With the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s 18th-annual community Christmas dinner less than three weeks away, organizers now are trying to make sure they’ll have enough food for the popular event. “Things are going wonderfully, they’re in full swing,” executive director Denise Audette said this morning. “We’re working hard getting ready […]
District News
The Rainy River District School Board and CUPE Local 65 reached a tentative four-year agreement last Thursday. This four-year deal, which is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2004 and runs until Aug. 31, 2008, is for maintenance, custodian, school, and business office staff in all of the board’s schools and education […]
More than a dozen district residents returned home Saturday from a four-day bus trip to Regina, Sask. where they attended the annual Canadian Western Agribition—one of North America’s largest agricultural marketplaces. “It went really well,” enthused Angela Halvorsen, a business investment officer with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., which […]
The federal government’s forestry package released last week is a good first step in alleviating the economic pressure on Canadian companies suffering from U.S. softwood lumber duties, which will, in turn, help the pulp and paper industry, according to the Ontario Forestry Coalition. “It was a good, all-round package,” said […]
The ballot for the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding in the Jan. 23 federal election will look remarkably similar to the one voters filled out just 17 months ago. Four of the six candidates who ran in June, 2004 have confirmed they are throwing their hats into the ring once again. […]
It was not a great year for the Emo Agriculture Research Station, which is closing today (Nov. 30) for the winter. In fact, technician Kim Jo Bliss said it was the “worst year yet” primarily because of the weather. “Early spring was okay,” she noted. “But then it got really […]
The OPP will stay one step ahead of impaired drivers this holiday season during its annual Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign, which runs from Nov. 25-Jan. 2. This is the time of year where we take full advantage of the holiday season, with staff Christmas parties and festive […]
A Lakehead University professor in the faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment has received a major grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Han Chen has received $354,000 over three years to study carbon sequestration in the Canadian boreal forest. Carbon sequestration refers to […]
Some NHL old-timers are getting ready to lace up their skates against the local Hopper’s Bruins game tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena (warm-ups begin at 7 p.m.) “It will be a good, entertaining hockey game,” co-organizer Bob Mainville predicted. “Hopefully the night will be successful.” […]
Six days of enforcement blitzes and field patrols in the Kenora area found most hunters on the right side of the law. Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers from Kenora District checked 184 resident and 305 non-residents hunters between Nov. 4-10, laying just nine charges while issuing six warnings. Charges […]
Audrey H. Chute, superintendent’s secretary at Voyageurs National Park, was honoured with the first-annual Judy Wendt Award back on Oct. 4. Voyageurs established the award to honour Wendt’s legacy of service. Judy M. Wendt, a 20-year employee of Voyageurs National Park, died unexpectedly on May 30, 2004. As the contracting […]
I attended my first fatal fire back in the late 1980s. A parent and two children lost their lives 10 days before Christmas. Christmas still may be more than a month away but in the sprit of the festive season, it is vital to practice and make time for safety. […]
