Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, left, and Ann Barrett, the director of passport services for the U.S. State Department, were in International Falls Saturday to hear what Borderland residents think of the country’s new passport policy, and to learn more about the impact the legislation may have on communities in this […]
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Contractor Ken Perry put the finishing touches on the concrete slab at the Kiwanis Skate Park yesterday. Crews have now completed phase one of the project, and the skate park organizing committee recently launched a fundraising drive to pay for the second and final stage of construction. –Wes Gilbertson photo
Eric Keast is a self-taught Anishinabeg (Ojibway) painter and sculptor. His work sythesizes a style and ethos that blends “traditional aboriginal” motifs, materials, and forms along with “contemporary” materials and sensibilities. Keast’s varied experiences include archaeological training in prehistoric construction techniques of tools, shelters, cooking ware, and everyday objects, metalworking […]
Phase one of the much-anticipated Kiwanis skate park here is now complete, and organizers and skateboarders alike are eager to see crews get started on the second and final stage of construction. The only problem is the park’s planning committee doesn’t have the cash to fund the second half of […]
With Mayor Dan Onichuk’s signature now on the bylaw, property owners in both the residential and commercial sectors will see a 10 percent increase to their sewer and water rates, retroactive to July 1. The increase, which stems from the rising cost of providing the service, was made official Monday […]
Sharing the table with a pair of high-profile members of the United States government, Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk didn’t have to spend much of his time convincing the visiting dignitaries that their country’s proposed passport regulations will have a big impact—and not a good one—on businesses on this side […]
It wasn’t the news they were hoping for. About a dozen volunteer firefighters filed into the Civic Centre on Monday night, only to sit and watch—disappointment etched on their faces—as council defeated a resolution to reconsider its long-term plan to reduce, through attrition, the town’s full-time firefighting complement. Just moments […]
Alex Parent touched the wall first at the Lawson Aquatic Centre in Regina yesterday morning in the 100m freestyle event at the Canada Games. The 16-year-old Fort Frances swimmer clocked in at 1:04:85, with second place going to Kenneth Loyst, also a member of Team Ontario, with a time of […]
The Ontario government is helping bring comprehensive eye care to northerners in remote areas by investing in upgrades to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s specialized mobile eye care clinic, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced yesterday. “Many northerners have to travel to larger centres to receive […]
The second meeting of the Rainy River District 4-H photo club was held July 22 at Kathy Smith’s house in Devlin. We decided that we now will be called the “Shutterbugs.” First, we read aloud from our booklets on how to keep our cameras steady, how to take landscape pictures, […]
Fourteen charges have been laid against four Sioux Lookout residents in relation to a seizure of marijuana and cocaine there on the evening of Aug. 6. Sioux Lookout OPP stopped a motor vehicle and a subsequent search revealed about four ounces of marijuana (117 g) and roughly 10 g of […]
The Rainy River First Nations’ Watershed Program is inviting schools, community groups, and businesses to select a section of the Rainy River watershed to adopt and clean up during the week of Sept. 10-18. “The watershed program has successfully co-ordinated clean-ups since 1998,” noted former project officer Heather Anderson. “In […]
