KENORA, Ont. —Weyerhaeuser is trimming 100 employees from its Kenora, Ont. workforce, including 41 of them permanently. Due to a decline in demand, staff at the company’s ILevel plant will continue to take extended downtime in the first quarter of the year, the company said in a news release issued […]
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KENORA, Ont. —Two Alberta men died yesterday in a four-vehicle crash on Highway 17 east of this Northwestern Ontario city. Provincial police said the collision involved three transports and a pickup truck pulling a trailer. It occurred at 2:45 a.m. on an icy section of highway near Richard Lake. The […]
THUNDER BAY, Ont. —Thunder Bay Fine Papers Inc. announced yesterday it has signed a letter of intent with an unidentified Canadian investment group that’s expected to permit the purchase and restart of a closed local paper mill owned by Cascades Inc. Thunder Bay Fine Papers, a private company formed after […]
Sufficient ice has formed to allow Voyageurs National Park staff to stake the Green Snowmobile Trail between the Rainy Lake Visitor Center and the Ash River resort community. Travel elsewhere on frozen lake surfaces within Voyageurs National Park is unsafe and not recommended due to insufficient ice thicknesses and other […]
Amendments to the Municipal Act, 2001, the legislation providing the authority for Ontario municipalities, were proclaimed Jan. 1—providing local governments with new broad powers and significant legislative freedoms. “Today [Jan. 1] is a milestone for Ontario municipalities,” said Municipal Affairs and Housing minister John Gerretsen. “Through this legislation, the McGuinty […]
Over the past year, the McGuinty government has worked to strengthen Ontario’s forest sector by increasing its commitment to it to more than $1 billion, Natural Resources minister David Ramsay said last week. “We’ve focused like never before on the economic challenges facing Ontario’s forest industry and the social impacts […]
Foul play is suspected in the death of a 45-year-old Wabaseemoong First Nation resident, whose body was located inside a residence with obvious signs of blunt trauma. Police had been called to the residence in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in response to a disturbance. The deceased […]
Whether it’s fundraiser dinners or a penny weigh-in, the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District has several events planned this month, which also is known as “Alzheimer Awareness Month.” For instance, tickets are still available for the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction,” which is slated for […]
FORT FRANCES—Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them and lift them up forever. (Psalms 28:9) As part of its mission to reach out to fellow community members in need, the new Community Care Ministry at the Apostolic Way United Pentecostal Church here is offering “a helping hand in […]
FORT FRANCES—The coming year will be a busy one for Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff, with the Liberal MP focusing on issues such as the drought, a local abattoir, and forestry. The drought—estimated to have cost the local cattle industry $3.6 million—will be one of the first items on […]
FORT FRANCES—The agriculture community in Rainy River District had its share of hardships last year, with a lack of rain making conditions difficult to grow produce and raise livestock as well as the provincial government abruptly enforcing regulations regarding the processing of uninspected meat. So what will 2007 hold for […]
FORT FRANCES—One of Rainy River District’s bigger projects this coming year will be the continuous planning and building of an abattoir to service the area. And after meeting their deadlines in 2006, the board of directors is on target to meet its goals for the new year. “When the board […]
