CUPE Local #65 members who make up the staff at the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living, as well as the ACL’s board of management, both voted in favour yesterday of ratifying a tentative agreement struck Dec. 5. CUPE Local #65 president Gwen Miller said this morning she […]
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All the indicators pointed to the Borderland Thunder running into a brick wall during their two-game road set in Thunder Bay over the weekend—and the Fort William First Nation North Stars didn’t disappoint. The host Stars skated to a 5-2 win Friday and a 3-1 victory Saturday to run their […]
Trevor Bonot won the earlier round, but Eric Theriault landed the most punishing blow at the final bell. Theriault stole singles in the third, fourth, and fifth ends yesterday as the Terrace Bay skip downed Stratton native Bonot 7-4 in the second-place tie-breaker at the Northwestern Ontario junior men’s curling […]
Council will have to decide at tonight’s regular meeting whether the town will continue to use the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s services for economic development for the next three years. While council has been given an outline of the RRFDC’s responsibilities and activities, RRFDC chair Telford Advent and RRFDC […]
Margaret “Gerry” Lundquist, 74, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1929 at Arbor Vitae, Ont. She grew up in Arbor Vitae and attended Robert Moore School in Fort Frances, Ont. She moved to International Falls in 1948 and […]
Iris Howard, 84, of Emo, Ont., passed away unexpectedly at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. She was born Feb. 2, 1919 in Mason, Wis. to the late Donald and Ruth MacDonald. Iris was the eldest of a fun-loving family of nine. She […]
Lloyd James Hodges, 81, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River. He was born Sept. 1, 1922 in Rainy River to the late Charles and Magna Hodges. He was hired by the CNR as a call boy in […]
Leonard Milton Bingham, 53, of 91 Maple Cr., Atikokan, Ont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 after a short but valiant battle with lung cancer. Leonard was born Oct. 12, 1950, living in Upsala, Ont. until moving to Atikokan with his parents in 1961. He met his future […]
On Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, after a courageous fight with cancer, Arnold James (Jim) Pattison passed away at the Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora, Ont. Jim was predeceased by his mother, Helen (Shine) in 1973; his father, Arnold in 1989; and his grandparents, Albert and Lily Pattison and […]
It was a near perfect start to the NorWOSSA regular season for the four Muskie court teams that travelled to Kenora yesterday to battle the Broncos. The junior girls’ volleyball team had the most thrilling outcome of the day, rallying from a two-set deficit to beat the Broncos 3-2, including […]
While things are going well for the local Salvation Army’s Christmas hamper program, Captain Angel Sandoval said he’s still looking for volunteers to help out with the kettle program. “We need volunteers,” he noted. “We’ve had to close some of the kettles, and we depend on [those] to give better […]
Trustees from across Northwestern Ontario met with the new education minister yesterday in Thunder Bay to hear the new provincial government’s plans for education in the coming year and to express their concerns. Gerard Kennedy said the provincial government was interested in co-operating with trustees and school boards in working […]
