Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff said yesterday he cannot vote to reject the softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. when it comes before Parliament later this fall. “I condemn the Conservative government for making such a raw deal and I am disgusted that the government has refused to continue […]
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The Muskie football team’s training camp is in full swing as the squad prepares for its regular-season opener here Sept. 8 against Kildonan East. But despite having had less than a week of practices to evaluate his players, head coach Bob Swing has been impressed with what he’s seen so […]
Energy Fitness Centre is holding its re-grand opening today (Sept. 1) until 8 p.m. There will be demos, tours, refreshments, and a draw for two one-year memberships. Local MPP Howard Hampton will hold his annual free pancake breakfast (in conjunction with Labour Day) on Saturday, Sept. 2 from 7:30-10 a.m. […]
This cub was found up a tree in the yard of a Church Street residence yesterday. The OPP and bylaw enforcement officers immobilzed the young bear and relocated it without incident. This is the 59th bear reported here so far this summer. —Submitted photo
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Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff and his local constituency officer, Wanda Botsford, held up a banner signed by district residents at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Emo earlier this month. The banner offers best wishes to Canadian Forces, and will be sent to a […]
FORT FRANCES—Gas prices began to drop in Fort Frances on Thursday, but Northwestern Ontario continues to be paying higher prices than elsewhere in the province and across the country. At Mohawk here, the price already has dropped three cents a litre to 114.4 from 117.4 earlier Thursday. Tina Selman, who […]
FORT FRANCES—With the annual Terry Fox Run coming up Sunday, Sept. 17, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is seeing a great response so far to its call for participants, volunteers, and sponsors, say organizers. “Plans are well underway,” Maureen Fitzpatrick of the Volunteer Bureau noted Wednesday. “The community is showing […]
With the fire hazard remaining “high,” 11 new forest fires had ignited in the region by the end of yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ regional fire management headquarters reported this morning. One fire of note is Sioux Lookout #97—currently a 40-hectare blaze located 30 km west of Savant Lake. […]
FORT FRANCES—Local union representatives told town council Monday night that they felt Abitibi-Consolidated having a hydro-generation company here could have dire consequences for the pulp and paper mill. CEP 92 recording secretary Allan T. Bedard, who has filed an appeal of the decision made by the town’s committee of adjustment […]
