Local News

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Have some empties you need to return? Well you better get them in by the end of January.
Border Service will no longer be collecting empty beer bottles in Rainy River.

News Release
O.P.P.

(Fort Frances, Ontario) On January 4th, at approximately 6:30 p.m. officers from the Emo Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police received a report that a 66 year-old man had fallen through the ice while operating his snow machine on Rainy Lake.

John Williamson
CTF

Every year the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) releases projected income and payroll tax changes that kick in on January 1.  The good news is that all taxpayers will pay less tax this year.  A new employment tax credit – called the Canada Employment Credit – will increase to $1,000 for the 2007 tax year, up from $250 in 2006.  This credit works like the basic personal exemption, which is set at $8,929 this year, and means workers will not pay income tax on the first $9,929 of earnings. 

Ken Johnston
Editor

The Lake of the Woods/Rainy River/Indus Girls High School Hockey team lost two games last week.

News Release
Crime Stoppers

Crime Stoppers continues to have a strong focus on illegal drug activity within all of Northwestern Ontario & Northern Minnesota, we need your help as we strive to solve more and more illegal drug and related crime.

News Release
Ont. Gov.

TORONTO, Jan. 3 /CNW/ - The Ontario government is raising the minimum wage on February 1, 2007, for the fourth time since taking office, Labour Minister Steve Peters announced today.

News Release
O.P.P.

ORILLIA, ON, Jan. 3 /CNW/ - The Highway Safety Division of the Ontario Provincial Police today released statistics for the fifth and final week of the 2006-2007 Festive R.I.D.E. Season for all OPP jurisdictions in the province of Ontario.

Ken Boshcoff
M.P.

One of the defining characteristics of Northwestern Ontario is its geographic size - 57.7% of Ontario’s land mass to be exact - however in that area resides only 6.9% of the provincial population. With this in mind as well as the combined result of an aging and declining population, it is essential that we identify opportunities to stabilize and grow our population.

Al Lowe
Contributor

Canada - the Land of the Maple Leaf. The Canadian maple leaf emblem is usually a rather stylized copy of one of our most common eastern trees - the Sugar Maple. Its scientific name is Acer saccharum, which is simply sugar maple in Latin.