Press Release Starting Nov. 29, a new system will help keep uninsured drivers off Ontario’s roads by providing on-the-spot confirmation of insurance when drivers go to renew their licence plates. In Ontario, it is mandatory for all vehicles to have valid insurance coverage. Currently, drivers are required to provide proof […]
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Press Release From Nov. 19-21, thousands will gather at the gates of Fort Benning, Ga. to stand up for justice and call for the SOA/WHINSEC to be shut down. The School of the Americas (SOA), renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Co-operation in 2001, is a combat training school […]
Anthony Kadikoff-Elks Lodge 313 Why would anyone, including myself, join a service club—or is this a fraternity? So many questions, not enough answers. If no one has noticed, there are plenty of organizations available to associate with. First and foremost, what triggers this feeling of wanting to join an organization? […]
Press Release Nuinsco Resources Ltd. announced Monday that drill results from its Olympian Gold Project in the Lake of the Woods region are not sufficiently prospective to justify further expenditure at this time. As a result, the company will not make further payments on th Olympian option agreements, but instead […]
Press Release AbitibiBowater Inc. will be conducting burning of the residual branches and treetops that remain after logging operations. The objective of burning is to remove the material in order to permit reforestation of the land, to reduce forest fire risk, and to improve visual aesthetics in our forests. Burning […]
Duane Hicks Whether they’ve been scared off by the prospect of being culled or just busy rutting, deer have cleared away from bush near the Fort Frances Airport in recent weeks. “As of late, there hasn’t been any [deer activity],” airport superintendent Bill Caul said yesterday. “They kind of disappeared […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, which runs the ambulance services in Rainy River District, is limiting its non-emergency ambulance transfers. As opposed to emergency transfers, such as when a person is injured in an accident and has to be rushed to hospital, non-emergency ambulance transfers […]
Duane Hicks It was an afternoon to share heartfelt appreciation and more than a few laughs. Friends, family members, volunteers, and co-workers gathered Saturday at the New Beginnings Fellowship Church here to give thanks to Teresa Hazel, director of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care and communications officer for Riverside […]
Duane Hicks The town is looking for community input on a draft of a new “blue box” recycling plan. As such, an open house has been scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the town has received a […]
Staff The ongoing battle against substance abuse is being highlighted this week as district communities and organizations mark National Addictions Awareness Week as well as the Ontario-wide Drug Awareness Week. The week kicked off with Rainy River First Nations holding a community march Sunday afternoon, with those in attendance showing […]
Peggy Revell With Christmas drawing near, Family & Children’s Services here is hoping the community once again will help make the season brighter as its annual “Adopt an Angel” campaign gets underway. “We’re looking forward to everybody adopting an ‘angel’ and making a child’s Christmas happy,” Debra Bruyere said about […]
Staff Renovations at St. Michael’s School here will be up for discussion tonight as the Northwest Catholic District School Board looks at how to accommodate the implementation of full-day junior kindergarten next year. With full-day JK on the horizon at St. Michael’s for the 2011-12 school year, the board has […]
