Members of the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists were saluted at last week’s Alberton council meeting for their work in helping conserve local heritage. The nomination for the group was submitted to the Ontario Heritage Trust by Alberton Reeve Mike Hammond back in October at the direction of council. Since […]
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Ted Kaemingh, developer of the subdivision off Emo Road in Emo, attended council’s regular meeting last Tuesday (April 10) to propose an extension of the area currently home to more than a dozen families. “The interest is there, but we’re running out of lots,” Kaemingh told council, adding two or […]
Rainforest Action Network yesterday accused Weyerhaeuser Corp. of human rights abuses after the company refused to support viable alternatives to sourcing wood from massive clear-cut logging operations within the ancestral homeland of the Grassy Narrows First Nation. The allegation came just two days before Weyerhaeuser’s annual shareholder meeting in Federal […]
NDP leader Howard Hampton yesterday demanded answers from Dalton McGuinty about northern workers on layoff because of the premier’s support for Stephen Harper’s softwood sell-out. In Question Period, Hampton raised the case of workers at the McKenzie Forest Products mill (a division of Buchanan Forest Products) in Hudson, near Sioux […]
The provincial government is helping attract business investment to Northwestern Ontario with help from the Ontario government’s GO North Investor Program, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced last Wednesday. “We are pleased to see communities working together on a regional level to promote the distinct advantages of locating […]
“Old Koochiching,” an original musical play celebrating the origins of Koochiching County, will be presented this Friday (April 20) at 7:30 p.m. in the Backus Auditorium for the Performing Arts in International Falls. The play is a very light-hearted look at some of the people and issues involved in the […]
A Geraldton man has been fined $1,000 for disobeying a sign and using a road without authorization from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Back on Oct. 10, 2005, Andre Blanchard, 42, and a party of hunters harvested a moose off Marlene Road—a closed road about 30 km west of Geraldton. […]
“Buckle up!” That the message the OPP is sending to Rainy River District residents as it kicks off its 2007 spring seatbelt campaign this week. Starting Monday and running until April 30, OPP officers will be highly visible across Rainy River District targeting drivers and passengers who choose not to […]
An Ignace company has been fined $800 for doing trail work without a permit. Kadlec Resort Property Inc. pleaded guilty under the Public Lands Act. It must pay $500 in restitution for damaging trees along the trail as well as clean up the damaged trees. Court was told that between […]
The Rainy River District Regional Abattoir is prepared to take its next step toward the establishment of an abattoir in the district. A proposal from Sunrise Meat and Sausage to operate a facility has been accepted by the board. A business planning process and review has been started with the […]
KENORA, Ont. —A Winnipeg businessman has applied to build a six- to eight-storey condominium development on the Lake of the Woods waterfront in Kenora, but will have to convince the city to ease a height restriction. Morris Chia, president and CEO of Travel Professionals International, has submitted his building plan […]
KENORA, Ont. —That’s one grumpy old man. An OPP officer got more than he bargained for when he pulled over an 85-year-old driver on the weekend. Police say they were on the lookout for a vehicle with expired plates when they spotted it on Highway 17 east of Kenora. When […]
