Joey Payeur Eagles tend to feast on fish. But the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team has shown the Dryden version of the winged predator that black-and-gold fish have some fight in them. The Muskies (5-1) continued their dominant play against the Eagles this season by sweeping the visitors 27-25, 25-21, […]
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Devin Eldridge Kaylyn Levesque of the Border Skating Club soared through the air with the greatest of ease at the Sunset Country Interclub regional figure skating competition in this past weekend in Sioux Lookout. Levesque finished with one gold in the preliminary team event, as well as a silver, two […]
Duane Hicks Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care at Rainycrest, admired a bulletin board decorated for Valentine’s Day with art made by residents there. The board is also where Rainycrest’s own monthly newsletter, written by resident David Fontana, is posted.
Heather Latter Three-year-old Robert Handberg put a sticker in his “passport” while stopping by the day care room during a tour of Robert Moore School yesterday. The youngster was registering for the early-learning program for the 2014-15 school year. While registration began this week at schools across the district, parents […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP welcomes the Snowmobile Trail Officer Patrol (S.T.O.P.) program to the district. This is a community-based enforcement program that uses the assistance of special constables, with the goals of increasing snowmobile safety awareness, compliance with snowmobile laws, and enforcement under the Motorized Snow Vehicle […]
Staff It was an up-and-down day for Devlin native Mike Badiuk yesterday in Timmins. Thunder Bay’s Dylan Johnston, with Badiuk playing second, sat in a four-way tie for third at 1-1 going into action today at the provincial men’s curling championships. Johnston edged Dan Lemieux (Sault Ste. Marie) 4-3 in […]
John Bueckert, 54, joined his brothers, David and Pete, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. His finals days were spent surrounded by family and friends. John’s life might seem short to some but the quality of existence that was so important to John far exceeds the quantity of time one lives. […]
Elda (Ilda) Kennedy (nee Lind) passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 at her home at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born Sept. 18, 1922 in Rainy River, Ont. She was married to Edwin Kennedy in 1943 and became the mother of six stepchildren, Alan Kennedy, Vivian […]
Press Release The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board will host a pair of Human Resources information forums on New Gold’s Rainy River Project here next Tuesday (Feb. 11). Facilitated by Mike Greaves of Squarepeg Solutions, the first will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Métis Hall. The second will […]
John Handberg, 68, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Heather Latter The Olympic lounge, decorated with handmade Olympic rings and a Canadian flag, opened at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this morning as the figure skating team event got underway—with several moms and their infants stopping by to watch before heading to the “Mother Goose” program. While […]
Staff The town has all but finished its 2014 capital budget, which is being paid for without resorting to long-term debt financing. Council learned Tuesday that the $8-million budget will be paid for through federal and provincial grants, contributions from other sources/donations, federal gas tax funds, reserve funds, water and […]
