New research is showing a product used to control cattle bloat in Australia and New Zealand for more than 20 years could allow safe grazing of alfalfa in North America. That would allow gains from grazing almost equal to feedlot levels. According to a Lethbridge Research Station release, in recent […]
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Sincere sympathy is extended to Don McTavish and his children as they go through the extreme hardship of losing their wife and mother, Shannon. Shannon suffered a long bout of illness before her passing last week. I’ll always remember Shannon for the wonderful sewing. I remember her children always had […]
A canoe race open to all entrants and old-style hay threshing are among the many activities scheduled for the third-annual “Chapple Days” in Barwick on Aug. 10-11. “I think there’s probably something for every age there,” noted organizer Rilla Race. “We try to gear it to families.” The events will […]
Beavers which had built a dam flooding a trail in Caliper Lake Provincial Park near Nestor Falls have been successfully “baffled” by members of the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club’s junior conservationists. On Saturday morning, the groups, their guides, and a park employee hiked 1.5 km into the bush with their […]
Richard Bellamy, who is the first to admit he enjoys doing “oddball things,” is gaining a reputation as one of Rainy River District’s more colourful characters. Inside his trailer, workshop, and dotting his yard along Highway 11/71 just west of Devlin are a number of machines and inventions he spends […]
The Barwick and Morley Park beaches remain closed due to high levels of bacteria after being declared “unsafe for swimming” last Thursday. “The second set of samples came back bad,” said Bill Limerick, environmental health team leader with the Northwestern Health Unit. The beaches will remain closed until two consecutive […]
With one final antic–a tree-planter putting in his last 20 trees in the nude–another season of tree-planting has ended for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Altogether this year, Abitibi has had roughly 5.5 million trees planted in the district’s forests by hand, and as much as double that by aerial seeding. As required […]
A new $500,000 abattoir hopefully will draw even stronger support after the Rainy River Future Development Corp. promotes it at a booth during the Emo Fair next month. The decision was made during a meeting Monday evening in Stratton, where the RRFDC and district cattlemen further discussed the project. “We […]
Richard and Solly Garbowski have more than one reason to be excited about this week’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Not only does the Devlin couple love fishing, they also are going to be responsible for the sale of souvenirs during the event. “This is the first year we have […]
A dozen local youths did more than just have a good time at the “Spirit Fest” concert in Detroit Lakes, Mn. last weekend. They set a good example for others there, Salvation Army youth outreach worker Heather Keeler said Monday. Keeler, one of four Salvation Army employees who led the […]
Amid the games, food, and entertainment on tap at this week’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship comes a time in every parent’s life when nature calls (usually at the worst possible time). Hoping to give parents a little relief this year, staff from Pharmasave have decided to create a place […]
Anyone walking by the Masonic Lodge will notice work hasn’t started yet on the town’s second heritage mural but organizers say everything is still on track. “Hopefully, he’ll be here Friday,” Crystal Godbout, a member of the town’s beautification committee, said yesterday, referring to mural artist John Hood. “He’s working […]
