Anglers . . . start your engines! Okay, okay, the Indy 500 it’s not. But the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has evolved, since its humble beginning in 1995, to become the major event of the year here—one which countless residents eagerly look forward to each July and around which […]
Editorials
The future suddenly looks much brighter for the Superior International Junior Hockey League following Monday’s decision by USA Hockey to reverse its earlier ruling and allow two American teams to join the loop after all. And that, in turn, bodes well for the survival of Junior ‘A’ hockey here. The […]
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Canada gets hot in the summer! Really? The way the national media is portraying it, you’d think the “heat wave” currently blanketing Central Canada was some weird phenomenon never before experienced by those of us living in the Great White North. Well, guess what? […]
The mood was jubilant Monday as those who worked so hard to push for a new library here finally saw their dream—and perseverance—come to fruition with the grand opening of the beautiful, state-of-the-art Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Who can blame them? It was a long, at times rocky, […]
It appears aboriginal peoples will be exempt from the eight-percent provincial portion of the new HST, set to take effect in Ontario on July 1, at point of sale rather than receiving rebates only after filing their income tax returns (as is currently the case with the GST). A no-brainer […]
The plug finally has been pulled on “Fun in the Sun,” our long-running summer festival that’s been on life support for years, but it’s looking like Canada Day festivities have been resuscitated. That’s certainly something to celebrate. The best news, however, is that residents and community groups are the ones […]
Couchiching First Nation may be claiming victory following the decision to remove its controversial toll booth off Highway 11 on Monday night, but at what cost? True, the band accomplished what it had set out to do—gaining assurances that eight home owners will be relocated from contaminated soil and a […]
Fortunately, it has remained peaceful so far at the toll booth Couchiching First Nation put up on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway late Friday afternoon. It’s obvious, however, that the longer it stays up, the more likely that calm will deteriorate—and quickly. Already those who may have […]
It appears the Couchiching band council has no intention of backing down from its plan to install a toll booth on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway, meeting last night to set the fee schedule. The federal government certainly hasn’t done much, if anything, to defuse the situation […]
Very few issues town council grapples with are black and white. There are divergent viewpoints to consider, not to mention concerns about setting a precedent that might come back to haunt the current council or a future one. And of course, there will always be someone who doesn’t agree with […]
It’s been stated before but deserves to be reiterated: organizers of the Rainy River District Festival for the Performing Arts can’t be thanked enough for their efforts to ensure this valued tradition continues on here. Running the last two weeks in April, and then culminating Sunday with the annual “highlights […]
Rainy River District has been spared contentious disputes revolving around aboriginal grievances that have plagued other communities across our region, as well as elsewhere in Ontario and the rest of Canada. That may change as early as next month. Fed up with the slow pace of progress on resolving compensation […]
