Staff Negotiations are underway between the province and Family and Children Services of the Rainy River District, which is facing a budget shortfall that could see it run short of cash before year’s end. “Family and Children Services of the District of Rainy River is currently in dialogue with the […]
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Staff A Shoal Lake First Nation man pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder in connection with the 2007 death of Ashley Smith of Naicatchewenin First Nation. Bronson Green appeared before Justice G.P. Smith of the Ontario Superior Court to plead guilty on the charge, and was found guilty by Justice […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team forfeited its game against the River East Kodiaks today in Winnipeg, citing a shortage of manpower. “The team has experienced quite a few injuries and [does] not have enough students at this time to participate in a football game safely,” Fort High athletic director […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will put their 1-2 record on the line tonight when they host the Dryden Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. The Ice Dogs (1-0) opened their SIJHL season with a 9-1 win over the Sioux Lookout Flyers on Tuesday thanks to five power-play goals. The Lakers, […]
Staff Borderland residents will have a new way to cruise around Rainy Lake as Voyageurs National Park is set to launch its new 49-passenger tour boat tomorrow. “What we’re very excited about is we haven’t had a large tour boat on Rainy Lake for a number of years now, so […]
Press Release One of the focuses of the Zion Lutheran congregation for the past few years has been “Greening the Church and Community.” In conjunction with this, we did a “garbage clean-up” with the Sunday School this past week. We have promoted the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle). We […]
Duane Hicks The components of the lookout tower, including the red-and-white cupola, are ready for re-assembly at its new site along the riverfront starting next week. A piece of stairway has to be attached to the base there, and then the re-assembly can begin. Then the handrail will be put […]
Duane Hicks Barry Streib, president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, welcomed delegates gathered at La Place Rendez-Vous this morning for the group’s annual fall meeting. The conference started with registration and a mix-and-mingle last night, and continued today with a slew of guest speakers as well as […]
Heather Latter J.W. Walker students helped fill up a bag with garbage during the “TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup” held here yesterday. Students, along with staff and other volunteers, joined in the annual event which saw 1,500 clean-up sites across Canada and more than 50,000 participants. Locally, the top five […]
Staff Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the next federal election following three nomination meetings held across the riding that culminated Wednesday night at the East End Hall here. But Rafferty told those on hand that it’s “pretty clear” people in this riding […]
Staff Mere weeks after the paving of the Portage Avenue underpass was completed, some cracks already are beginning to show. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said in an e-mail late Wednesday that the asphalt meets HL4 (or dense hot mix asphalt) specifications, but added, “as you can see, the […]
Duane Hicks With the Town of Fort Frances proposing to enter into an agreement with the local Kiwanis Club for the purchase of its camp at Sunny Cove, the public is invited to attend a meeting on the matter on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The meeting will be held at 6:30 […]
