A $66,000 provincial investment will help First Nations and aboriginal associations across the north share knowledge and expertise to provide better local services to their communities, Northern Development and Mines minister Jim Wilson announced Friday. Wilson, who also chairs the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., was in Thunder Bay for […]
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As a child, June Kowalchuk watched her mother meticulously design eggs in preparation for Ukrainian Easter. For more than half-a-century, Kowalchuk has continued that tradition for Ukrainian Easter, which is being celebrated on Sunday this year, but she fears it is dying out. “My mother taught me years and years […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. was awarded $147,000 for the installation of draining tiles on agricultural land in the area as part of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.’s announcement of more than $2.7 million to Northwestern Ontario last Friday. “By improving community infrastructure, by helping expand opportunities in […]
With smiles and hugs, 30 students from Quebec City were welcomed to Fort Frances over the weekend. This week, they’re on a cultural exchange with students at St. Francis School, practising English and learning about life in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s very small,” said Helene Maquennetian just hours after arriving in […]
The Fort Frances Museum now owns a piece of district police history after S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis donated the 1913 journal of Cst. Kenneth Campbell—one of the area’s first provincial police officers—on Monday morning. “It’s fascinating in the sense that here we had a fella who policed the entire district, travelling […]
The North Western Ontario Tourism Association is hoping the end is in sight to a border-crossing issue that cropped up last year. “We’ve been working with [Canada] Customs. A lot of the problems we’ve had last summer we’ve worked on,” said NWOTA president Tom Pearson, who also owns Camp Narrows […]
Golden Age Manor in Emo held its annual meeting last Thursday (April 25) in the Common Room, with an excellent turnout of residents, the executive, and public on hand. Ted Burgoyne read the minutes from the previous annual meeting while the financial report was presented by secretary/treasurer Grace Hettinga. Committee […]
Two district townships each were awarded $100,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. for road upgrades and other infrastructure projects. Lake of the Woods will use the funding for upgrades to Luft Road, Tote Road, Frenchman’s Rock Road, and Lakewood Drive. A better well water supply also will be […]
While various vendors—particularly Lowey’s Greehouse—have been on site since mid-March, the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market hasn’t officially opened its doors yet for the season. That will all change this Saturday. “We’ll be starting our 18th year,” said Deb Cornell, who manages the farmers’ market along with Pat Clysdale-Cornell. She noted […]
A community luncheon for delegates attending the World Health Organization’s conference will be hosted by Emo, La Vallee, and Chapple next Wednesday (May 8) at noon at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Tickets cost $8 each, and are available at the Emo, La Vallee, and Chapple municipal offices until this […]
Haven’t got your ticket yet to attend the 20th-annual Ducks Unlimited fundraiser banquet coming up this Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous? Larry Cousineau said not to worry, there still might be some left—if you act fast. “Right now, we have about 16-18 tickets so people can still drop by […]
Every night, five-year-old Jacob Vandermeer is hooked up to a peritoneal dialysis machine for 10 hours. This bright little boy with inquisitive dark brown eyes and a round face is fighting acute kidney failure. Some days, his parents can only watch helplessly as he has seizure after seizure. But last […]
