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 […]
District News
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. […]
The fifth time is a charm, right? Well, maybe that’s not the saying, but it’s true for Deb Cornell and her Rainy River Elk Company. Cornell recently spent 10 days in Toronto promoting Rainy River District and her products in Northern Ontario’s pavilion at the annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. […]
An annual fundraiser of making and selling apple pies was not only a success, but a lot of fun for those involved. Nearly 30 people from across the district turned out last Thursday at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo to make more than 650 pies—the most they’ve ever made […]
Years ago, you would never have seen a geomatics class on your high school timetable. But now it is an available elective for most Fort High students. And it was the work of students from this class that made up the Rainy River District School Board’s booth at the GIS […]
Now into its second-last week, the second season of Emo’s “Biggest Loser” challenge has proven to be successful yet again. Co-ordinator Colleen Vennechenko came up with the idea from the television show, which has participants compete to see who can lose the most weight. “But it has to be done […]
Cascades Inc. announced today it will shut down its fine papers plant in Thunder Bay, affecting 375 employees. Cascades said the plant, which specializes in the manufacturing of coated papers, will close by next Jan. 21. “The current economic situation within the pulp and paper industry, along with the recent […]
The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre is visiting Thunder Bay and surrounding areas to deliver watershed and wetland presentations to school classes, seniors’ centres, and community groups. The interpretive centre’s “Watershed Legacy” team will deliver workshops to teachers, educational presentations to students and community groups, and watershed presentations at key […]
Fort Frances OPP officers investigated a robbery shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday. Investigation revealed an adult on the 300 block of First Street East had approached a 10-year-old boy. The suspect threatened the victim and then stole his Nintendo Game Boy. Police arrested the suspect shortly after the incident […]
