Press Release In response to a request from Tikinagan Child and Family Services of Sioux Lookout, the staff at Family and Children’s Services of the District of Rainy River is mobilizing to gather food and clothing for the children of Pikangikum First Nation. Pikangikum, located 100 km northwest of Red […]
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Press Release Ontario’s “Second Career” and other training programs are expected to help an additional 8,000 laid-off workers re-train for new careers in high-demand occupations by next spring. Successful applicants to the “Second Career” program will be identified through a new evaluation system beginning Nov. 20. It will give priority […]
Press Release The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team only has ever been known to the local fans as the K of C PeeWees. But after 73 years of dedication and sponsorship to the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association and the PeeWee ‘AA’ squad, the Knights of Columbus have turned […]
Press Release The local Boston Pizza Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ team headed to Thunder Bay over the weekend to participate in the Pizza Hut Wing Street Fall Classic hockey tournament. During round-robin play, the team held the North End Flames to a 1-1 tie on Friday, then went on to defeat […]
Staff It was a tale of two very different hockey games. After trading goals at a breakneck pace with Dryden in their preliminary-round match-up, the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Snipers had only one bullet pierce the host squad’s armour with the championship on the line. Thankfully for them, it was […]
Robin McCormick A spaghetti supper fundraiser for Jessica Engels is planned for Friday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. Jessica, the daughter of Trudy and Chris Shine, is scheduled to undergo heart surgery in London, Ont. that day. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children […]
Staff Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” But a group of PeeWee pucksters showed this past weekend it’s pretty sweet being Green’s. Matt Cheetham netted the lone goal of the shootout to give Green’s a 4-3 win Sunday over the Current River Ice Comets (Thunder Bay) […]
Duane Hicks A new trust fund being proposed by the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada and AbitibiBowater—to replace the existing pension fund pool for mill workers and help take some of the strain off the company as it undergoes restructuring under bankruptcy protection—is drawing mixed reactions here. Some […]
Heather Latter After submitting its idea of a “Community Food Box” program to the Aviva Community Fund and making it to the third round, the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market once again is looking for local residents to vote for their cause in order to earn some funding. “We were told […]
Staff Now will host Vikings for OFSAA berth Defence, indeed, wins championships. The senior Muskie girls’ basketball team punched their ticket to the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs by playing stifling defence in a 28-12 win over the host Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA final last Thursday. The Broncos were on a […]
Peggy Revell Former Fort Frances resident Lorne Morrow has taken the helm of the newly-launched Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy—a $25-million investment first announced by the provincial government back in May, 2008. “I didn’t sleep very well for a while—still, that’s a good sign,” Morrow said about […]
Staff After releasing a proposed Growth Plan for Northern Ontario last month, the province now is asking northern residents for further input, with the deadline to receive comments set for Feb. 1, 2010. While a videoconference held Monday evening at the Contact North site here attracted only a couple of […]
