The OPP has arrested several protesters who had illegally blocked the English River Road at Separation bridge since Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Kenora OPP and neighbouring detachments had responded to the report Tuesday that environmental protesters had blocked the road about 75 km north of Kenora. Although local and […]
District News
BARWICK—About 25 district farmers and agricultural enthusiasts gathered at Mark Husser’s farm in Barwick on Tuesday morning for the start of the Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual farm tour. “The purpose is to share information and see if we can pick out some farms across the Rainy […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board managed to settle on the controversial apportionment formula at its meeting here last Thursday night by maintaining the status quo. DSSAB members had trouble agreeing on which of three different formulas to use because the decision required a double majority—meaning the consensus […]
DEVLIN—It’s a summer job unlike any other—and it all comes down to what happens at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair coming up Aug. 14-19 in Emo. Sisters Jolene and Samantha Stahn and their cousin, David Donaldson, members of the local 4-H Junior Beef Club, already have […]
Spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), a predacious zooplankton species introduced to the Great Lakes from Europe, has been confirmed in U.S. waters of Rainy Lake, the local Ministry of Natural Resources revealed yesterday. It has not yet been confirmed in Ontario waters of the lake, the MNR added. Even so, […]
The Pictograph Gallery in Atikokan presents “The Gentle Side of Nature,” a watercolours exhibit by Thunder Bay artist Lee Fidler. This exhibition runs Aug. 5-26 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (CDT), with the artist’s reception slated for the opening day. The gallery is located downstairs in the Voyageur Mall. Admission is […]
Effective at midnight last night, the Ministry of Natural Resources has lifted the Restricted Fire Zone previously imposed in the far northern sections of Red Lake and Sioux Lookout districts of Northwestern Ontario. But the fire ban remains in effect in the territorial districts of Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, and […]
Laura Mills, the superintendent of business for the Rainy River District School Board, will be leaving her position at the end of August to accept the position as superintendent of corporate services with the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay. Mills came to Fort Frances in June, 1999 from […]
EMO—Although he wouldn’t call himself an avid cyclist, one of Emo’s former ministers is spending the summer cycling across the country with about 60 others from the Canadian Bible Society (CBS). Wib Dawson, who was the minister at Knox United Church there from 1972-75, and the group of cyclists set […]
While 70 fires remain active across Northwestern Ontario, the number of new starts took a dip over the weekend with the Ministry of Natural Resources reporting only six. Two of these were in Fort Frances District while one was reported in Dryden District, another in Kenora District, and the remaining […]
A 32-year-old British Columbia man is facing numerous charges after failing to stop for police. On Monday at 11 a.m., a business in Dryden reported a theft of gas to the Dryden Police Service and provided the licence plate of the vehicle involved. A police check revealed the vehicle had […]
FORT FRANCES—Given the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market has been in operation here for 22 years, Rainy River District producers seem to have the experience and expertise needed to assist in creating other markets in the region. And there not only are positive results for those communities, but also this district. […]
