Although the forest fire rating was recently high to extreme, the current rainfall the area has received brought the rating down to low to moderate. Deb MacLean, of the Ministry of Natural Resources reports that the area saw almost 10,000 strikes of lightning on Sunday and Monday. Although this number appears high, it is not unusual [...]
The Dryden District Agricultural Society’s 103rd Fall Fair was blessed with fine weather and series of spectacular moonrises over three days in Dryden last week as the community swelled with fair goers from around the region. Here is a sampling of images captured over three exciting days of events at the Dryden Fairgrounds. Photos by [...]
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 muddy hordes into the protective confines of the tent covering of Frank’s Tavern stage. Rain gear was a must [...]
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 from the Townline Rd. area near Eagle River formed the coalition in 2008 after learning of a proposed plan to build [...]
After being rained out on July 3, the Aug. 14 Soap Box Derby brought out a large crowd and 13 cars for the second annual event. After moving the races to Colonization Ave. hill, the cars were able to max their speed at 39km/h. The races featured three classes, an A class for kids 13 and under, [...]
25 August 2010
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 layoffs on Friday. “We’re shutting down, and we’re going to look towards the springtime to see if the markets are going [...]
19 August 2010
On Monday, August 16, 2010 at approximately 10:12 am, a motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 17 west in Eton Township, District of Kenora approximately 300 meters east of the Highway 605 (Eton-Rugby Road) and Highway 17 junction. A west-bound passenger vehicle and an east-bound pickup truck collided on the highway. The driver of the pickup [...]
19 August 2010
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation held a peaceful protest outside of the Two Feathers head office on the reserve Friday, Aug. 13 to demand some answers. Since the forestry project has moved forward, Wabigoon claims they have been left in the dark. With over $13 million involved to get the project, the people have yet to see [...]
19 August 2010
Very rarely does one find an entrepreneur that has yet to reach Grade Six but on Saturday, Aug. 14, King Street was full of them as the BizKids set up shop beside Wilson’s Business Solutions to sell their homemade products. The Northwest Business Centre held a BizKids camp for kids ages 9-12 to teach them the [...]
19 August 2010
If there’s anyone in the community that says eating local isn’t easy clearly hasn’t tried that hard. When the Eat Local Day challenge was made, local resident Calista Livingston took it to a whole other level, earning her top spot in the challenge. When daughter Tyne had an upcoming birthday, Livingston thought what better way to [...]
19 August 2010
Local athlete, Megan Pinette joined the Murillo Mudhens ladies’ fastball in their gold medal win at the Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg Aug. 5-8. The team went 4-2 in the round robin with wins against Saskatchewan’s Erical Jr. Eclipse, B.C.s Victoria Kaos, the Calgary Rage and Alberta’s Strathmore Magic while dropping two games to the host [...]
Friday, Sep 3
Light Rain
Currently: 10˚C
Feels Like: 7˚ C
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 6˚
Tonight: 6˚
Sunset: 7:51 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Saturday, Sep 4
Hi: 14˚, Lo: 4˚
Sunday, Sep 5
Hi: 17˚, Lo: 6˚
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