Local News

Rebecca Wood
LoW W.I.

Seven members met at the home of Marjorie Meek on May 11th. It is nice to have Marjorie back after her winter trip. It was also great to see Margaret recovering so well from her surgery. Our thoughts were with member Ellen on the tragic loss of her brother in law, Tom Ronning. Our condolences go out to Audrey and family.

Ken Johnston
Editor

Kicking it up a notch, four members of the Pollard Martial Arts Academy brought home some hardware from two recent Tae Kwon Do tournaments.
Shannon Jonasson, 24, of Rainy River, Kerry Zub, 29 of Fort Frances and Kevin Wiersema, 16, of Rainy River all competed on April 25th in Winnipeg at the Kang’s Academy Can/Am Games. All competed in sparring matches based on their belt, age, weight and sex.

Al Lowe
Contributor

The American Robin is probably the most familiar bird in the country. It is found in every part of Canada where there are trees, including the Yukon and the Labrador. It adapted to civilization better than any other species, and can be found in the largest cities as well as in the wild woods.

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

Are you one of the many producers who will be carrying increased livestock numbers this pasture season? If this applies to your situation, Jack Kyle, Pasture Specialist, OMAF, has a number of options to increase your pasture production this coming year.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

We are just a few weeks away from planting the first seeds in our vegetable gardens. But before you rush out and throw those seeds in the ground, it will pay to do a little advance planning. What I am talking about is crop rotation. Crop rotation has been used for centuries; our ancestors, commercial agricultural growers and the home gardener all practice crop rotation each year.

News Release
Canadian Government

At the Rainy River First Nations (RRFNs) annual fish fry held today at Manitou Mounds, west of Fort Frances, Chief Albert Hunter of the RRFNs, the Honourable Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the Honourable Michael Bryant, Ontario Minister Responsible for Native Affairs and the Honourable David Ramsay, Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, joined community members to celebrate the signing of a historic land claim settlement. The settlement resolves an outstanding grievance relating to the surrender in 1914-1915 and subsequent sale of 46,269 acres (18,725 hectares) of the First Nations’ reserve land. Today’s signing ceremony is a key event in a week of special festivities hosted by the RRFNs to commemorate the resolution of this 90-year-old claim.

Ken Johnston

U.S. Customs stepped up identification checks last week, checking everyone’s I.D. every time they crossed.

Ken Johnston

Literally in the eleventh hour last Tuesday CNR and its engineers (Teamsters Canada Rail Conference) reached a tentative agreement averting a strike.

The Rainy River Walleye Tournament (RRWT) has firmed up its line of teams for the Sept 23-25, 2005 event. There are five new teams (marked *) and the early bird winner this year was Team 40.

Ken Johnston

Changes to the rules governing crossing the border in a boat have been tightened up.
In a press release last week the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency announced that private boaters will be required to report to specified ports of entry for inspection.