According to the Northwestern Health Unit, the Kenora/Rainy River districts are not exactly a healthy place to live. And it’s getting worse. This cheery message, the basis of a presentation during the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting in Stratton on Saturday, came complete with graphs and flow charts […]
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Industry Canada announced Friday that one local proposal to create a business plan for bringing broadband service to Rainy River District was approved. Four other applications, representing a total of 22 communities, also were accepted in Kenora-Rainy River riding under the federal government’s Broadband for Rural and Northern Development pilot […]
The only privately-operated livestock inspection station in Canada is in danger of closing if the federal government doesn’t open its purse strings, the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association warned last week. Outgoing RRCA president Tom Morrish said the port of entry station in Rainy River has been an important link for […]
Members of the La Vallee centennial committee have decided to continue to accept family histories they’ve requested for a history book to be published in conjunction with the township’s centennial in 2004. The initial deadline had been Jan. 31, however, there are still families which haven’t handed in their histories […]
Kenora-Rainy River MP Robert Nault was at La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday to congratulate two local men who had received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for outstanding commitment to community service. Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young and OPP Cst. Paul Pirie were nominated for the medals last year and found out in […]
At its regular meeting last Tuesday afternoon, Chapple council gave its thumbs down to a resolution from Alberton requesting the Northwestern Health Unit board dismiss Dr. Sarsfield as its medical offficer. Reeve Bill Clink and Couns. Peter VanHeyst, Rick Neilson, and Rilla Race all voted against the resolution (Coun. Mark […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association is looking for a large turnout at its meeting tonight (Wednesday) to bring members and interested parties up to speed on issues affecting the industry locally. Among the items on the agenda is the new breeders’ co-op program that will extend bridge financing to farmers […]
It’s another case of what’s old becoming new again. At one time, the boreal forests of Northern Ontario and Manitoba were filled with the haunting bugling of bull elk during the height of the annual rut each September and October. Now, it seems, those long-gone sounds once again are being […]
District farmers soon may be spared the long haul to Dryden to have their livestock slaughtered if a local initiative receives the funding it seeks for a new abattoir in Stratton. A group of local investors has raised substantial capital and submitted a plan to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund […]
He’s making his list and checking it twice. No, that’s not Santa, but Bill Limerick, environmental health team leader for the Northwestern Health Unit, whose team of six inspectors is finding out who’s been naughty and nice with respect to complying with the health unit’s ban on smoking in all […]
District farmers soon may be spared the long haul to Dryden to have their livestock slaughtered if a local initiative receives the funding it seeks for a new abattoir in Stratton. A group of local investors has raised substantial capital and submitted a plan to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund […]
Engines will be humming and charitable snowmobile enthusiasts raring to go this weekend for the silver anniversary of one of Northwestern Ontario’s most enduring outdoor traditions. The 25th-annual Atikokan “Snow-a-rama,” which goes to White Otter Castle and back, will take place Saturday, weather and snow conditions permitting. The event, which […]
