After spending six weeks experiencing life in Rainy River District, the 11 children from Belarus are spending their last few days with their host families before heading for home this weekend. Allan Empey and most of the children will travel to Winnipeg via Kenora on Sunday on the first leg […]
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When Richard Elliott left his hometown of Southampton, England last month, he decided to go for a bike ride. A long bike ride, that is. Looking to experience “something different” before he heads off to his first year of university to study a four-year mechanical engineering course in Wales, the […]
Twelve dogs went fetching for glory at the third-annual Four Paws Retriever Contest held last Thursday in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. From puppies to pros, the dogs put on a good show. Some performed perfectly, like Duane Gushulak’s chocolate lab, “Cabella,” while others, like Cherie Mollette’s […]
The Northern Action Group isn’t happy with town council’s decision to hike residential taxes by 10.5 percent (on average) while commercial ratepayers see theirs drop by 3.7 percent. NAG spokesman Allan Bedard asked council Monday night to justify the shift, noting he was going to take the information back to […]
Bill 160, the Education Quality Improvement Act, will remain in effect for at least one school year, with the Harris government announcing it intends to proceed with its changes to the education system for September. This despite a ruling by Justice Peter Cumming last week that Bill 160 violated the […]
Separate school teachers and trustees could find themselves standing on opposite sides of the fence after the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association said it would “study” Justice Cumming’s ruling on Bill 160. OCSTA president Regis O’Connor said last week the association “has always maintained that Catholic boards have a constitutional […]
What is it that makes the Fort Frances Bass Championship the big hullabaloo that it is? Is it the $25,000 first prize? Not really. While that seems like a lot of money for three days of fishing, weigh master Lionel Roberts said other tournaments offer much bigger prizes. “Money wise, […]
It’s looking like Canadians won’t have to wade through paperwork to cross the border after the U.S. Senate last week voted 99-0 to pass a bill that kills a previous one requiring all aliens to fill out forms at Customs before entering and leaving the country. But the House of […]
It was a chance for farmers and those just interested in agriculture to share ideas and innovations during Monday’s crop tour staged by the local Soil and Crop Improvement Association. It kicked off three miles north of Barwick in a field owned by Lyle Wheatley. About dozen people were on […]
A group of Watten residents is scrambling to collect dollars from property owners there to pay off the $3,252 bill the unincorporated township owes for the enhanced 9-1-1 emergency service. But the problem is the group has no way to make people pay–and the bill, which was due in January, […]
A privately-owned aircraft made an emergency landing, then caught fire, shortly after taking off Friday from a private airstrip in Morson Township. The single-engine Piper Cherokee plane was owned by a U.S. resident, who was the pilot. He and the other person on board managed to exit the plane safely […]
An enhanced friendship and fond memories of Canadian culture were two of the treasures Judith Steenvoorde took home to Holland on Sunday after a five-week visit with penpal Janelle McQuaker of Stratton. The two girls, both 18, had never met in person prior to Steenvoorde’s trip here last month but […]
