Staff It was a successful host tournament for the newly-minted NorFab Flames PeeWee girls’ rep team over the weekend. The Flames, enjoying success in their inaugural season, finished the round-robin portion of their tournament on Saturday in first place, but were upset by Dryden 4-3 in the final Sunday afternoon. […]
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Staff The Muskie football team handed out its annual awards at the Little Beaver Snow Park lodge last Wednesday. The following award winners were voted on by their fellow teammates: •Paul Renaud Award (team MVP)—Matt DePiero; •Reece Scofield Award for Outstanding Contribution—Matt Mutz and Josh Stevens; •Marc DeGagne Award (Defensive […]
Staff The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team competed in its eighth and final tournament of the season last weekend in Brandon, Man., coming home with silver after compiling a 4-1 record. Taggs opened play against a very talented Interlake Lightning team, and surprised the Lightning in […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is seeking the community’s help in setting goals and priorities for the future, and will be hosting a strategic planning session on Tuesday, March 31 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We need to know what the communities feel are the indicators for risk, […]
Duane Hicks Chiefs of four local First Nations are proposing an extension of the 99-year lease of Pither’s Point Park at “fair market value,” not the current rate of $35 per annum. But with the mayor and several councillors out of town at present for a conference in Toronto, the […]
Peggy Revell In the hope of saving lives, 20 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are being installed in public places across Rainy River District thanks to the combined effort of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Frank Cowan Foundation, and […]
Duane Hicks With more and more “baby-boomer” police officers retiring every day, the demand for new constables is steady. As such, the Ontario Provincial Police is looking for young men and women to consider a rewarding career in a field that promises learning opportunities and room for advancement. Local OPP […]
Peggy Revell Contract negotiations for elementary teachers once again have returned to the local level following agreement on a provincial negotiating framework earlier this month. This new four-year framework came out of the blue, said Sharon Preston, president of the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, given the original “Provincial […]
Peggy Revell While there’s been a decrease in the number of households experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk of homelessness, across the district, an increasing number of families are accessing services such as food banks, according to the most recent statistics kept by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres already are in playoff mode with two weeks left in the SIJHL regular season. The Sabres (26-15-3) tested their mettle with a pair of road wins this past week over the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats and cellar-dwelling Sioux Lookout Flyers, and now return […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ volleyball teams showed spurts, but couldn’t put it all together in losing to the Dryden Eagles in their respective NorWOSSA finals here Friday. The seniors fell in straight sets by scores of 25-19, 25-11, and 25-19. “Before the game, I told the girls to give […]
Mitch Calvert Next stop: North Bay. Okay, that may be a tad premature, but it’s hard not to predict a trip to the all-Ontarios for this year’s Muskie boys’ hockey team on the eve of their best-of-three opening-round playoff showdown with the Kenora Broncos that begins tomorrow (Feb. 26) at […]
