Tourism in Canada appears to be in trouble. The sickness appears to be coming from a decline of American visitors to Canada. The number of US visitors appears to have been declining at a steady rate since 2001.

Letter to the editor,

We like the new look on the web site and have always enjoyed reading the latest Rainy River District news.
Many of our friends have passed away since 1979 when we moved to B.C.

Does the government really know that we are here?
Again the Town of Rainy River has been rejected for COMRIF money. That money is badly needed for us to fix our overtaxed sewer system.
Before that can move forward towards a positive and prosperous future we need to fix the system. But our requests for help seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

It seems the federal New Democratic Party has found a way to make headlines that has everyone talking.
By pointing the finger at the big banks for charging fees at their Automated Teller Machines and saying they are gouging the public, Jack Layton and the NDP, have picked up on an issue that we all face every time we go and use an ATM.

It seems the federal New Democratic Party has found a way to make headlines that has everyone talking.
By pointing the finger at the big banks for charging fees at their Automated Teller Machines and saying they are gouging the public, Jack Layton and the NDP, have picked up on an issue that we all face every time we go and use an ATM.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

Rainy River will not be without a place to take empty beer bottles and the new returnable liquor bottles after all.
As of this Wednesday Border Service will no longer be the local beer bottle return depot.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

The Rainy River Public Library celebrated major improvements to its facilities on Saturday with an open house.
Two years ago the library board and staff began working on making the children’s section of the library more inviting and fun for kids to use.

By Heather Ogilvie
Staff writer

Valerie Pizey, vice-chair (and former chair) of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, briefed district municipalities of the cost overruns on their new building on Saturday at the 16th-annual general meeting and conference of the Rainy River District Municipal Association held in Emo.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

The Abattoir Steering Committee of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association (RRCA) told the members that they are very close to announcing an abattoir for the Rainy River District.

By Brian Russell WLS As of this writing (Jan. 19) NONE of the Wildlands Snowdusters snowmobile trails are open. Of note the River-Lake trail is staked from Stratton to Kreger Road. As of this time NO grooming has been done due to a total lack of snow - some trail reroutes are also pending culvert installations.