It’s no secret the Borderland Thunder have been trying to jump ship from the Superior International Junior Hockey League to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for some time. Whispers that the local Junior ‘A’ squad was on financial thin ice have been around even longer. As such, yesterday’s announcement that […]
Editorials
Northwestern Ontario welcomed the start of another tourist season last weekend as the yearly flow of U.S. visitors began to trickle across the border here. It’s only fitting, then, that the region’s annual fishing tournament circuit kicks off this Friday morning when the Emo Walleye Classic takes to the waters […]
Town council made the wrong decision last week when it voted not to replace a full-time firefighter at the Fort Frances Fire Hall. Now it’s up to residents to get councillors to change their mind. One way is to sign a petition being circulated around town. Another is to voice […]
The recently released recreational survey of Fort Frances residents has provided many good recommendations to the council of Fort Frances. The survey—distributed in the fall of 2004—had a good response from the community, and the citizens who voluntarily participated in forwarding their ideas and recommendations in the survey are to […]
It is fitting that the four party leaders in Canada can declare a truce to mark the 60th anniversary of VE day. Sixty years ago, this community shut down for two days to mark the end of that war and celebrated with parades and church services. One week earlier, the […]
The real question these days isn’t when the next federal election will be held. It is whether an election is going to change anything? There’s no doubt Canadians are angry—and rightly so—over the sponsorship scandal that’s coming to light day by day before the Gomery Commission. But when push comes […]
“Volunteers Grow Communities” is the theme for this year’s National Volunteer Week (April 17-23), which certainly rings true right here in Rainy River District. Volunteers are all around us, day in and day out, yet far too often we take for granted their enormous contributions that help make our communities […]
At first glance, at least, it certainly looks like district tourist operators will be the ones hardest hit by new U.S. regulations that, among other things, will require Americans returning home from a trip to this country to present passports at the border. Sure, loyal customers who have been coming […]
Recent community “summits,” conferences, and workshops have focused on the economic problems facing Rainy River District—job losses in the forest industry, the impact “mad cow” disease has had on local cattle farmers, border issues affecting area tourism outfitters, and the out-migration of our young people. All these are important issues, […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, led by president Trish Neilson, deserves top marks for staging an “ag summit” today in Barwick, bringing together a broad cross-section of the district farming community to tackle the myriad of serious issues facing that industry. Certainly no one expects to solve all the […]
The decision Friday by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to take control of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, appointing Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. as interim administrator in the process, clearly left heads spinning here—and more questions than answers. The ministry said its control is temporary, “until a […]
Ten years ago, our community rallied to a cause—braving a frigid February evening to stage the “Walk for Alex” to lend support (financially and morally) to a young child undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment to fight the cancer that was eating away at the bone marrow in his right leg. That […]
