The Stratton Toy Library is saying goodbye to one of its dedicated workers, assistant co-ordinator Sandy Shrumm, who had given excellent support to the centre. The STL wishes Sandy great success in her future endeavours. “On the same note, STL would like to welcome Laurie Anderson as assistant co-ordinator,” said […]
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It was an awesome evening last Friday at the Barwick Hall as communities blended together for a benefit spaghetti supper and auction is support of Metta and Richard Visser. Some 400 plus came out on a mild evening to help the couple defray some of their growing medical expenses. Bidders […]
The Rainy River District School Board last night ratified the tentative contract agreement it had reached with the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario back on Feb. 8. The two-year contract provides a total salary increase of eight percent–divided over two percent hikes as of September, 2000, February, 2001, September, […]
After staging a successful public session in Stratton last month, the local planning committee for the World Health Organization’s 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities next year continues with an presentation here tomorrow. Starting at 7 p.m. at the Red Dog Inn, WHO co-ordinator Jeannette Cawston said the public session […]
Budding scientists took centre stage at Crossroads School in Devlin last week as students in grades four-eight took part in the second-annual science fair there. Projects ranged from “Do bones need calcium” and “What floor cleaners work best?” to “Who can balance better on one foot–boys or girls.” Seventh-grader Mackenzie […]
The new Sturgeon Creek bridge just north of Barwick was christened with lots of snowmobile traffic during its grand opening. The Emo Borderland Snowmobile Club held a poker derby last weekend and sold about 160 poker hands for the event as more than 50 sleds joined the run. “This is […]
Preparations are underway for the second-annual ManOMin watershed conference in April. “It will be held in International Falls this year at the Rainy River Community College,” said co-ordinator Jennifer Mercer. The conference, slated for April 6-7, will be geared towards the general public this year. “We really want to expose […]
While it won’t be up and running until at least May, early work on the new dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here started last Thursday in the day hospital area “Things are progressing,” Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., noted Tuesday. “We’re still working on the […]
After a three-year standstill, there once again is some stirring at Echo Lake Estates in Emo. Until recently, lawyers representing the three parties involved in a dispute over who should pay for a drainage system at the 70-home subdivision weren’t even sitting at the table any more, according to co-owner […]
After receiving a counter-offer from the Town of Fort Frances to annex the landfill site along McIrvine Road, Alberton Reeve John Milling is still not pleased. “I don’t like the offer. I don’t think it’s reasonable to eat away at our tax base. It hurts us, we can’t afford to […]
The local Ministry of Natural Resources has recommended Trout Road and other branches of that road system be opened conditionally, not to have it remain closed as was wrongly reported in last Wednesday’s Times. And that recommendation is being applauded by several parties–with some reservations. “Mainly, we thought it was […]
The second-annual Rainy Lake Ice Fishing Tournament took place Saturday afternoon on Northwest Bay and many of the 250 participants said it was about having a good time. “I love it,” enthused Chrissy Soderholm, who came to the derby with her husband. “We were here for the first one and […]
