The Emo Beef Club has held its second and third meeting of the year. People often wonder what beef farming is all about. Just to let you know a little, it isn’t only about feeding and watering your beef. It also involves caring for your animals and running an agricultural […]
District News
An Ignace man has been fined $1,650 after he attached a seal to a moose shot by someone else. After a three-day trial, Shane Bourgeois, 41, was found guilty on a number of charges. He was fined $900 for unlawfully attaching a bull moose seal to a moose shot by […]
The Ontario government is strengthening tourism in the Atikokan area by investing in the next phase of Quetico Centre’s four-year revitalization project, Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro announced last Thursday. “Quetico Centre has long been a force for economic development in Northwestern Ontario,” said Mauro, who is Rick Bartolucci’s parliamentary […]
Volunteers from across Rainy River District joined Nature Conservancy of Canada staff at the Oak Grove, near the mouth of the Rainy River, on Sunday to help monitor the provincially-significant oak forest. The event gave volunteers an opportunity to have fun exploring the oak ecosystem and better understand the threats […]
Bishop David Ashdown was there, a large part of her family sat attentively in the first few pews and, most importantly, she felt God was smiling down upon all of them. To say the least, Georgina Connor’s ordination service Sunday evening at St. John’s Anglican Church here was an “emotional” […]
After nearly three years of fundraising, local families finally may be able to enjoy a swing that will allow people with all types of physical ability to spend time together at the playground. The swing is called a “Sway Fun” and it can hold up to a dozen people, including […]
The Fun in the Sun committee got a helping hand Monday night as the town agreed to cover the July 1 events under its insurance policy. “I’m happy to announce we were able to put a rider on the town’s policy to accommodate their insurance needs for less than half […]
Despite rumblings to the contrary, Ontario’s top health official said last week that the provincial government has no plans to see all of Northwestern Ontario fall under the jurisdiction of one health unit. Dr. Sheela Basrur, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, was in Fort Frances last Friday and did […]
You couldn’t have written a better script for this one unless you find 32 C temperatures not to your liking. Certainly, the heat and humidity did little to put a damper on the fun last Thursday when it seemed the entire community turned out at the Couchiching Multi-Use Facility to […]
An Emergency Area Order (EAO) is now in effect in the area around Nipigon District Fire #20—a blaze currently covering more than 10,000 hectares of land. Under this EAO, all travel on the Ogoki Road north of the junction of the Abamasagi Lake Road is restricted unless authorized by a […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved the resignation of Education Director Warren Hoshizaki at a special meeting held here Tuesday night, and also outlined a plan to hire Progress Consulting to help in the search for a replacement. While Hoshizaki’s resignation is effective Aug. 31, 2005, he said he […]
They predate the age of dinosaurs by millions of years. They are one of the most ancient living vertebrates on the planet, and they are living right here among us. The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), the second-largest member of the sturgeon family found in North America, can be traced back […]
