In a community surrounded by forest, miles of bush roads, and waterways, a moose can still attract a lot of attention. When a young moose wandered onto the Abitibi-Consolidated mill property near the car wash last week, a number of vehicles, passers-by, and mill employees surrounded the compound to watch […]
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Economic development will continue to be the buzz-word throughout 2001, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon predicted Tuesday. “2001, I think, will again offer lots of challenges in regards to infrastructure and roads,” he noted. “Over the last six to eight months, we’ve really concentrated on preparing our town for future […]
The co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Committee is hoping it only will be a matter of days before word arrives that the next shipment of elk is ready to be picked up in Alberta and relocated to the site at Cameron Lake. “I got a few calls over […]
Rainy River First Nation resident Art Hunter is hoping he’ll be seen on national television next week. Hunter spent three days at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay last May, acting in a number of scenes for the CBC mini-series, “Canada, A People’s History,” which currently is being aired. “My […]
Although some people may be hoping we’ve had the last of the big snowfalls this winter, Bob Hamilton would be more than happy to see another large dump of the white stuff. For the past five years, Hamilton has been busy building the Little Beaver Snow Park on the old […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club’s “Polar Plunge” likely will become a New Year’s Day tradition here after hundreds of people turned out yesterday to watch nine people brave the icy waters of Rainy Lake to raise money for local causes. “It was great. We’ve already had lots of people tell […]
This past white Christmas was particularly special for 16-year-old Thalita Ribeiro. Back home in Brazil, Ribeiro saw snow every Christmas–but only on cards and decorated paper. “It really snowed on Christmas day. I felt like I was on a Christmas card,” she said after spending her first Christmas in Canada. […]
More than about new beginnings, 2001 will be a year when district residents see several health care-related endeavours come to fruition, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said Tuesday. “It’s been a successful year overall. We got underway on the Emo hospital, and with the dialysis unit,” Wayne […]
The National Cattle ID program started Jan. 1 to help further secure Canadian export markets both in finished beef and breeding stock. A national program will allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to trace back reportable diseases if any show up in our livestock. This is a must to keep […]
The Township of Morley’s struggle to fill the last two seats on council may be over by the end of this week. The council’s current quorum of Reeve Gary Gamsby and Couns. Bill Romyn and George Heyens have been working to put together a full complement since their inaugural meeting […]
For the first time ever, the Muskie boys’ hockey team has been invited to play with the best-of-the-best in the Manitoba Tournament of Champions this week–and the coaches feel they will hold their own. “I think we will do very well. If we play to our capabilities, we will do […]
Locals curlers will be in Dryden this weekend in hopes of advancing to the men’s district playdowns in Kenora later this month. Rinks skipped by Don DeBenedet, Kevin Busch, Tom Fry, Lorne Jackson, and Raymond Roy are among the 18 competing at the zone bonspiel, which gets underway Friday at […]
