Rainy River OPP was called to investigate four missing youths over the weekend. The four had run away around midnight Saturday and wandered around the Morson area for a number of hours. As the group became cold, they entered an old houseboat at the Morson Marina and tried to light […]
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Come rendez-vous for a Family Movie Day this Sunday (Jan. 15) from 2-4 p.m. at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center of Voyageurs National Park. Refreshments and popcorn will be provided. We apologize that the movie “Alone in the Wilderness,” announced earlier, is not available for viewing. The park will show […]
One mandate of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s 2005 strategic plan, which was completed back in September, was to develop a better way to communicate with the farming community. It was suggested in the framework that “all agricultural committees, associations, and groups have a vital role in actively facilitating […]
Programs aimed at improving student achievement were given a shot-in-the-arm Tuesday night when the Rainy River District School Board approved a transfer of more than $1 million into various initiatives to support the its strategic plan. The funds will be shared between nine projects, including the purchasing of more aboriginal […]
Insp. Dave Lucas started his duties last Wednesday as the new OPP detachment commander for the Fort Frances cluster. Insp. Lucas said he and his family are excited about being in Fort Frances. “I was born and raised in Kenora, so through high school sports, and for other things, I’ve […]
The local French Catholic school board will hold a meeting here later this month to talk to parents about closing its school in Fort Frances. Classes put on by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales have been suspended since the 2004-05 school year due to a lack […]
On her first day on the job Monday, Mary-Catherine Kelly was meeting her new co-workers, learning to use the office e-mail system, and looking at two huge folders full of documents to read to get her up to speed on her new position as director of education for the Northwest […]
Rainy River Federation of Agriculture president Trish Neilson approached the Rural Economic Development Committee of the Rainy River Future Development Corp. last Thursday night to ask for funding to send four local farmers to a conference in London, Ont. next month. And the REDC recommended to the Local Initiatives Committee […]
As we begin a new year and the winter weather is closing in, the OPP would like to remind local residents of the municipal bylaw that governs the use of snowmobiles within town limits. The operation of a snowmobile is only authorized for the purpose of proceeding to or returning […]
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 […]
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 […]
