Local News

News Release
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

The Ontario government is boosting economic development opportunities in the Lake of Woods area by expanding broadband Internet availability to communities outside the current service area, Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci announced today.

Ken Johnston

Just in time for Christmas.
Twenty Salvation Army Hampers arrived in Rainy River on Monday, thanks to volunteers Joe Kaliska and Tom Irvine of Rainy River.

The Rainy River Record will not be publishing during the week between Christmas and New Years.

News Release
ISA

Still haven’t selected your tree for the holidays?
Prefer to wait and display your tree closer to Christmas?

News Release
MNR

The most up-to-date hunting and fishing maps, covering Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden, Ignace, Sioux Lookout and Atikokan, are now available from retailers across northwestern Ontario.

Al Lowe
Contributor

This mammal is surely one of nature’s most disgusting animals. It causes billions of dollars worth of damage, it is often linked in peoples’ minds with garbage and filth, it carries diseases, and seems to have few, if any, redeeming qualities.

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

The new year is almost here once again. For producers, 2005 continued to be a very challenging year. At the beginning of the year we came out of another relatively mild winter and things were looking pretty good heading into spring.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Many gardeners use the cold winter months to dream about their gardens and plan the improvements for next year. Since winter is not the season to be active in the garden, family and friends sometimes forget that there are gifts, related to the garden that all gardeners would love to receive.

News Release
OPP

(Fort Frances, Ontario) The Ontario Provincial Police is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Detachment Commander for the Fort Frances Cluster. Inspector Dave Lucas will be commencing his duties on January 3rd, 2006.

Ken Johnston

It is the season for giving and what more could a person give to a person than a new home?
That is what Mark Mast and his daughter Miriam, 13, of Rainy River, just did while in Guatemala for a week. Mark, a pastor at the Covenant Church here, heard about the poor people of Chimaltenango, Guatemala from his cousins in Michigan.