Lucas Punkari With only one meet on their schedule for the 2012 season, the Muskie track and field squad already is hard at work as they prepare for the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay next month. “We’ve just finished up our third week in the seven-week season and things have […]
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Lucas Punkari During his opening remarks at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual awards night Sunday at the Memorial Sports Centre, FFMHA president Wayne Strachan called the 2011/12 season one of the most successful in a number of years. But the reasons for that success, said Strachan, wasn’t just […]
Lucas Punkari Friday night’s awards banquet at the Fort Frances Curling Club not only was the official end to another season, it also marked a year to the day that the club received funding to go through with its geothermal unit project, making this year a special one for club […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances and the local Kiwanis Club will partner to possibly develop an off-leash dog park here in the near future. An ad hoc off-leash dog park committee will be established to select a site, as well as look after the design and development of […]
Heather Latter Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is back in the good graces of the federal NDP caucus after being appointed critic for the Northern Ontario Economic Development Initiative (FedNor) by party leader Thomas Mulcair. “I’m pleased to have a Question Period today; first day back after the new […]
Lucas Punkari The overall look of the Muskie football team for the 2012 WHSFL campaign has become a lot stronger over the last week. That’s because Grade 12 quarterback Tobijah Gerber was successful in his appeal to take part in the league this fall after missing all of last season […]
Dave Ogilvie Despite some weather Saturday that definitely was not spring-like, this year’s “Spring Fever Days” in Emo was extremely well-attended by people from across the district. The annual celebration of spring started with some lovely weather on Friday. The Emo Legion was busy with people stopping by for soup […]
Duane Hicks With word that the doctor shortage in Rainy River has been alleviated, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board passed a resolution last Thursday to suspend payment by municipalities of a supplemental levy for extra ambulance coverage. DSSAB CAO Dan McCormick said two factors played a part […]
Heather Latter As a First Responder at Fort Frances High School, a team of students, including Jerry Wu and Lyle Dolph, has been on the scene to assess everything from chemical burns and drug overdoses to lacerations, bone trauma, and seizures. But while they’ve been trained to deal with these […]
Duane Hicks A local committee of stakeholders is recommending the old Rainy Lake Hotel be demolished and redeveloped as a “Mainstreet Market Square.” The preliminary plans were unveiled at a public meeting last Wednesday night at the Legion. The market square may contain a gateway paying homage to the former […]
Duane Hicks Canadian scientist and doctor, Sir Frederick Banting, and his assistant, Charles Best, are credited with the first successful treatment of diabetes with insulin 90 years ago. But even today, Canada ranks among the leaders in diabetes research and management. This was part of the message delivered by keynote […]
Lucas Punkari Sixteen years after he took part in the 100th anniversary of the Boston Marathon, local runner Lorne Ricard made the trek back down to Beantown last Monday to compete in this year’s edition. Even though it was his second time, the 57-year-old said this year’s event was a […]
