FORT FRANCES—Arlene Mainville, a single mother of four from Couchiching, was ecstatic after receiving a cheque for $675,000 after winning the top prize in the “Cash for Life” scratch game early last week. Mainville opted to take the lump sum up front (previously reported to be $975,000) instead of $1,000 […]
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When someone is diagnosed with a mental illness, their family and friends sometimes are given little guidance in how to deal with the stress and emotions that can come with it. The stigma attached to mental illness can compound these problems. Local staff with Can-Help, a program of the Canadian […]
In the week around Earth Day (Sunday, April 22), Rainy River First Nations has planned an array of activities to celebrate and teach ways to protect the environment. On Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m. children can participate in decorating grocery bags, which will be given to Cloverleaf in Emo to […]
Rainforest Action Network yesterday accused Weyerhaeuser Corp. of human rights abuses after the company refused to support viable alternatives to sourcing wood from massive clear-cut logging operations within the ancestral homeland of the Grassy Narrows First Nation. The allegation came just two days before Weyerhaeuser’s annual shareholder meeting in Federal […]
Voyageurs National Park is pleased to announce the winners of its fourth-annual National Park Week kids’ art contest. More than 260 children entered the annual contest as part of the park’s National Park Week festivities. All are invited to the Rainy Lake Visitor Center, located east of International Falls, this […]
NDP leader Howard Hampton yesterday demanded answers from Dalton McGuinty about northern workers on layoff because of the premier’s support for Stephen Harper’s softwood sell-out. In Question Period, Hampton raised the case of workers at the McKenzie Forest Products mill (a division of Buchanan Forest Products) in Hudson, near Sioux […]
The provincial government is helping attract business investment to Northwestern Ontario with help from the Ontario government’s GO North Investor Program, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced last Wednesday. “We are pleased to see communities working together on a regional level to promote the distinct advantages of locating […]
“Old Koochiching,” an original musical play celebrating the origins of Koochiching County, will be presented this Friday (April 20) at 7:30 p.m. in the Backus Auditorium for the Performing Arts in International Falls. The play is a very light-hearted look at some of the people and issues involved in the […]
Nine members of the Sunset Country Squash Club, including eight juniors and one adult, travelled to Thunder Bay last weekend to participate in the Thunder Bay Charity Classic in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association. In the men’s ‘B’ division, Chad Faragher emerged as the consolation champ with three wins […]
A Geraldton man has been fined $1,000 for disobeying a sign and using a road without authorization from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Back on Oct. 10, 2005, Andre Blanchard, 42, and a party of hunters harvested a moose off Marlene Road—a closed road about 30 km west of Geraldton. […]
The Muskie badminton program were well-represented at the NWOSSAA finals today (April 18) in Atikokan. The senior boys’ doubles team of Tim Desjardins and Jamie Jensen continued their romp through the league this season—winning all five of their matches at the NorWOSSA championships last Wednesday in Kenora. The pair have […]
“Buckle up!” That the message the OPP is sending to Rainy River District residents as it kicks off its 2007 spring seatbelt campaign this week. Starting Monday and running until April 30, OPP officers will be highly visible across Rainy River District targeting drivers and passengers who choose not to […]
