Dear Mr. Behan: Last week’s editorial, “Trash ‘bag tag’ plan,” is not only unjustifiably negative, but also very poorly thought out. Our family produces, on average, one “lowly” bag of garbage each week, so in response to your invitation, our “hands are up.” There are three times a year when […]
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Every place has its characters and in the early days of La Vallee, Kate Ruttan was a figure known to everyone. Although she told very little regarding her life before she came to La Vallee, she did have one daughter who was a teacher as Kate had been. One distinctive […]
It’s understandable if many district residents still feel leery over the new federal riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River, which officially comes into being April 1. Gone are our traditional ties with our similarly-sized neighbours to the north, like Kenora and Dryden, who share many of the same challenges and issues […]
The local Gillons’ Sharks Atom ‘A’ team headed east last weekend to play in the 23rd-annual Neebing Hockey Classic in Thunder Bay—their last tournament of the season. The team went undefeated in the round-robin and then won their quarter-final matchup. But they lost the semi-final as well as the ‘B’ […]
A sure sign spring is right around the corner is the Border Skating Club’s annual ice show. The ice show has become a major attraction in the Fort Frances area and one of the most entertaining spring events. This year’s extravaganza will be no exception. The club has continued its […]
There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. While the individual talent undoubtedly was present, the lack of practice time which creates team unity definitely cost the Northwest Knights PeeWee ‘AAA’ team last weekend in Schreiber. Despite high expectations going in, the Knights—which featured 12 members of the local […]
Three games that went to extra ends were the story of the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton for Scott Gobeil and his Manitoba teammates. “If we’d have won those two extra-end games, we’d have made the playoffs,” Gobeil said of Manitoba’s 7-4 loss to Alberta and 9-8 setback […]
The Borderland Thunder staved off elimination last night with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs to force Game 6 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series here tomorrow night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Should the Thunder win that game, the […]
The fourth-ranked Muskies erased a three-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with the 13th-seeded Orangeville Bears this morning to open play at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship in London. Despite outshooting the Bears 7-5 in the first period, the black-and-gold found themselves trailing 2-0 at intermission. Orangeville then added […]
Following a start-up meeting with contractors, engineers, and hospital staff here Thursday, the $12.2-million Phase IV renovations at La Verendrye hospital should be underway next month. But the project isn’t going to be without its inconveniences to staff and patients alike, Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., […]
Among the hundreds of items on the proposed new user fee schedule before town council as part of the 2004 budget, one that will be an additional cost to all Fort Frances homeowners is the 23 percent jump in water and sewer rates, which will be retroactive to Jan. 1. […]
Former Thunder Bay mayor Ken Boshcoff won the Liberal nomination in the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding Sunday in a race that brought out an astonishing 80 percent of eligible voters. “I was, of course, very pleased,” Boshcoff said yesterday. “It’s very gratifying when people believe in you. That really […]
