Wayne Strachan I didn’t write a “Coach’s Corner” last week because I wanted to analyze the trades we made and the new-look Lakers before I actually made a statement. The buzz around town has been anywhere from “What was he thinking?” to “Good job,” to “Strachan should be fired!” All […]
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Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team split themselves up in an attempt to conquer over the weekend in Dryden. The split squads finished first and second in their respective pools. Team “Black” fell in the first round of the playoffs to Sir Winston Churchill’s ‘A’ team 2-0 (25-13 and […]
Staff About 50 Special Olympics athletes from across Northwestern Ontario will compete in two events here Saturday. Athletes from Fort Frances, Thunder Bay, Atikokan, and Terrace Bay will face off in floor hockey and snowshoeing. The day will kick off with opening ceremonies at 8 a.m. at Robert Moore School, […]
Dan Falloon It’s been an eventful first season for Isaac Keffer’s rink. The local skip, whose team includes third Cody Ossachuk, second Cody Heyens, and lead Ian Grant, snagged a berth in the Nexcap Bantam NOCA Provincials by finishing second with a 3-1 record at the inter-region playdowns in Thunder […]
Duane Hicks Mill forced to shut down indefinitely The AbitibiBowater mill here was shut down indefinitely yesterday morning after a problem was identified at the company’s effluent treatment system. Now the company must investigate the issue and report to the Ministry of Environment. Jean-Philippe Cote, director of public affairs and […]
Heather Latter Despite the looming loss of funding for the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT), the board of directors has vowed to do everything it can in order to continue their work here. “What we decided, as a board, is we felt the program is so important […]
Dan Falloon Duncan Keith has come a long way from earning his stripes as a member of the Times Tiger growing up here in Fort Frances. Since then, several logos have graced his chest, including the Maple Leaf, which he’ll be wearing proudly on hockey’s biggest international stage next month […]
Staff The draft environmental report for the hydroelectric development project on the Namakan River, proposed by the Ojibway Power and Energy Group Ltd. (OPEG), is now available to the public. The report follows OPEG’s proposal to construct a 6.4 megawatt “run-of-river” hydroelectric generating station at High Falls on the Namakan […]
Duane Hicks While there is not any single major project as a line item in the town’s preliminary capital budget for 2010, council and administration still will face some tough choices to decide what gets done and what gets cut during this year’s budget process. Council met Monday for its […]
Heather Latter Vaccinations still available Given the lack of H1N1 activity in the region for more than a month, the Northwestern Health Unit is touting its recent vaccination campaign as a success. “I think because it was a common message from beginning to end, people have an increased awareness,” said […]
Peggy Revell District residents are being asked to trade in tobacco during the month of March for the chance to win prizes with the launch of the fifth province-wide “Driven to Quit Challenge.” “This year we have some great prizes, as we always do,” Naomi McNeill, with the Canadian Cancer […]
Dave Ogilvie It may be hard to think about spring amid below-zero temperatures and piles of snow, but not so in the harness racing industry. “Red Bugler,” owned by Don and Sheila Anness of Emo, has been out on the track since the middle of December preparing for the upcoming […]
