Recent changes in the route for sending freight between Rainy River District and Winnipeg via Greyhound/Grey Goose Bus Lines appear to be having little impact on local businesses so far. As of Jan. 1, Greyhound has been shipping the freight through Thunder Bay due to new regulations brought in by […]
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The Township of Emo and the Emo Chamber of Commerce are looking for some big losers. The idea came about when a group of local business leaders were discussing over the holidays how people tend to be lethargic and sometimes depressed after the Christmas hoopla, which sometimes results in unwanted […]
At its first regular meeting of the new year tonight, the Northwest Catholic District School Board will review a report of the various activities going on in its school to help the victims of the recent tsunami in South Asia. According to the report, “teachers have discussed this tragedy with […]
The bitter cold snap gripping the region is putting the freeze on some “Icebox Days” events. The International Falls Area Chamber of Commerce has decided to postpone its “Family Night in the Park,” originally scheduled for this evening, until next Friday because of the sub-zero temperatures and severe wind chill […]
The planning has come together for a day-long community summit slated here next month, where the focus will be on issues that will impact the district in the next five years. Now it’s time for those registrations to start coming in, community summit co-ordinator Jim Cumming said Tuesday. “We’ve contacted […]
Students at Huffman School here were treated to a special screening of a safety video for children on Monday. The “Smart Kids” video was provided to more than 3,700 elementary schools across Ontario this fall. The video is divided into four sections dealing with home smarts, school smarts, street smarts, […]
The top three fundraisers from this year’s “Polar Plunge” found themselves on the receiving end of some additional rewards on Monday. Jillian Gustafson, Dale Gill, and “Polar Plunge” co-ordinator Jim Martindale each were presented with $400 gift certificates in recognition of their outstanding fundraising on behalf of the Voyageurs Lions […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved a motion Tuesday night to reinvest its year-end surplus into schools, effectively injecting $2.1 million into 11 projects to improve student success and to upgrade school facilities. Laura Mills, the board’s chief financial officer, presented the board’s audited financial statements for 2003-04 at […]
Members of the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will take a strike vote on Monday (Jan. 17), but local president Sharon Preston emphasizes this is just another step in the bargaining process. “A strike is not the goal. The goal is to support the bargaining initiatives we’ve set out, […]
Any freight sent between Rainy River District and Winnipeg on Grey Goose/Greyhound Bus Lines now has to travel through Thunder Bay after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection put limitations on freight crossing the border. “They’re not taking parcels through the States any more as per U.S. Customs regulations,” said […]
With the stroke of a pen (actually, 450 pen strokes), Rainy River First Nations came one step closer this week to settling one of the longest-standing land claims in Canadian history. Tuesday afternoon, the principal negotiators representing the federal and provincial governments, as well as the band, sat down in […]
Just after 2 a.m. yesterday, the Fort Frances OPP responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of Scott Street. As a result, a 26-year-old Lavallee man, was arrested and charged with assault, assault causing bodily harm, and assault with intent to resist arrest, contrary to the Criminal Code. He […]
