Anyone who remembers the staircase leading to the downstairs portion of the old Stedman’s building here will get a vivid reminder of the past when they walk into Howarth’s Home Centre these days. Howarth’s is in the process of re-opening the lower level of the store, where plans to showcase […]
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Applications for federal wage subsidies are on the rise in the Rainy River District, with the Human Resources office here pulling in 76 applications from employers looking to hire students this summer under the Summer Career Placement Program. Fifty of those applications were from Fort Frances area (from Mine Centre […]
Gardens have always been a symbol of life. And now, a local group has come together to organize a “life garden” here as a tribute to organ donors and their families in Rainy River District. The Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange (MORE) life garden, which blooms in a Metro Toronto […]
Gardens have always been a symbol of life. And now, a local group has come together to organize a “life garden” here as a tribute to organ donors and their families in Rainy River District. The Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange (MORE) life garden, which blooms in a Metro Toronto […]
It’s a workshop for only the best in high school band across Northwestern Ontario–and it was the chance of a lifetime for five local students. Heather Keeler (baritone), Shaunna Cuthbertson (alto sax), Norma Kallstrom (trumpet), Kendra Ogden (trombone), and Jennifer Sinclair (French horn) left Monday morning for “Honour Band,” a […]
The Abitibi-Consolidated mill’s run of more than 6.3 million safe hours since a lost-time incident here came to an end last week after an employee who suffered an injury on the job was forced to be taken off work completely. The “hours worked without a lost time” clock was turned […]
Thirty hours without food. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like much. I mean, if a person sleeps for eight hours a day, that leaves only 22 waking hours to go hungry. Take a nap one day and sleep in, and that number drops below 20. So when Jordan Roy, […]
Bidding was strong and prices were high as close to 950 head of cattle moved through the Stratton sales yard Saturday at the second-annual spring sale held by the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association. Buyers’ row was close to full when the sale started, with the first head of cattle being […]
KBHW Radio in International Falls will hold a charity auction at the Bob Walls Memorial Union Hall there to raise support specifically for the physical needs of its building and radio maintenance. “The facility has served us extremely well in the 15 years of our existence,” noted station manager Bruce […]
How can you live without time? Or more accurately, how can you live without a time “piece”? That’s the question I had to ask myself many times last week high in the Colorado Rockies. To begin with, my wristwatch kept perfect time, faithfully signalling one activity after another. But then […]
Well men, we’ve had the biscuit. Done. Kaput. We’re obsolete. We may be wanted but soon we won’t be needed. First a little background. For hundreds of centuries, two genders had to be in intimate contact for reproduction. Men were the hunters and warriors. Women tended the hearth and nurtured […]
There are probably more stories about the wolverine than any other mammal in America. It is supposed to have amazing strength, be extremely intelligent, and have a very ugly disposition.Whether these stories are all true or not, no one really knows. The wolverine is the shadow in the deep woods, […]
