The local tourism industry may be taking off but it isn’t likely to lead to more job openings this year. And the early end to winter isn’t likely to mean staff is hired any earlier, either. Neil McInnis, executive director with the Sunset Country Travel Association, said winter may be […]
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What you are reading is a paperless paper, and you have been for the past week. It sounds like a contradiction. After all, how could a newspaper be made without paper–and still be called a paper of any sort? Admittedly, the term is a bit of an overstatement. After all, […]
There’s an old saying that lightning never strikes twice. But Marilyn Goodsky’s friends may beg to differ. The 24-year-old single mother was diagnosed with bone cancer three weeks ago, sadly coming on the heels of her triumphant struggle against breast cancer. This time, Goodsky’s friends are raising money so she […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is getting the envelopes ready after announcing the list of nominees for this year’s business awards on Monday. The winners in the seven categories won’t be announced until the Chamber’s annual awards banquet Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. This year’s nominees include: •Business of […]
The federal government is taking a hands-off approach to the dispute over fishing regulations that has prompted some camp owners in northern Minnesota wanting to exchange their stars-and-stripes for a maple leaf. Rep. Collin Peterson introduced a bill in the House of Representatives last week that would permit Congress to […]
Isobel White is impressed with her community of Whitefish Bay after an initiative by the local women’s group to hold a mini-Olympics to promote healing and unity was greeted with enthusiasm. The Naotkamegwanning Winter Games, held there during the March Break, went beyond the expectations of organizers, White said. “Everybody […]
Two buildings and 40 acres of grassland went up in flames Saturday around 2 p.m. about five miles north of Emo in Chapple township after a family bonfire got out of control. Chapple Fire Chief Larry Hunsperger said the family was having a wiener roast between a house and a […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association will be filling up the Stratton sales yard with about 800 cattle April 18, making it two spring sales in a row for them. The sale will start at 9:30 a.m., with cattle being brought into the pens the day before. Sales manager Russell Richards […]
After 18 years of making homemade sausages, hams, and bacon in Barwick, Anson Martin, owner of Martin’s Meats, is closing up shop–but not without passing along a few trade secrets first. Martin, with the help of two of his daughters, will be spending the next few months training and teaching […]
The tender package went out Monday for a new health centre in Rainy River, with bids to be opened April 8. Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. received written approval from the Ministry of Health for its tender package on Friday, which maxed the project at $6.24 million. The ministry will […]
To suggest that Burriss residents Tom and Shirley Morrish have a little something invested in a “nest egg” isn’t so far from the truth when they talk about the future. In fact, come mid-April, that “nest egg” will have multiplied into a warm and fuzzy instalment of baby chicks, which […]
Gordon Scheifele, a researcher with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is ready to take his Northern Ontario hemp project one step further, growing more than 120 acres of the plant from Rainy River to Manitoulin Island. Nine different farms in the Rainy River District alone have agreed […]
