Given the storm that ripped through Ignace yesterday morning, not to mention the devastating tornadoes that tore across southwestern Manitoba this past weekend, every effort to offer communities better early warning of severe weather is critical. Fort Frances town council took a step in that direction Monday night by approving […]
Editorials
The announcement that a 12 bed youth detention centre was to be built in Fort Frances came as a surprise to most residents. The commitment by the Children and Youth Services Minister to build the facility is a welcome note. The communities of Fort Frances and Couchiching First Nation began […]
There is a segment of the population that feels criminals, whether hardened or first-time offenders, should be cast into the deepest, darkest dungeon never to be seen or heard from again. Fortunately, the majority of people are far more reasonable—and are willing to accept initiatives aimed at rehabilitating those who […]
Full credit must go to the group of people in Emo who are spearheading the construction of a water spray park there. After months of initial discussions and legwork, the committee is now set to launch its fundraising campaign this Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo. Raising […]
Town council likely will face a tough decision sometime this summer: is the government dock at Pither’s Point worth saving. Let’s hope the answer is yes. True, as Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig pointed out this week, the dock isn’t a going concern like it was 25 years ago. The […]
You’ve got to admire—and envy—Ely, Mn. Faced with changes to fishing regulations and a flagging mining industry 30 years ago, the small town (population 3,500 in the winter months) didn’t shrivel up. Rather, it catered to the influx of canoeists to the boundary waters area to tap into a whole […]
The Victoria Day long weekend, which also happens to coincide with the opener of walleye season this year, is the traditional start of summer for residents here in Rainy River District. It also marks the start of something else very important to the economic well-being of our area—tourist season. This […]
A drought grips Rainy River District. Farmers can only watch their crops and hay fields wither away. Towns along the Rainy River are helpless as water intake systems suck air. Docks on Rainy Lake are high and dry, and boaters are hitting rocks previously well below the waves. New invasive […]
Rainy River District may be off the beaten track so to speak, but that doesn’t mean we can’t rise above our relative isolation. Case in point the two local farms which received regional awards on Friday in Thunder Bay under the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence program. Pine River […]
“I take the pill and scrape the coating off, place it down on the plate and crush it, make it smooth with the card, and anxiously make it into a line, I pick up the dirty bill, and roll it up, put it to my nose, and sniff there it […]
Opposition parties were clamouring Monday for the Harper government to set a firm deadline for Canadian troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan, It was an understandable move given the deaths of eight soldiers last week alone and indications the Conservatives already are planning to extend the mission beyond its current […]
Monday’s ceremonies in France and across Canada, including here in Fort Frances, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory at Vimy Ridge during the First World War gave Canadians a chance to remember those who fell in battle all those years ago. But it also provided a stark reminder […]
