District municipalities were told Saturday that provincial regulations covering electrical and mechanical work were behind the cost overruns at the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board’s new building in Fort Frances. “Without the electrical and mechanical costs, we would only be $22,000 over budget,” DSSAB vice-chair Val Pizey told […]
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This week’s article is Part 2 on congenital defects in cattle. Here are some of the more common genetic defects that can occur: •Hypotrichosis (hairlessness) Hairlessness occurs in several breeds of beef cattle. It expresses itself as complete or partial loss of hair. Calves often are born with no hair, […]
Being a fair drive from Fort Frances, students at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton previously hadn’t had the opportunity to partake in swimming lessons. But now they do. “It’s part of the government and our school board’s mandate to have quality daily physical activity for our students,” […]
Rainy River won’t be without a place to take empty beer bottles and the new returnable liquor bottles after all. Although Border Service no longer is the local beer bottle return depot effective today (Jan. 31), Marion Brumwell of 316 Atwood Ave. will be taking them starting tomorrow (Feb. 1). […]
An Ignace area outfitter is the latest person convicted following a two-year investigation by Ontario and U.S. wildlife officials into illegal bear hunts. Harold St. Cyr, 69, of Renfrew, owner of Agimak River Outfitters near Ignace, has been convicted of being party to hunting black bear without the authority of […]
The Ontario government and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters are encouraging anyone looking for some winter fun to get outdoors and drop a line during the first winter Ontario Family Fishing Weekend, Natural Resources minister David Ramsay announced last week. “Many Ontarians enjoy winter fishing as a sport […]
The Emo Legion will host a walleye fish fry on Saturday, Feb. 10 (sorry for the misprint last week that read Feb. 19). The meal begins at 4:30 p.m. and runs until 7 p.m. Take-outs can be purchased at 4 p.m. The cost is $12 for adults and $6 for […]
The Rainy River Public Library celebrated major improvements to its facilities with an open house on Saturday. Two years ago, the library board and staff began working on making the children’s section of the library more inviting and fun for kids to use. They applied for a Trillium Foundation grant […]
Although Emo council decided earlier this month that it would not be “breed specific” and pass a bylaw to cage and padlock rottweilers and pit bulls, the issue was back on the table at last Tuesday night’s regular meeting. Coun. Ken Fisher initiated the discussion, noting he had been approached […]
With a minority government in place in Ottawa, and the possibility of a spring federal election in the making, the Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP will hold its nomination meeting tomorrow (Feb. 1). The NDP wants to make sure it has a candidate in place—ready to run for election—in the event […]
After first expanding its investigation to include the Atikokan and Fort Frances areas, Dryden OPP now has turned its eyes south of the border in the search for a missing person. Shaun Peters, 32, of Dryden went missing on Saturday (Jan. 27). The snowmachine he was driving subsequently has been […]
A Fort Frances woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a three-year-old child of the Whitefish Bay First Nation back in July, 2005. Falcon Cameron, 26, was scheduled to make a court appearance today in Kenora, where she presently is in custody, the Treaty […]
