A palliative care volunteer visitor program, aimed at individuals and their families facing a terminal illness, should be on its feet in the district by early next year. Once the program is up and running, its trained volunteers will be available to enhance the physical, mental, and emotional needs of […]
“Scott St. Scare” organizer Sandra McNay is beaming at the overwhelming number of costumed youngsters who flocked to the downtown core Halloween night. A whopping 1,500 children moved along the 100-400 blocks of Scott Street, where 30 participating businesses kept their doors open until 7 p.m. to hand out treats. […]
In anticipation of the “downloading” of responsibility to the regional level, the Northwest Training and Adjustment Board will be hosting a community consultation meeting here next week to gather information for its operating plan. From that, the board is hoping to identify projects to best address the needs of the […]
The public is invited to help Fort Frances High School honour its former students who fought in both world wars, with services slated next Wednesday (Remembrance Day) at 8:50 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Teachers Andrew Hallikas and Mark Kowalchuk revived Fort High’s Remembrance Day ceremony three years ago. “The highlight […]
Many hunters are afraid to try new things and “rattling” is one tactic that intimidates some. Guess what, rattling does work. If you’ve tried it with no success, you probably try it in the wrong area or at the wrong time. Contrary to what some think, rattling can work throughout […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team improved its NorWOSSA record to 5-0 after a 27-12 victory over the Dryden Eagles there yesterday afternoon. Trailing 8-6 after the first half, the Muskies turned it up a notch on offence, outchancing and outscoring the Eagles down the stretch. “Defensively, we played really […]
The boating operator proficiency law was a major topic of conversation among members of the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association but many are still in limbo as to what they’re required to do for next summer. Attending NWOTA’s annual fall meeting Monday at La Place Rendez-Vous, delegates expressed concern as to […]
The Rainy River Minor Hockey Association has been informed by the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association that it no longer will be allowed to send players over there. RRMHA president Don Gall said the MAHA sent him a “revised” copy of its District 16 Player Waiver Policy, completed in May, requesting […]
“A change in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the curve.” On Sept. 12, 1929, Clifford Merle McIntosh was born in Dauphin, Man. He passed away Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998 at Atikokan General Hospital. As a young man, Cliff was an avid […]
