Robin McCormick The entire district, and I’m sure into the U.S., is grieving the loss of Ted Davis. As we likely all know, Ted Davis drowned last week in a tragic death. As the new spread, people were paralyzed with sadness and grief. The words that described Ted were ones […]
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Press Release DebtMasters.ca Inc. is a credit recovery company expanding to Fort Frances and Northwestern Ontario. The newest DebtMasters consumer associate is Fort Frances native Lori DelBo. “I felt a strong need for an organization like DebtMasters in our community to help with the economy and the people of this […]
Press Release “Beyond the Pill” is this year’s theme for the ninth-annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Day, taking place on Feb. 12 this year. Public health nurses from the Northwestern Health Unit will be targeting high school-aged youth throughout the region during the weeks of Feb. 7 and 14. Interactive […]
Peggy Revell Getting families to read together is the aim of a new program at Crossroads School in Devlin. The “Spend Time Together and Read” (STTAR) program, launched in January and which sees the school library open to students and their families every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m., was presented with […]
Press Release A small First Nation in Northwestern Ontario is exploring the potential of developing an eco-tourism lodge. With Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. support, the Mitaanjigamiing First Nation (formerly Stanjikoming), located in the Rainy Lake area northeast of Fort Frances, is studying the market potential for a new lodge […]
Staff The local Rolling Lake Lightning Atom girls’ hockey team was in Hibbing, Mn. over the weekend, where they came away with a silver-medal showing. After finishing the round-robin with a perfect 3-0 record, the Lightning clashed with the powerful Waconia Wildcats in the final, where they would come out […]
the MNR Ministry of Natural Resources’ biologists once again are taking to the skies this winter to track moose populations. Moose aerial inventory surveys are conducted each year in selected Wildlife Management Units across the province, including WMU 12A in Fort Frances District, WMU 7A/7B in Kenora District, and WMU […]
Press Release Two Sioux Lookout men have been fined a total of $4,500 for deer hunting offences. Gregory Marino pleaded guilty to unlawfully using another person’s game seal, failing to immediately attach his game seal, and making a false statement to a conservation officer. He was fined a total of […]
the MNR The Ministry of Natural Resources’ chronic wasting disease surveillance program for 2010 received a great response from the public. With the help of local media coverage, the ministry received 1,393 deer heads and is happy to report all of them tested negative for chronic wasting disease. Here in […]
Staff The three Muskie curling rinks headed to Kenora last week to take part in the NorWOSSA qualifier—and all three successfully booked their tickets to the NorWOSSA playoffs in Sioux Lookout on Feb. 28-March 1. Leading the charge was the girls’ rink, including skip Tirzah Keffer, third Samantha Mueller, second […]
Ken Johnston Everyone knows our planet is under extreme environment pressures from man. David May, with the Ministry of Natural Resources, spoke to district municipal leaders at their recent annual meeting about things communities can do to help reduce the stress on Mother Nature. May recently transferred to the area […]
the MNR A Dryden-area man has been fined $2,100 unlawfully selling moose antlers. Clifford Wise, of Eagle River, was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $1,500 for unlawfully selling moose antlers. He also was fined $600 for providing false information to a Ministry of Natural Resources […]
