While the Kenora District is facing a whopping 35.52 percent levy increase for its homes for the aged in 2002, Rainy River District will only see a three percent hike for Rainycrest. “It’s really not that much,” said Alanna Barr, chair of the Rainycrest Home for the Aged board, noting […]
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Grand Mound Historic Site near International Falls will be shut down as Gov. Jesse Ventura seeks to chop $4 million from the budget of the Minnesota Historical Society, Rep. Irv Anderson learned last week. “This is another case of the governor not caring about northern Minnesota,” charged Anderson (DFL-International Falls). […]
Scotsmen from across the district will wear their kilts and raise their glasses to Scotland’s most celebrated poet, Robbie Burns, on Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Ticket sales for the annual Robbie Burns supper have been as brisk as the winter wind on a Scot’s bare legs. Dinner chairman […]
Haul out the snowboards and skis! After five years of planning, the Little Beaver Snow Park here will open for business Friday at 4 p.m. The snow park, owned and operated by Bob Hamilton, is located on Balsam Street off McIrvine Road (near the landfill site) Snowboarders and skiers will […]
It took the Dryden Ice Dogs 40 minutes to show some bite, but the Borderland Thunder defence hung on for a 3-2 win on the road last night. The win extended the first-place Thunder’s (20-8-8) lead to five points over Dryden (18-10-7) in the Superior International Junior Hockey League standings. […]
The Superior International Junior Hockey League will run its inaugural two-round playoff format between March 12 and April 15, the league announced yesterday. As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, it was decided at Monday night’s executive meeting in Thunder Bay that the top four teams from the regular season […]
The man who devoted more than a quarter-century of his life to help develop Chapple was roasted good-naturedly by friends and colleagues Friday afternoon at the Chapple Rec Centre. Former reeve Cecil Wilson retired for health reasons Jan. 2, having served as reeve since 1989. Previously, he had served as […]
As centuries of mist were cleared away and New Atlantis stood revealed here in full perfection and shining in the sun, we also welcomed a local leader of men who came among us for almost another century—and made us glad he was here. With all his achievements as well as […]
“We can do this nice, or nasty.” These were some of the first words Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer of health of the Northwestern Health Unit, said Saturday as he encouraged delegates at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting to establish anti-smoking bylaws in their communities. […]
The Town of Fort Frances will take the next step to getting a proposed remand centre here after approving a draft proposal presented by consultants Sandy Baroudi and Gerry Pisarzowski of the Toronto-based Advisory Services//GPA. “We have to move to forward on this so we can have a maintenance of […]
The contract to construct the River Walk Condominium project on Front Street could be awarded today and then presented at tonight’s public meeting, Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said. The deadline for bids from companies vying to build the 32-unit complex was 2 p.m. today. The Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing […]
Podium pirouettes were the order of the day for two teams of local skaters at the Sunset Country regionals in Kenora last weekend. The local Border Skating Club’s 22-member squad carted home 23 medals while the Emo Figure Skating Club got an even better return on its participation investment—piling up […]
