Northwestern Ontario welcomed the start of another tourist season last weekend as the yearly flow of U.S. visitors began to trickle across the border here. It’s only fitting, then, that the region’s annual fishing tournament circuit kicks off this Friday morning when the Emo Walleye Classic takes to the waters […]
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Organizers are actively seeking teen girls to participate in the 2005 Fun in the Sun queen pageant. And the clock is ticking, stressed Dawn Booth, who is co-organizing this year’s pageant with Melissa Gushulak and Cheryl Hoard. “The deadline to sign up is this Friday [May 27],” she noted. “We’ll […]
It’s been more than a quarter-century since Winnipeg’s Lionel Robert, a familiar face to many in this area, became a fixture on Northwestern Ontario’s tournament fishing circuit. And he’s been getting the same feeling right around this time of year ever since. “You can barely wait for it. You count […]
The local Business Improvement Association is lining up all sorts of activities to celebrate the downtown core’s 100th birthday on Saturday, June 25. But organizers still will need a little volunteer help from individuals, local groups, and service clubs to make it the bash they want it to be, BIA […]
The Fort Frances Museum fundraising committee has achieved one-third of its campaign goal, Coun. Struchan Gilson reported to council during its regular meeting last night. “They have already collected $25,000 in donations,” he remarked, adding a significant portion of that total has come from Abitibi-Consolidated. “It’s encouraging the town is […]
Local MP Ken Boshcoff described them as “beautiful.” “Absolutely wonderful,” assessed Geoff Gillon, head of the Rainy River Future Development Corp. “I think they look great,” added Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk. As for the dozens of American tourists patiently lining the international bridge here Friday en route to a […]
The landmark claim settlement that was formally signed Friday during the annual Rainy River First Nations fish fry represents not only a significant event in its own right, but could well become a springboard for claims pending in other parts of the country. At least, that’s the opinion of federal […]
“You’ve got to go out there and play each game hard because that’s what the game deserves.” —Shane Beckett, head coach of the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Soccer can be as good to you as two martinis at lunch or it can be harsher than a swig of Buckley’s. It […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff said he’s pleased with the results of the budget vote last Thursday, but warned the Opposition may yet force an election this summer. “There are still six Opposition Days and about four more weeks of Parliament sitting, during which the Opposition could trigger an […]
COFFEN-MCCORMACK–Born to Kim Coffen and Dale McCormack, of Morson, ON, a boy, Matthew, weighing 8 lbs. on April 29, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
