Last weekend Winnipeg, this weekend London for local gymnastics coach Mirela Bica. Bica travelled to Winnipeg with three Visserettes who competed in the 2004 Premier Flight 4 event as part of their qualifiers for then provincials. Then tomorrow, she’ll head off to London to be a judge for the Ontario […]
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The Muskie cheerleaders practised Tuesday evening while their coaches and parents held a meeting. The squad earned a berth to the provincial championships back on Feb. 29 but now has to come up with the money to send all 21 of them and their coaches to Mississauga at the end […]
The Senate passed a bill yesterday which set April 1 as the date when the Kenora-Rainy River federal riding officially will be severed. Kenora will become its own riding while Rainy River will be joined with the former Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding to form Thunder Bay-Rainy River. Electoral boundaries are re-evaluated […]
One candidate has stepped forward to vie for the Conservative nomination in the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding, but people can expect at least one more—and possibly two—throw their hats into the ring by the end of this week. “We will have a contested nomination,” riding association president Richard Neumann […]
Depending on what the Administration and Finance executive committee recommends to council down the road, Fort Frances might see its flora recognized and ranked as part of the national “Communities In Bloom” program. Mayor Dan Onichuk brought the matter before council Monday night after he recently was approached by the […]
Costly turnovers and bad shooting by the Muskies helped the Port Arthur Collegiate Redmen (Thunder Bay) sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA boys’ basketball final here last weekend. The Muskies dropped the opener 57-39 on Friday evening, then fell 70-42 in the second game Saturday morning to allow the Redmen to advance […]
After experiencing the thrill of capturing the girls’ and boys’ NorWOSSA curling titles in Kenora last month, both Muskie rinks suffered disappointment at NWOSSAA last week in Thunder Bay. “The girls achieved their goal to make it to NWOSSAA,” said coach Tom Fry. “They boys were somewhat disappointed, they wanted […]
Dear editor: Thank you for this space to vent a public opinion. Are you satisfied with your Hydro One billing? My concern is why we should all be responsible for its debt? The former Ontario Hydro accumulated a debt of $38 billion and it’s the people of Ontario who are […]
Dear sir: This letter is in response to the article in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, “Low numbers threaten French Immersion.” Twenty years ago, through a lot of hard work by interested parents, my son was part of the first class of French Immersion at St. Francis School. My two daughters […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team has two weeks to plan and prepare before their trip to the all-Ontarios on March 24-27 in London. The black-and-gold earned a berth at OFSAA after sweeping the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final last weekend—winning the opener 2-1 here Friday and then taking […]
The fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championships will take place on Sand Bay in front of Rusty Myers Flying Service this Saturday and Sunday (March 13-14). “It’s one of the larger events in the youth snowmobile racing market,” noted Al Boivin, who is organizing the event. Competitors are youngsters aged four-12 […]
While it remains to be seen what recommendations may be implemented from it, a heritage tourism study presented to council Monday night contained a wide variety of ideas regarding the future of the museum and historic sites in Fort Frances. “It identifies the museum as the main heritage attraction in […]
