The Canadian Press Corporations avoided paying Ottawa between $9.4 billion and $11.4 billion in taxes in 2014, according to a new federal estimate by the Canada Revenue Agency. The report estimates a “tax gap” the difference between what is owed to the government and what was collected for small and […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The final version of a new Liberal telecommunications policy, in effect as of Tuesday, takes steps to address industry concerns while maintaining a more consumer-oriented direction than the 2006 policy it replaces. The new policy directive to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission still emphasizes […]
By Dan Healing The Canadian Press CALGARY — Ottawa’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion pleased business leaders on Tuesday but they say they will hold off on popping champagne corks until construction begins on new pipe from Edmonton to the West Coast. “It was essential to show the […]
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The forest fire hazard in the North West Fire Region ranges from moderate to high throughout most of the Northwest Region, with some areas north of Red Lake showing an extreme hazard. But unsettled weather conditions in the Fort Frances District, and the south end of the Kenora and Dryden […]
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After a nearly 15-year hiatus, the “Rubber Ducky Race” returned to Rainy River this past weekend. Around noon on Saturday, close to 750 ducks were dumped into the river near the Sorting Gap Marina and floated along a 100-yard stretch, ending at a crescent shaped barrier that guided the rubber […]
Jamie Mountain Montana Plasky hugged coach Marie Potvin-Begin after she was awarded the figure skating MVP and outstanding contribution award for the Border Skating Club. Hallee Nugent took home the same honour for the Northern Lights School of Skating.
Sam Odrowski Royal Canadian Legion Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Command president Ronn Anderson spoke during the opening ceremonies of the Legion’s 49th Provincial Biennial Convention at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday. He welcomed all 128 delegates as well as the guests who were in attendance.
Submitted Jeff Gustafson and his friend Jason Johnson with a big largemouth from Lake Chickamauga earlier this week.
Submitted Maxwell Van Drunen, left, Alex Coats, Daxxen Baduik, Rya Hawrylak, and Courtney Sinclair of the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron, along with chaperones Ken Hawrylak and Steve Sinclair, stood next to a statue from a Rembrandt painting while in Amsterdam during their 10-day long trip through Western Europe.
Jamie Mountain Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes took a great tumble as she slid safely across home plate to score a run during her squad’s 20-11 loss to the Fort Frances Her-icanes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action on Monday night at VanJura. The Babes are […]
Ken Kellar
There’s a new chef in town. La Place Rendez-Vous has welcomed Chef Joseph Roberts as their new executive chef. The Red Seal chef is bringing more than 30 years of experience working in restaurants in southern Ontario, including Caesars Windsor, to the Vous. “I did my apprenticeship at Georgian College,” […]
Sam Odrowski
Three quarters of a century ago, over a thousand Canadians lost their lives battling along the beaches of Normandy, in addition to hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. Earlier this month, exactly 75 years after the initial D-Day attack took place, five members of the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadets […]
