Construction of the golf course at Couchiching is on hold pending overall environmental concerns and paperwork for a bridge which will span Frog Creek there. “We have been on site,” said Earl Jessop, a habitat biologist with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “The course is actually on hold […]
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An extremely successful slo-pitch tournament, organized by the Crossroads rink committee as a fundraiser, wrapped up over the weekend in Devlin. Joe Bodnar said they exceeded the amount of money they thought this event would make, adding he and the rest of the committee were extremely pleased. After a lot […]
Barwick is celebrating Canada Day a day early, getting a head-start on the festivities with a parade and baseball tournaments this Saturday (June 30). “We have a parade and it’s on Saturday, and we’ve got baseball. There’s slo-pitch and fastball,” noted Barwick clerk Doris Dyson. Participants are encouraged to register […]
Games, entertainment, and fireworks are scheduled as Emo will celebrate Canada Day on Monday, July 2 given similar parties are slated in Barwick on June 30 and Fort Frances on July 1. “It’ll be great. I can’t believe what they’ve put together in the last week,” noted Emo Reeve Russ […]
Hannam Park Beach in Rainy River is still off limits to swimmers after being declared unsafe due to high levels of bacteria last Thursday by the Northwestern Health Unit. “We sampled Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and we’ve only heard back about Tuesday’s. It’s still bad,” public health inspector Dave Coats […]
Couchiching First Nation police are investigating a stolen fishing boat that was reported missing Tuesday from a dock there. The boat is described as a 14-foot Alumamarine, with a 30-h.p. Yamaha motor. Meanwhile, Fort Frances OPP is looking into reports of vehicles being entered on Katelyn Drive during the early […]
The newly-developed Emo Health Centre is truly a centre for health care services, and the public is invited to come out and see it firsthand at its grand opening next Wednesday (June 27) from 2-4 p.m. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., will be the master of […]
Some district students will be spending part of their vacation in the classroom now that the Rainy River District School Board has confirmed summer school will be session here for a third-consecutive year. “We’ve got over 50 kids from across the system,” Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood said Tuesday. “We […]
Following their native tradition of respecting the environment and hoping to help an endangered species, the Rainy River First Nation hatchery released about 800,000 sturgeon into the river after a brief traditional ceremony Friday.
National Aboriginal Day, and the signing of Treaty #3, will be remembered and celebrated at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, just west of Barwick, on Thursday evening. “What we’re doing is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. [on] Thursday. We’re having traditional dancing and drumming, and we’re gong to have some […]
“Tickets are still for sale for the Joel Fafard concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.,” said tour de Fort spokesperson Wanda Botsford. “They are selling for $10, and can be picked up at la Place Rendez-Vous or the Fort Frances Public Library,” she added. The concert is being held at the […]
After two-and-a-half days spent cold and wet in the Northern Ontario bush, Dr. Michael Monture said it was the suffering and desperation he saw in the remote reserve of Pikangikum that prompted him to set out on a spiritual quest for help. While his motives were personal, the physician unwittingly […]
