The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their best-of-seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best game […]
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Two former mayors won the Liberal nominations in the two new Northwestern Ontario ridings of Thunder Bay-Rainy River and Kenora over the weekend. Former Thunder Bay mayor Ken Boshcoff beat out Don Paterson for the Liberal nomination in Thunder Bay-Rainy River what the party is calling “a very close race.” […]
Council will vote Monday night on whether to adopt a new user fee schedule that will account for about $180,000 in extra revenue to help cover the town’s 2004 budget deficit. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft said a “tremendous amount” of work by council and management has gone into revising the user […]
Loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Duane Sheridan Thorsteinson, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2004 at the age of 60. He is survived by his loving wife, Paulette; one son and two daughters, Darin (Leah), Shelly (Dave), and Tammy (Clayton); and five grandchildren, Krystal, Melissa, Amber, Jack, and Liam. He […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
After council made more cuts— and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting yesterday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
Marie Rübsteck, general manager of the Canadian Practice Firms Network, will visit Envision North—the practice firm in Fort Frances—this Monday and Tuesday (March 22-23). Rübsteck has been with the CPFN since its founding in 1998. She also is the CPFN representative for the European Practice Firm Network (EUROPEN). From 2000-03, […]
After council made more cuts—and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting Thursday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” Coun. […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board on Thursday night passed a resolution to pay a subsidy for April to the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. after receiving assurance from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that the program’s economic difficulties have improved. DSSAB recently received a […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board last night passed a resolution to pay a subsidy for April to the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. after receiving assurance from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that the program’s economic difficulties have improved. DSSAB recently received a letter […]
The Scott Gobeil rink, representing Manitoba, lost 9-8 in an extra end to Newfoundland this morning to fall to 4-5 at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton. Gobeil wrapped up round-robin play this afternoon against Nova Scotia (the outcome was not known by press time) because Manitoba has the […]
