Drawing more than 270 people, the sixth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner Sunday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here raised about $23,000 to provide financial aid to local families facing medical expenses. Some $18,000 of the total included proceeds from the dinner tickets, silent and live auctions, and raffles while a […]
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A 24-year-old Barwick man was arrested by Emo OPP officers shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday for failing to comply with conditions of a release document. When searching the subject subsequent to arrest, the officers found roughly 18 grams of suspect marijuana and 54 Oxycocet pills. The man was charged […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team notched a pair of exhibition wins on the road against Minnesota squads over the weekend. The black-and-gold started things off Friday night with a 12-3 romp over Bagley, then they blanked Red Lake Falls 2-0 the following afternoon. Ryan Witherspoon netted a hat trick in […]
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Susan Martin, left, who’s on the waiting list for a heart transplant, and Cecil Duffy of the local Knights of Columbus read the name of the grand prize winner of the Canada Safeway groceries-for-a-year raffle as emcee Larry Cousineau, far right, looked on at last night’s “Community Chest” fundraiser dinner. […]
Gord McTaggart, left, shared some of his family history with museum curator Pam Hawley during a taping of “Gathering Our Community Story” yesterday at the museum. The new Shaw Cable TV program, which features interviews with many familiar local residents discussing the town’s history, will begin airing Feb. 8. The […]
Olive, also known to her family and her many friends as “Skip,” passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 at the age of 87 at the Falls Good Samaritan Center in International Falls, Mn. after a lengthy illness. She was born June 30, 1918 to Charles and Violet Kerr in Fort […]
U.S. forestry company Bowater Inc. is shutting down a pulp mill in Thunder Bay—a move that will put about 280 people out of work. The South Carolina-based company announced yesterday it is closing the kraft mill at the end of April as part of a streamlining in the wake of […]
Canadian Tire here is hosting “The Great Skate” on Monday afternoon to raise money to help needy kids play organized sports. A free skate—open to all ages—will run from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre, organizer Margaret McDonald said Friday morning. “When people come, they don’t have to pay […]
The local Chamber of Commerce’s home and leisure show committee has been meeting since September, but the clock is now ticking to get everything lined up for this year’s event slated for April 28-29 at the Memorial Sports Centre. “We’re really starting to get excited about it,” Chamber manager Dawn […]
Fort Frances Junior Curling and Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce have teamed up on a raffle to benefit both groups, with tickets on sale now. First prize is $2,000 in Chamber gift certificates while the second- and third-place prizes are $1,000 and $500 in gift certificates, respectively. “This is a […]
Anyone interested in resurrecting the local Borderland Thunder Junior ‘A’ hockey team should attend a meeting this coming Wednesday (Feb. 1) at 7:30 p.m. at the Adventure Inn. The Thunder folded after the 2004-05 season because of financial difficulties and differences with the Superior International Junior Hockey League. “We want […]
The second-annual VALA variety show, this year entitled “Hollywood North: A Gala of Entertainment and Family Fun,” will take the stage Feb. 11 to raise both literacy awareness and funds for the program. And with the entertainment all set to go, organizers now are hoping to sell more tickets in […]
