In Ontario, fishing is prohibited in fish sanctuaries. In order to ensure an enjoyable, trouble-free fishing experience, anglers should know and respect the fish sanctuary rules. Different bodies of water, or parts of them, are declared fish sanctuaries at various times of the year. Others are year-round sanctuaries. These sanctuaries […]
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Ducks Unlimited (Fort Frances), which was founded in 1982, will hold its 22nd-annual banquet, auction, and raffle on May 6 at La Place Rendez-Vous. As always, there will be a great selection of live and silent auction items, including local artists’ prints, carvings, and furnishings. This year’s feature print will […]
While it will be a little while yet before colourful blooms appear in Fort Frances, the local Chamber of Commerce already has flowers on the brain as it gears up for its annual beautification program. Chamber office manager Dawn Booth said yesterday the Chamber will be hanging up 50 baskets […]
The Métis Nation of Ontario and Sunset Country Métis invite everyone to attend a free evening of traditional fiddling, jigging, and food here next Thursday (March 31). The evening will spotlight Sierra Noble, who is known in the Manitoba Métis community as the “14-year-old Fiddling Sensation.” According to her website […]
The Rainy Lake fishery has been excellent for the past several years. The regular angling community has, generally speaking, been very pleased with the quality and quantity of the walleye and smallmouth bass population. Smallmouth bass, in particular, have become a very valuable and popular species in our waters primarily […]
The Rainy Lake Visitor Center at Voyageurs National Park will be closed Easter Sunday (March 27). It will be open this Saturday (March 26) and again on Wednesday, March 30 from 10 a.m-5 p.m. Voyageurs National Park was established by an act of Congress in 1975 to preserve—for the enjoyment […]
The Ontario government is reminding ice anglers and others using the lakes to remove their ice huts and help keep the lake environment clean and safe. “Every year as spring approaches, many ice anglers have difficulty removing their ice huts because of unanticipated thaws,” said Natural Resources minister David Ramsay. […]
Local library board member Joyce Cunningham was a visitor at the “Friends of the Library” monthly meeting last Thursday (March 17) at the library. She reported on the board’s goals to build a new library. The “Friends of the Library” committee supports the library board’s new building program and is […]
Northern Ontario Grow Bonds went on sale Monday, giving investors the opportunity to make an investment while contributing to local business growth and northern economic prosperity. And Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale, who helped conceive the idea back in 2001, couldn’t be happier to see the initiative come to fruition. […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board passed its 2005 budget last week, including a 10.38 percent municipal levy increase largely due to a funding shortage for the board’s land ambulance service. “The DSSAB budget increases are primarily the result of uncontrollable increases in the costs to deliver land […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board put the province on notice Thursday night, warning if funding for land ambulance does not increase substantially, it will be forced to reduce the service to affordable levels. The board also passed a motion asking the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care […]
When the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture sits down next Wednesday (March 30) in Barwick with representatives from all facets of agriculture in the district, it is hoped that when they stand up again, they all will be standing together. At least, that’s the hope of RRFA president Trish Neilson, […]
