With Halloween less than two months away, Sandra McNay of Masquerade Costume Rentals here is on the planning bandwagon for the second-annual “Scott Street Scare.” The event was a big hit last year, attracting 475 costumed youngsters to the 100-400 blocks of Scott Street to trick-or-treat at participating stores early […]
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The federal Liberals have taken a lot of flack over it and now they’re gearing up to decide what to do with the $19-billion Employment Insurance surplus when MPs return to work Sept. 21. Local MP Robert Nault said he believed the surplus would be dealt with this fall but […]
The Northwestern Health Unit said there’s no cause for alarm here after Winnipeg health officials last week asked parents to watch for viral meningitis in children as they return to the classroom. More than 20 cases of the disease–an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord–were reported in Winnipeg in […]
It was a grand occasion for the staff of Assabaska-Ojibway Heritage Park last Wednesday as they celebrated “Recognition Day” to commemorate its first year of operation. Formerly known as Lake of the Woods Provincial Park, the past year has been a transitional one, with the Ministry of Natural Resources and […]
With a new set of coaches and several new players, the Muskie ‘B’ football team heads into this season with a clean slate as they try to turn around a program that failed to earn a win last year. But the staff isn’t all too concerned with wins and losses. […]
Four new forest fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday, including two in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fires #159 and #160 were both small, lightning-caused blazes which broke out late in the day in the northeast corner of Quetico Provincial Park. MNR FireRangers, along with a Twin […]
The Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority is taking its place in the history books by offering a municipal administration course to First Nations people for the first time ever. Program co-ordinator Bill Perrault said the course was being offered in anticipation of self-government. “When self-government starts coming down, [area chiefs] […]
What began as a little boy chasing a frog on the beach ended up in a primitive keepsake for his dad. Two weeks ago, four-year-old Jesse Cameron found what his father, Don, believes was an ancient arrowhead lying in shallow water along the shore of Lake of the Woods near […]
Prices were good and numbers were high Saturday, leaving organizers very happy with the results from the annual yearling sale at the Stratton sales yard. More than 1,000 head of cattle went through the auction ring in front of a full buyers’ row. Many of the yearlings were trading in […]
Our Lady of the Lake Church in Morson recently was granted permission by the Diocese of Thunder Bay to build what its members have been waiting more than five years for–a new church building. The parish has been planning to replace the present deteriorating building, located along Highway 621, for […]
About 30 people made their way to the Lowey farm on Highway 602 last Friday for an industrial hemp demonstration–and they seemed to like what they saw. Blair Lowey, along with University of Guelph researcher Gordon Scheifele, who is supervising hemp test plots across Northern Ontario, held a field day […]
Alberton residential/farm ratepayers will be facing an average 11 percent increase in their municipal tax bill as council there looks to have the final bills in by Sept. 30. Commercial ratepayers will see a two percent rise on average while those with industrial vacant land face a 19 percent hike. […]
