Staff People across the district opened their hearts once again this year to make sure the “Adopt an Angel” campaign was a success. “It was wonderful this year, it was fabulous,” enthused Debra Bruyere of Family and Children’s Services of the Rainy River District, which runs the annual campaign to […]
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Press Release Increasing awareness about the urgent need for organ and tissue donation became a family effort this year for 87-year-old Honoria Groves. Her great-granddaughter, Alexandria, had a life-saving liver transplant this summer when she was five months old. Now that Honoria knows how important organ and tissue donation is, […]
the MNR A Colorado man has been fined $2,500 for shooting a black bear without a valid licence. Levi Larsen, of Denver, was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting a black bear, $1,000 for possessing a void licence, and $500 for exporting the bear out of Ontario without a permit. He […]
Press Release The cost of feeding your family has gone up 11 percent in Northwestern Ontario in the past year. Every year, the Northwestern Health Unit surveys grocery stores in our region to determine the cost of healthy food. That cost continues to increase. “The cost of feeding a family […]
Press Release It was hard to keep the Emo Penguins from taking flight during the Atom girls’ hockey tournament held there Dec. 10-12. The first game saw the Penguins battle the Fort Frances Rolling Lake Lightning to a 3-3 draw, with Sydney Beck earning game MVP honours. Avery Cates scored […]
Press Release Would you jump into Rainy Lake on New Year’s Day 10 times? The answer for the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions is “Yes, and willingly!” This Jan. 1 marks the 10th-annual “Polar Plunge,” staged by the club as a community fundraiser for youth groups and activities. Since the first […]
Dan Falloon Former Fort Frances Aquanaut Heather Dutton began her CIS swimming career as a member of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. But she’s since traded in horns for something a little more governmental after joining the University of Ottawa GeeGees for the 2010-11 season. Dutton broke school records in […]
the MNR Two Nipigon-area men have been fined $2,000 for constructing a trail in the Nipigon Palisades Conservation Reserve. Robert Bearman and Robert Thorsteinson pleaded guilty to constructing a trail without a work permit in violation of the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act. They each were fined $1,000. Court […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ hockey team briefly looked as if it was in danger of dropping two games in a row for the first time this season. But after trailing the Kittson Central Bearcats 1-0 after the first period of Saturday afternoon’s exhibition game here, the black-and-gold exploded for […]
Dan Falloon Here’s a bit of a telling stat as to how the Muskie girls’ hockey season has gone so far. Although the black-and-gold sport just a 1-6 record in NorWOSSA play, they’ve still scored more goals than they’ve allowed, holding a 25-24 margin in that category. Their lone win […]
Duane Hicks Now will priorize next steps Following up on an open house held last month, Fort Frances council has adopted, in principle, a residential “blue box” waste recycling strategy prepared by Trow Associates. But exactly how aspects of the strategy will be implemented is something that will be […]
Peggy Revell A decade of toiling over his art has come to fruition as Bergland artist Tony Sepers will see his “Watch for Pedestrian” exhibit go on display at the Pictograph Gallery in Atikokan from Jan. 8-Feb. 16. “It has to do with being human and the profundity of being […]
