Pickup trucks pulled up to the big tent at Hannam Park in Rainy River on Saturday only minutes before the 1 p.m. registration deadline as owners of the district’s biggest pumpkins wanted to keep them under wraps as long as possible. In total, 48 pumpkins were entered in the sixth-annual […]
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Jeff Gillon, Community Investment manager for the Rainy River Future Development Corp. here, believes the economic impact local farming has on Rainy River District is one very few people know much about. “The farming industry provides income and revenue to people across the district, and is not restricted to one […]
Some 100 students walked out of classes at Rainy River High School on Monday to protest the lack of extra-curricular activities there this year. Numbers dwindled by yesterday afternoon, and today everyone was back in class, prompting principal Don McBride to say the situation was now under control, citing “communication […]
“This would be my fourth Northern Networks Trade Conference that I’ve attended and it was an overwhelming success,” said NorFab general manager Brian Hagarty, who was one of more than 100 business and community reps who attended the two-day conference last week. “It’s an opportunity for people to get together, […]
As funeral services for long-time Emo doctor John O’Sullivan were held yesterday at the Legion Hall there, many residents and co-workers shared their thoughts on the loss of a pillar of their community. “I can remember when he first came here,” said former Emo reeve Brian Reid, who was still […]
With a combination of solid beef prices across the country, the new scale, and more than $500,000 recently handed out by the local co-operative group, this weekend’s cattle sale in Stratton is expected to be a good one. “The sale price . . . will be strong and comparable with […]
Area residents who’ve thought of buying a scooter to help them stay independently mobile and active will have the chance to try one out when they visit the Shoppers Home Health Care booth at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Trade Show this Friday and Saturday. “It’s going to be […]
Organizers have been very busy getting things ready for the second-annual Rainy River and District Chamber of Commerce live-release walleye tournament this Saturday and Sunday.
All students and staff using computers now must sign an agreement to comply with the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s “acceptable usage policy” after trustees approved it during Saturday’s meeting at Our Lady of the Way in Stratton. “[Acceptable usage policies] seem to be a prevalent in the business world […]
“No more Toronto.” That’s how John Rutherford, co-ordinator of the sixth-annual Corel’s Northwestern Ontario Schools’ Chess Championships, described what was eliminated for regional chess winners thanks to a motion passed at the annual meeting of Ottawa’s Chess Federation of Canada in July which gives Northwestern Ontario “provincial” status. And that […]
Protesters who have been sitting in the Seine River First Nation band office since last Monday have now been locked out of the front of the building. Three of the band’s councillors and their supporters have been sitting in the band office demanding the resignation of Chief John Kabatay and […]
The Red Tape Commission made its final Northwestern Ontario stop in Fort Frances yesterday, fielding complaints of provincial regulations and procedures that have hampered day-to-day operations in the district. “There actually has been a fairly diverse list of issues,” said MPP Bob Wood, co-chair of the commission which has been […]
