First Alberton didn’t have enough people to fill its four council seats. Now it has too many people interested in the job. Barb Cournoyer, Mike Hammond, Wayne McKay and Gary Miller all told Alberton clerk Faye Flatt they were interested in the two vacant seats by Friday’s deadline. But Flatt […]
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It’s official. McCrosson-Tovell and Morson will merge, and annex some of the unincorporated area in the Kenora District, to become the Township of Lake of the Woods over the next year. The new township will be part of Rainy River District. Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Al Leach announced yesterday […]
Although they’ve only been operation for seven months, Voyageur Panel had a very fruitful 1997 and the young company is looking forward to 1998. Mill manager Percy Champagne said the oriented strandboard mill in Barwick had one of the fastest start-up times in the industry–and is far ahead of the […]
Let’s see. The new double-rink ice facility going up adjacent to the Sportsplex next year is being funded by public donations–and people’s tax dollars. So why is it that trying to get information from an arena steering committee meeting is like trying to pull that proverbial tooth? A good case […]
Stewart Roberts, 87, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997. Stewart was born in Treherne, Man. on Sept. 12, 1910. At the age of three, he moved with his family to the Rainy River District. He served in the […]
Ann Dolk, 66, of 1143 Portage Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997. She was born Feb. 18, 1931 in Fort Frances, and had lived in Fort Frances most of her life. On Nov. 9, 1946, she was united in marriage to Walter Dolk. […]
Here in the dead of winter, it’s hard to imagine a garden. A garden with soft, warm soil–soil you can sift through your hands while the warm breezes tickle your neck and the sun threatens sunburn. It’s hard to imagine little radish leaves peaking out on Friday when you only […]
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Look about your home. What are you going to give up so Canada meets its greenhouse gas commitments? If you are like me, you didn’t think much about the 11-day talkathon in Kyoto, Japan. I knew there was a controversy. Eminent scientists said global warming will melt the polar ice […]
In Northern Ontario, we have a number of native owls. These range in size from the Great Horned Owl, with a wingspan of five feet, to the robin-sized Saw-whet Owl. Here are two which are medium-sized, actually about the size of a crow. But they are different in appearance, habits, […]
The Kathie Jackson rink (Fort Frances) dumped Valerie Stuff (Atikokan) 10-2 in eight ends Sunday in Rainy River to capture the Zone Seven ladies’ crown. Jackson, whose rink includes Kim Beaudry (third), Kelly Tolen (second), Anna Lindholm (lead), and Roz Broman (fifth), now advances to the Northwestern playdowns Jan. 7-10 […]
High school hockey coaches are looking forward to fewer injuries, faster skating, and more passing on the new Olympic ice surface that’s included in the $5.5-million arena project here. In fact, Bronco head coach Dan Shankowsky hopes Kenora considers going with an Olympic-size rink if it ever builds another one […]
