The mayor of Atikokan says his Northwestern Ontario town is “hopefully making progress” aimed at softening the economic and social blow of the closure of the nearby coal-fired power plant next year. “We have several things on the horizon,” Dennis Brown said yesterday. Brown said a study on the feasibility […]
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With the New Year bringing the first agriculture-based web classroom courses ever offered in Canada, Ian Barrett, executive director of the Ontario Agriculture Training Institute (OATI) in Guelph, announced last week an incentive is being offered to those who participate in the January and February courses. The Agricultural Management Institute […]
Local candidates in the upcoming federal election will have the opportunity to debate the issues twice in Rainy River District next Wednesday (Jan. 11), with one scheduled in Fort Frances and the other in Stratton. Incumbent Ken Boshcoff (Liberal), John Rafferty (NDP), and David Leskowski (Conservative) all have confirmed their […]
The Downtown Core Committee report unveiled last month should figure prominently as a local initiative in 2006, and the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce wants to continue being involved in shaping the future of the business community here. “We’ll continue on, as a Chamber, some of the things we’ve been […]
The annual Christmas Bird Count for Rainy River District was held Monday and although the numbers were low, four species never counted here before were sighted. “Spotting some new species was quite interesting,” noted Ilka Milne, Northwestern Ontario program manager with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Milne said the species […]
Drs. Lidkea, Elliott & Lidkea are urging everyone to celebrate safely this holiday season. Unfortunately, every year careless celebrating leads to serious injuries, often including eye injuries. Champagne corks are one of the most common holiday-related hazards to the eyes. So make sure you know the right way to open […]
The Rainy River District School Board, along with Local #65 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, jointly ratified a proposed four-year agreement, which is in effect from Sept. 1, 2004 until Aug. 31, 2008. The board approved this contract at a special meeting last Wednesday (Dec. 21). “Discussion centered […]
The majority of people believe skilled trades are low-paying, involve dirty and demanding physical work, and are not intellectually challenging. In fact, a major recent survey commissioned by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) found that only one in four people said they would consider a career in the trades. These […]
A snowy owl was rescued by two trappers from the Dryden area and successfully released back into the wild. Barry Fedorchuk and his brother, Syl, had rescued the owl in a field off Wabigoon Lake Road, northwest of Dryden, on Dec. 20. The men had seen a flock of ravens […]
A Red Lake tourist operator who illegally built a trail, dumped a fuel tank, and failed to immediately report killing a black bear has been fined $1,400. Brett Geary, 44, who pleaded guilty, was fined $1,000 for putting in the trail to his lodge on Little Vermilion Lake, $200 for […]
Maybe they fell down once or twice, and perhaps most of their rocks didn’t make it over the hog line. In fact, many had never curled before, but that didn’t stop young and old alike from having a blast during the “funspiel” at the newly-renovated curling club in Emo on […]
For the first three weeks of the annual “Festive R.I.D.E.” campaign, a total of 1,201 vehicles have been stopped at OPP roadside checkpoints across Rainy River District. During that time, police have charged four people with alcohol-related driving offences. Police also have issued two 12-hour licence suspensions and laid nine […]
