Glyphosate, better known as “Roundup,” is one of the most common weed killers used in Rainy River District. But a report by an American-based group is raising doubts about the safety of this herbicide. A report printed in “Nature Alert,” by the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, contended: •in […]
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Pegeen Keffer, Adriana Schulz, Kerri Tolen, and Dorothy Wiersema are no strangers to the local board of education system but they’re all new to Donald Young School in Emo this year. Schulz and Tolen, who came over to DYS from Nestor Falls, will be teaching grade four/five and seven/eight respectively […]
One hundred years ago, Dry Caribou Bones was a stop-off for nomadic Ojibwa, and for the odd trapper or prospector. A picturesque river wended its way along a valley floor. On this site was to spring up Atikokan–Ojibwa for Dry Caribou Bones. Atikokan is a special northern town. It has […]
Sipka “Sam” Helder, 67, of Bergland, Ont., passed away Friday, Sept. 14, 1998 at Rainy River Hospital in Rainy River, Ont. He was born Sept. 29, 1930 in McCrosson Township, Ont. to the late Sjoerd and Sytske Helder. Raised in Rainy River District, he began working in construction and building […]
Every year we hear stories about people and bears. Some of them are tragic–young campers being killed, people mauled, badly wounded, and sent to hospital, and even one or two cases of people being killed and partially eaten by bears. These are horrifying stories. But in almost every case, common […]
Eight members of the Junior Conservation Club and their parents took to the local sportsmen’s club gun range at Frog Creek to get a taste of target practice. Willie Anderson, who volunteered his time to instruct along with Doug Langtry, said they brought the youngsters to the range to show […]
Heading into his first season with the Windsor Lancers volleyball team last year, Steve Robertson knew full well he wouldn’t see a whole lot of court time as a rookie on a major university team. “Rookies never see any action on the court in their first year, and then they […]
Heading into last Friday’s tilt in International Falls, the Muskies knew they would have their hands full with the Broncos’ vaunted running attack. And that’s exactly what happened–especially in the first half–as the host Broncos ran their way to a comfortable 28-7 victory over the black-and-gold. The Broncos wasted little […]
With a new set of coaches and several new players, the Muskie ‘B’ football team heads into this season with a clean slate as they try to turn around a program that failed to earn a win last year. But the staff isn’t all too concerned with wins and losses. […]
Late summer marks the beginning of some really good fall walleye fishing. I like to head to the rivers when the weather is hot and do some ripping of cranks along the riprap. This is a spring and fall approach to finding walleyes shallow but it also is very effective […]
Four new forest fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday, including two in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fires #159 and #160 were both small, lightning-caused blazes which broke out late in the day in the northeast corner of Quetico Provincial Park. MNR FireRangers, along with a Twin […]
With Halloween less than two months away, Sandra McNay of Masquerade Costume Rentals here is on the planning bandwagon for the second-annual “Scott Street Scare.” The event was a big hit last year, attracting 475 costumed youngsters to the 100-400 blocks of Scott Street to trick-or-treat at participating stores early […]
