Local News

Ken Boshcoff
M.P. T.Bay-RR

We have been talking about what it takes to rejuvenate a local economy by individual action. We live in a very blessed part of the world - we just can’t convince the big city types how good we have it!

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LoW School

Section 8A Boys Cross Country Academic Team Honors
(Based on top 5 class rank percent averaged)
Pequot Lakes, 97.96

Al Lowe
Contributor

So the atom is the smallest part of a pure substance, it is like a tiny solar system, and the nucleus has several major parts in it, mostly positive protons and neutral neutrons.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Late fall is a fairly quiet time for lawn care. You have probably stopped mowing your lawn in September, because you want to mow and then allow your grass to grow to about 3”-4” before the ground freezes. By keeping your lawn longer before it dies back for the winter allows for a layer of insulation to form over the roots.

Ken Johnston

About 30 people attended a meeting at Rainy River High School to talk about ways to keep the local schools viable.
With declining enrollments the process was started last spring to develop a strategic plan for keeping the elementary and high schools open in Rainy River.

Ken Johnston

Rainy River Town Council held a public meeting last Thursday to accept public input on a proposal to downsize council from six to four councillors in the next election.

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BCLTC

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is once again demonstrating its unwillingness to honour the rules of NAFTA. Thedecision today by the DOC to disregard the legal requirement to issue its recalculation of the countervailing duty rate on softwood lumber is simply another delay tactic and a purposeful attempt by the U.S. to ignore the NAFTA panel.

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Prov. Govt.

The Ontario government is celebrating the contributions of women veterans to the history and growth of the province and promoting their role in educating Ontario’s youth about the significance of women’s wartime and peacekeeping experiences.

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LoW School

Park Rapids Cross Country Invitational
Monday, October 17, 2005 @ Park Rapids Golf Course

Heather Ogilvie
Staff writer

There was no new president to welcome all to the 29th annual dinner and meeting of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture (RRFA) held Saturday evening at the Stratton Hall.