Ask local sculptor Bob Morris how long it took him to carve any one of his pieces and he will answer “All my life.” Question the artist on where he was born and his reply is similarly ambiguous–so much so that you have to repeat the question to the curator […]
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Thunder Bay singer/songwriter Rodney Brown will be in town Sunday night to play a concert at La Place Rendez-Vous with local musician Richard McKinnon. From all accounts, Brown is something of a legend in these parts–an artist who has brought a bit of Northwestern Ontario to the rest of the […]
After taking almost a week to prime the west wall of the Masonic Lodge on the corner of Scott Street and Portage Avenue, mural artist John Hood now is moving along quickly painting his project–a glimpse at turn-of-the-century Fort Frances. “It took about two days longer on the priming than […]
For the fourth year in a row, Donny Little will ride his bike into town to raise funds for, and promote awareness of, Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario. A welcome barbecue to mark his arrival is slated Thursday from 4-7 p.m. in the Safeway parking lot. Everyone is invited […]
Work on the dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital is going ahead at full-steam, with maintenance staff aiming to get done work there before month’s end. “Everything [is] coming in next week,” said Ed Cousineau, manager of bio-medical engineering, during a brief on-site tour yesterday. “By the third week in […]
Wednesday is Day 93 of the strike by CUPE #65 workers at the Association for Community Living here and there remains no sign of an agreement–or any talks. Bearing the heat, union members continue to picket ACL housing units on Hudson Drive and in front of the its offices on […]
After more than a month of construction on the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here, work continues to be on schedule, Abitibi-Consolidated mill manager Jim Gartshore said Tuesday. “A lot of the foundation and roadwork is getting done,” he noted. “At this stage, we’re looking at the completion of […]
Four staff members of the United Native Friendship Centre’s youth drop-in centre will canoe from Fort Frances to Rainy River to raise money for the D.A.R.E. program and a sound system for the centre. Brad Herbert, the Healing and Wellness Youth Support co-ordinator for the U.N.F.C., and youth workers R.J. […]
Canadian National Railway crews and the Ministry of the Environment are still cleaning at the scene where about 2,500 gallons of diesel spilled onto the banks of Rainy Lake after a train derailed just west of Windy Point last Wednesday. “They’d made very good progress on the water. Essentially [Tuesday], […]
With high winds continuing through last Tuesday evening, damage in the Village of Emo was contained to trees uprooted. A tree next to the property of E. Hakkawainew was flattened but could not be removed on account of it being tangled up with a hydro pole. A Hydro crew was […]
After a weekend of sunshine and hot weather, most roads that had been flooded or washed out by the downpour that hit Northwestern Ontario last Tuesday have now re-opened. Near Morson, where residents and vacationers were cut off by a flooded road for five days, one lane of Highway 621 […]
According to Ministry of Finance projections, Rainy River District’s population only will grow three percent by 2028 compared to a population growth of 33.4 percent across Ontario. The projections–calculated by comparing the results of the 1996 and 2001 census years–show growth of 4.6 percent, or 11,762 people, across Northwestern Ontario […]
