BARWICK—About 25 district farmers and agricultural enthusiasts gathered at Mark Husser’s farm in Barwick on Tuesday morning for the start of the Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual farm tour. “The purpose is to share information and see if we can pick out some farms across the Rainy […]
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With only a few minutes left before the 3 p.m. deadline to return to the Sorting Gap Marina, 11-year-old Angel Nixon and her pro partners, Luc Levesque and Marcel Meloche, decided to try one last spot. The trio had had a fairly successful day of fishing on Rainy Lake as […]
FORT FRANCES—The similarities between tournament fishing and high stakes poker are resounding. The key to both sports is knowledge. Knowing something the opposition doesn’t puts a player at a distinct advantage and greatly increases their chances of winning. As such, knowledge is the one aspect of both sports that a […]
Neither Steve Sus, 19, of Fort Frances nor Tyler Krzoska, 20, of International Falls had expected to walk away from “Fish or No Fish” with more money than they had come with. But luck must have been on their side. The pair earned a total of more than $4,000 at […]
FORT FRANCES—After being turned down two years in a row for Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) money to reconstruct the Portage Avenue underpass, the town will be applying again for aid—but this time for a different project. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Tuesday he will be submitting an […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Friends of Animals has requested a meeting with town council to discuss concerns regarding animal control in the community and forming a partnership to address these problems. A letter from Mary Pasechko, secretary/treasurer of Friends of Animals, noted the group disbanded as a board of the […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board managed to settle on the controversial apportionment formula at its meeting here last Thursday night by maintaining the status quo. DSSAB members had trouble agreeing on which of three different formulas to use because the decision required a double majority—meaning the consensus […]
Another successful “Quest for the Best” saw Sarah Hebert crowned the winner, with Jessica Whalen capturing the “Kiddie Quest” title, last night. The event—staged annually by the local Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship—is always popular, with another sell-out crowd on hand under the […]
Dave and Lee Lindsay hope to add another chapter to an already remarkable story at this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The father-son duo from Sioux Narrows, winners of last year’s FFCBC with a three-day total weight of 51.61 pounds, begin their title defence tomorrow morning on Rainy Lake. […]
DEVLIN—It’s a summer job unlike any other—and it all comes down to what happens at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair coming up Aug. 14-19 in Emo. Sisters Jolene and Samantha Stahn and their cousin, David Donaldson, members of the local 4-H Junior Beef Club, already have […]
The Ministry of Transportation is poised to start rehabilitation work on the Noden Causeway here—work that may end up being the start of a project lasting for several years. “The Ministry of Transportation plans to advertise a construction contract within the next month for rehabilitation of the deck surface with […]
Spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), a predacious zooplankton species introduced to the Great Lakes from Europe, has been confirmed in U.S. waters of Rainy Lake, the local Ministry of Natural Resources revealed yesterday. It has not yet been confirmed in Ontario waters of the lake, the MNR added. Even so, […]
