Abitibi-Consolidated announced today that its Fort William paper mill in Thunder Bay will be idled for an indefinite period, effective Feb. 25. The mill has an annual production capacity of about 145,000 tonnes of commercial printing papers. The idling will affect roughly 265 employees at the mill and an additional […]
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ELROY PAUL JOURDAIN Elroy Paul Jourdain, 68, of Couchiching First Nation, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with his family by his side, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born June 25, 1938 at Red Gut Bay […]
Gerry Jolicoeur got the crowd bidding during the live auction at the “Community Chest” fundraiser dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. About 250 attended the sold-out dinner to raise money for the local charity that helps families in the midst of a health crisis. The event raised $20,600 through […]
The Muskie Sports Association is holding a tag day today and tomorrow (Feb. 16-17) at various businesses around town. Come out and support Muskie athletes! The local Legion ladies will hold their next monthly supper—featuring pork cutlets—today (Feb. 16) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion. Admission is $13 each […]
Town council will be asked this evening to authorize the “Fun in the Sun” committee to submit a financial request to the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Celebrate Canada!” program. “Fun in the Sun” chair Paul Bock said the committee applies for the funding each year to help pay for July […]
Squash players from across the region competed in the 20th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous tournament over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Darrell Cole (Thunder Bay) successfully defended his men’s ‘A’ title, rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the best-of-five match to beat 11-time champion Bob Shine (Thunder Bay). In […]
The body of a Couchiching resident reported missing on Rainy Lake was found this morning, Fort Frances OPP said just after noon today. Nick Mainville, 50, of Rainy Lake Blvd., was located on Couchiching First Nation around 9:15 a.m. Police said he died as a result of a snowmobile collision. […]
The Muskie Sports Association is holding a tag day today and tomorrow (Feb. 16-17) at various businesses around town. Come out and support Muskie athletes! The local Legion ladies will hold their next monthly supper—featuring pork cutlets—today (Feb. 16) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion. Admission is $13 each […]
FORT FRANCES—The Atikokan Crisis Centre is hosting a free luncheon next week for all women interested in learning more about the centre, or in discussing issues of importance to women. “We often hear that women in the west end of the district have difficulty accessing the services we provide,” said […]
The Muskie basketball program once again demonstrated its NorWOSSA supremacy by winning gold in both the junior and senior boys’ divisions yesterday in Dryden. The juniors made short work of the host Eagles in the final, building a substantial lead in the early going and then cruising to an easy […]
FORT FRANCES—Local firefighters Capt. Joe Bobczynski and Greg Allan were among the 2,200 firefighters and emergency workers who attended Wednesday’s memorial tribute in Winnipeg for two fallen colleagues. The ceremony at the MTS Centre marked the end of a week of public mourning for Winnipeg firefighters Capt. Tom Nichols and […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball program saw mixed results at the NorWOSSA championships yesterday in Dryden. The senior squad played some of their best volleyball of the season en route to the silver medal. But the juniors stumbled against a team they’d not lost to all season and were eliminated in […]
