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 […]
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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 […]
As Sturgeon Creek School in Barwick and the Sturgeon Creek Annex in Stratton wait to find out if their drinking water is safe, the Rainy River District School Board is installing chlorination injection systems at both sites. “We ordered in the chlorination systems as soon as could, and they’re being […]
Just south of Emo on Colonization Road, seven donkeys peer over a fence at a passing cyclist. The donkeys are all that remain of Bill and Marg Govier’s petting zoo. Now in their 70s, the couple has had to get rid of most of their animals but the donkeys are […]
Every year, Emo township employees have been required to constantly remove debris lodged alongside two municipal docks. But this year, a new dock and boat launch is being built to help solve the problem. Emo’s two docks often have been useless for passing boaters because they were always surrounded by […]
Despite cool, wet conditions earlier this summer, most of the district’s farmers are happy with this year’s harvest. “If you were fortunate enough to get it in late May, early June, you were fortunate,” said Bernie Zimmerman, who has few complaints about his grain crops. “June wasn’t very good but […]
