Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller made his first visit to the Fort Frances area last week in an effort to familiarize himself with the unique ecology here and to learn from several initiatives by local groups. Among these initiatives are the Rainy River First Nations’ environmental and stewardship programs, such […]
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Don’t tell Ken Anderson he’s crazy for racing. He’s heard it before from his family, his friends, and co-workers. But they never convinced him to give up his obsession with race car driving, so the chances you would are slim. And besides, who wants to argue with a guy with […]
Rainy River District is well-known for the quality and variety of livestock farming that takes place here. Besides cattle, one can find elk, bison, and some pig farming. But Carol Inkster has gone one step further. She operates a goat farm on Allan Road, north of Emo, where she currently […]
Town councillors once again may get their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary after agreeing last night to amend the remuneration bylaw with the intention to vote on the revised version at their July 26 meeting. But whether councillors will be getting what they rightly […]
Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff was elected as the first MP for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding last night with a healthy margin of more than 3,000 votes. According to preliminary counts, Boshcoff took 14,003 votes of the 35,537 cast across the riding, or 39.4 percent of the popular vote. […]
Roy Halladay picked the wrong team to have an off night against. Carl Crawford went 4-for-5, scored three runs, stole two bases, and had an RBI as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays handed Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays a 10-2 loss last night. It was the 16th win in […]
David Bell needed to be patient. Standing on third base, Bell had to endure a conference by the umpires before learning his triple would count giving him the cycle as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 14-6 last night. “The thing is it’s just rare,” Bell said while standing […]
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was a serving sensation while Canada’s Daniel Nestor reached the quarter-finals in men’s doubles today at Wimbledon. Williams served 12 aces, including one clocked at a Wimbledon women’s record of 203 km/h, as she overwhelmed 16-year-old Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-1. Williams crushed the Russian-born French […]
After passing a bylaw early last year that saw councillors who chose to participate in the town’s benefits package have to pay for it out of their salaries, the new council may bring that remuneration policy back to the table for discussion at today’s committee of the whole meeting. The […]
After four weeks of having the new “bag tag” system in place, the Town of Fort Frances is issuing a steadily decreasing number of non-compliance notices to residents. The first week (May 31-June 4) saw a total of 135 non-compliance notices issued while 102 were handed out the week of […]
The five contestants in this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant will take to the stage here Monday evening for the entertainment night portion of their quest to see who will be crowned July 1. Dawn Booth, a Fun in the Sun committee member who has teamed up with […]
After four weeks of having the new “bag tag” system in place, the Town of Fort Frances is issuing a steadily decreasing number of non-compliance notices to residents. The first week (May 31-June 4) saw a total of 135 non-compliance notices issued while 102 were handed out the week of […]
