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Archive for 'August,2010'

GALLERY: 2010 Trout Forest Music Festival

GALLERY: 2010 Trout Forest Music Festival

For the second year in a row, patrons of the annual Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls endured some very nasty weather, Aug. 13-15,  that all but shut down the main stage and crammed the [...]

Nuclear waste information kiosks in Ignace

The Ignace Visitor’s Centre is playing host to an information kiosk on the long-term management of nuclear waste. Both the neighbouring communities of Ignace and Ear Falls are exploring the possibility of becoming the site of [...]

Arseneault presents shopping bag survey results to council

For the past few years, local environmental advocate Michelle Arseneault has faced no shortage of  ‘conventional wisdom’ about why a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags would never work in Dryden. Never satisfied with the answers [...]

MP Rickford challenged on use of resources

By Chris Marchand Greg Rickford is a little peeved to say the least. The Kenora MP maintains he’s done nothing untoward, despite Liberal government ethics critic MP Marlene Jennings’ (Notre-Dame-de-Grace/Lachine) intentions to send a letter to [...]

Farabout Conservation group presses on

Eagle Lake Coalition continues efforts to protect peninsula Eagle Lake residents opposed to forestry on the Farabout Peninsula haven’t let up on their goal of preserving the 1,000 hectare landmass as a conservation area. Lakeshore residents [...]

Domtar’s Public Advisory Group heads for the trees

Domtar hosted another information filled day for its Public Advisory Group (PAG) on Wednesday, August 18. Hosting a field tour, members of the PAG were taken on a day long tour of different forestry operations and [...]

Recommended facility upgrades come with $100 million price tag

The City of Dryden is looking at a price tag of almost $100 million dollars over the next twenty years to complete the proposed Corporate Facilities Master Plan. Nick Coucill of Stantec Consulting made a presentation [...]

Dryden Chamber losing manager

The Dryden District Chamber of Commerce will be losing a valuable asset this week. Don Ames, Chamber Manager has tendered his resignation as of Monday, August 23. Ames has been looking at different opportunities available for [...]

Hudson sawmill faces another shutdown

With only having their doors open for two and a half months, the McKenzie Forest Products’ Hudson mill is again shutting down. The sawmill located in Hudson, ON, currently employs approximately 65 people and will begin [...]

Aili Irene (Nieminen) Sukava

In her 88th year, Irene quietly traveled on to join Sulo on August 20th at Princess Court, Dryden, Ontario where she resided for the past three years. Irene was a first generation Canadian, born on February [...]