After 14 months of hard work, some members of the Boreal West Round Table are fuming over the lack of response they received from the province on a final report they didn’t see–even though it was a report they supposedly endorsed. Fort Frances resident Jack Hedman, who sits on the […]
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With more than 600 overburden drill holes, some 20,000 rock samples, and other geological surveys behind them in Richardson Township, Nuinsco Resources Ltd. is getting closer to the higher-grade mineral zones it knows lie somewhere beneath the rock bed. But while indicators suggest there’s “gold in them there hills,” Nuinsco […]
Creating opportunity and pulling Ontarians together is something the Liberals are pledging to do if elected in the next provincial election. But with a 38 percent recognition rate, the party is working first to raise the profile of leader Dalton McGuinty, who was here Saturday to speak to about 50 […]
It’s been two years since parents and educators were mandated to elect representatives to individual school councils. But now that it’s time to elect new members, many school councils are finding this round of elections has been much like the first one–low in nominees. Mary Lynne Bondett, acting principal and […]
In an effort to bring home the message of how youth can be spiritual role models, local teens Shaunna Cuthbertson and Amanda Cotterill, together with a delegation of 13 others from Thunder Bay, will have their “day” in church when they lead services at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church here Oct. […]
With names like “Cactus Jack’s Death Valley Chili,” “Yer’ In Trouble Chili,” and “Labourin’ To Eat It Chili” about to be dished out at the third-annual “Great Chili Cookoff” on Friday, chances are there will be no shortage of adventures in taste. Slated to kickoff at 11 a.m. under the […]
“The sun is shining outside, and it will certainly be shining in this room, this day, for it is truly a memorable occasion.” With those words, Judge Robert Somerville set in motion a day to remember for 13 people from across Northwestern Ontario who were sworn is as Canadian citizens […]
The strength of the U.S. dollar is reversing traffic flows at the border here, with more visitors venturing into Canada to shop and fewer Canadians heading south. In September, 42,862 visitors passed through Canada Customs here, up almost 10 percent from last September. On the flip side, the number of […]
The final fundraising drive for the new Rainy River hospital started out in high gear Friday night when more than $50,000 was raised at the kick-off dinner. Of the $1.25 million required as the local share, only $300,000 remains to be raised. The new hospital is scheduled to open April […]
Cattlemen were hoping for a strong sale to close out 1998 at the Stratton sales yard, and it seems they got what they wanted. More than 1,300 head of cattle, mostly calves, went through the auction ring there Saturday. Prices were strong, staying well over $1/lb. for the most part, […]
Just four pounds first and second place but it was enough to give Wayne Both of Barwick top honours at the fourth-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday. Both’s prize-winning pumpkin weighed in at 742 pounds, just ahead of former festival champ Sheldon Mose of Stratton, whose entry […]
At 88 years of age, still enjoying good health and going strong, Marg McLeod celebrated her birthday quietly on Sept. 29 at her King Street residence. A few friends and relatives visited to wish her many more years of good health and happiness. “Another day,” she said, sitting in her […]
