Spotting a huge, unidentifiable object in the evening sky with flashing lights “not like an airplane” may sound far-fetched but it’s a scenario at least a dozen residents from Fort Frances to Barwick said they saw Sept. 20. Reported to be extremely large, stationary for up to an hour, and […]
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It wasn’t about buying and selling, or even about trade. It was about making contacts with people on both sides of the border. And it was a real success for Trish Neilson of Rainy River Preserves, who was attending her first “Northern Networks” trade conference. Neilson decided to attend the […]
Fort Frances council could be putting the brakes on the proposed Rainy River District Area Services Board by insisting on representation by population. That’s the warning Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who chairs the working group putting together the proposal, relayed after hearing council here gave the go-ahead to the […]
Darryl Lewis, the person in charge of community planning for Duluth, Mn., spoke Friday at the “Northern Networks” trade conference here to explain his department’s outlook on tourism. “We’re a crossroads,” he noted of people travelling east and west and north and south en route to destinations. “And we’re looking […]
The invisible trading wall is crumbling as 150 participants opened up possibilities of doing business with their counterparts on the other side of the Canada-U.S. border. That’s what happened at the fourth-annual “Northern Networks” trade conference held in Fort Frances last week. And organizer Geoff Gillon, with the Rainy River […]
The Northwestern Ontario Association of Chambers of Commerce is trying to initiate a study to look at how variables interplay in the Northwestern Ontario economy in an effort to help those doing business here. The 35 delegates attending NOACC’s annual general meeting in Fort Frances last weekend approved budgeting $5,000 […]
There was no question that Sleeman native Kenny Trenchard was the big winner at the third-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, taking the $1,000 grand prize and the coveted “Golden Hoe” for his 456-pound entry. “I’m not sure what I’ll do with it,” Trenchard said after pocketing […]
It’s out there. It’s all around us. It’s not something we can easily put a finger on but it’s there just the same. What is it? “It” is that feeling of community, that sense of spirit, that open neighbourliness that gives a place heart. And sometimes you’ll find the biggest […]
With provincial funding having run out for the Community Development Corp. for the West Rainy River District, Geoff Gillon said his office is looking to pick up the slack. But just how they’re going to do it remains to be seen. Gillon and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., based […]
“I read books by many different spiritual teachers, philosophers and professionals in all fields so that I’m constantly growing. Every day is a new opportunity to learn more.” That was the quote on my calendar one day last week. Interestingly, it happened to be the same day when I learned […]
The osprey is one of our largest hawk-type birds, which is sometimes called the Fish Eagle. And you have to admit that, with a six-foot wing span, this is quite a substantial bird. It lives on fish and it is very well adapted for its role in life. Those huge […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Gordon Edgar Burnell on Monday, Sept. 29, 1997 at the age of 57. He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife, Simone, of 31 years; his daughter, Robyn and husband, Marc Bourrier; his daughter, Evelyne and husband, Matt […]
