Duane Hicks Upon recommendation from the traffic safety committee, town council agreed Monday night to upgrade the intersection of Church Street and Mowat Avenue to a four-way stop. The committee discussed the upgrade at its Feb. 6 meeting, and in a report to council Monday recommended the north-south yield signs […]
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In a 6-4 vote, a budget of $19,851,785 for 2009 was approved by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board last Thursday night. “The overall budget increase . . . was 3.01 percent, but the municipal increase was only 1.06 percent,” Finance manager Leanne Eluik told the board. “That […]
Duane Hicks With the 2009 Bassmaster Classic tournament and trade show drawing record-breaking crowds over weekend, representatives of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship who went to Shreveport, La. to market Fort Frances as a bass-fishing destination got all the exposure they could ask for. Jim Cumming, who returned to […]
Peggy Revell Covered by bush less than a year ago, an area of Manitou Rapids will have been completely transformed into a new pow-wow grounds for Rainy River First Nations by this summer. “It’s actually a fairly big structure,” said Rainy River First Nations’ education counsellor Marcel Horton, who also […]
Mitch Calvert Junior team also wins gold That collective sigh of relief you heard Friday night likely came from the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team. The heavy favourites nearly were dealt a knockout punch in the game that mattered most—just sneaking past the Kenora Broncos 56-46 in the NorWOSSA final […]
Peggy Revell Students in Ms. Armour’s Grade 4/5 class at J.W. Walker School were treated to a visit by award-winning First Nations’ author Larry Loyie on Monday morning. Coming all the way from Alberta, Loyie, along with his partner, writer, and editor, Constance Brissenden, has been visiting various classrooms in […]
Duane Hicks Amanda Perreault read along with her daughter, Kaidence, last Thursday during Family Literacy Night at St. Michael’s School here. The event offered literacy-based activities, such as word Bingo, buddy reading, computers, listening centres, and a Smart Board presentation in an effort to engage parents in supporting their children […]
Peggy Revell Once finished, this centre arbour of the new pow-wow grounds at Manitou Rapids will be able to hold about 50 drums.
Mitch Calvert Jeff Gustafson (#41) of the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team showed relentless defence in helping the black-and-gold capture NorWOSSA gold thanks to a 43-40 win over the Kenora Broncos in the league final here Friday.
Local EMS supervisor Ed Carson demostrated how Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) can be used alongside CPR to provide emergency care should someone go into cardiac arrest.
Evelyn Godin, 69 of, Rainy River, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Evelyn was born Nov. 26, 1939 in Rainy River, Ont. In earlier years, Evelyn worked as a waitress at a tourist camp on Lake of the Woods. On April […]
Timothy Gosnell passed away unexpectedly in the early-morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born Oct. 31, 1960 to Scott and Olga Gosnell. Timothy leaves to mourn his father, Scott, of Rainy River, Ont.; and sisters, Anna and Kimberley, both of Thunder Bay, Ont. […]
