How painfully ironic that news Fort St. Pierre and the Lookout Tower at Pither’s Point have been closed indefinitely due to their shoddy condition came the same week the Sunset Country Museums Network spring meeting here was told preserving museums and historic sites helps drive the economy. Historic sites bring […]
Editorials
The inaugural Emo Walleye Classic, which runs May 31-June 1 on the Rainy River, is a welcomed addition to the fishing circuit around Northwestern Ontario. In fact, the Emo derby already has scored a coup—before the boats have even hit the water—by being sanctioned as a qualifying tournament for the […]
The Opposition and many Canadians are in an uproar today over word most of our ground troops will be pulled out of Afghanistan by this summer—despite a request from the U.S. military that we stay on to help fight the war on terrorism there. The reason? We simply don’t have […]
The backbone of any community is its people—and that was perfectly demonstrated here last week when Rainy River District hosted the World Health Organization’s conference on safe communities. Yes, there were some bumps, particularly on the Friday afternoon prior to the conference, as well as the disappointment of seeing a […]
Granted, the vast majority of us are not experts on international trade and domestic subsidies, but surely everyone can see there’s something wrong with this picture. The United States, as we all here north of the 49th parallel well know, has slapped crippling countervailing duties and anti-dumping tariffs on Canadian […]
Many of the programs have been featured previously in the newspaper, through stories and photographs, over the years. But when it came time to compile a special supplement in conjunction with the World Health Organization conference here next week, it was truly eye-opening to realize just how much effort is […]
The tourism season will burst on Rainy River District in just three short weeks. Much has changed since last September. Tourism is a people industry, and we must make our visitors feel welcome and safe when they cross the border into Northwestern Ontario. We also cannot forget tourism is the […]
With not a whole lot of new faces sitting around the Cabinet table after Monday’s shuffle, Ontarians are sure to get antsy pretty quickly wondering just how Premier Ernie Eves plans to usher in a “kinder, gentler” government than that of his predecessor, Mike Harris. And you can’t blame them. […]
It hasn’t been a banner week for town council. First, residents are left scratching their heads that the town has decided—in its wisdom—that perhaps a full traffic study is warranted after all with regards to the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here. Hello? Like, shouldn’t that have been done […]
Under the “Oh no, not again” file . . . Yes, that dreaded “T” word is being floated around again by town leaders. As in “twinning” Fort Frances with another town/city. Also as in “time (and money) wasted.” This time around, 10 years after our last foray with “twinning,” Fort […]
Council may only have two speakers coming forward so far to speak on the smoking bylaw issue at a special meeting next Tuesday night, but the more than 700 cards—each representing a household—delivered by the Northwestern Health Unit to council speaks that second-hand smoke is a major concern in Fort […]
The local campus of Confederation College has scored another coup with the formal announcement Saturday that it and colleges in Minnesota will be able to share courses via videoconferencing starting this fall. Better still, all Confederation College campuses already linked by Contact North also can access the network thanks to […]
