Alberton council plans to renew its Municipal Forest Fire Management agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources after hearing from local MNR fire management technician Marney Brown at last Wednesday night’s regular meeting. The current municipal agreement format was put in place in 1998 with the fire management program, including […]
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While a request was made by some Emo residents for a bylaw to cage and padlock rottweilers and pit bulls in the community, the local council disagreed. The request was brought forward at last Tuesday night’s regular council meeting by people who walk in the community, though they were not […]
Across Ontario, agriculture has evolved over time to meet various economic, environmental, and social changes. Therefore, the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) Implementation Guidelines have been updated and improved to better meet the challenges facing Ontario’s agricultural and rural communities today. The 2006 version of the MDS formulae came into effect […]
As the Nestor Falls Curling Club celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, a very important chapter in the club’s history took place back in 1986 when I was appointed president. After the rest of the executive was nominated, new business brought a remark from the floor stating the club was […]
The Rainy River District School Board awarded Crossroads School in Devlin with the first Recognition of Excellence for 2007 at its meeting last Tuesday night (Jan. 9) in Fort Frances. Crossroads has excelled in its “Partnerships for Student Successes Sharing Circle.” At Crossroads, they recognize that students often have needs […]
Construction of nearly 2,940 km of winter roads to connect remote communities in the province’s far north is underway with the help of an Ontario government investment, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced yesterday. “The economic and social importance of the winter roads to isolated northern communities that […]
The Rainy River District School Board once again is hosting a literacy celebration at schools across the district next week in an effort to partner with parents in their children’s education. “Families Learning Together” will be held at four district schools on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 4:30-8 p.m., offering workshops […]
Every year, the Northwestern Health Unit calculates the cost of a basic food basket. In 2006, 27 grocery stores across the Kenora-Rainy River districts participated. The cost of feeding a family of four is $697.65 per month—an increase of more than 17 percent since 1998. In that same period, minimum […]
How much can the district raise in one day? That’s the premise for the “Just Imagine” campaign’s radio-a-thon taking place next Wednesday (Jan. 24). Residents from across the district are being encouraged to call in their pledge or donation to B•93, which will be live on location in the cafeteria […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board ended the 2005/06 school year in a balanced position, according to audited financial statements presented to trustees at its regular monthly meeting here last night. “In order to balance revenues with expenditures, a transfer of $34,100 was made from classroom deferred revenue,” Superintendent of […]
The latest funding totals from the Canada-Ontario-Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) show the Conservative government is using the fund to disproportionately favour Conservative-held ridings, leaders of rural Liberal caucus charged Monday. “This kind of blatant partisanship is immoral,” said Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff, who chairs the rural caucus. […]
FORT FRANCES—Several mining companies working throughout Rainy River District continually have been discovering positive results, making those in the industry enthusiastic about the possibilities here down the road. Rainy River Resources Ltd., a Vancouver-based company exploring in an area near Blackhawk, has announced discovering new zones that had some extremely […]
