This Christmas, you can remember a loved one and contribute to a good cause all at the same time. Tammi’s Flower Garden has a “Tree of Memories” in the store—decorated with handmade stocking ornaments—to help support the Alzheimer Society. “People can buy them in memory of someone they want to […]
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The third-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference in International Falls last week not only attracted plenty of local attention, it brought in some of the most knowledgeable and well-known people in the environmental field. Case in point, the keynote speaker who kicked the whole thing off last Thursday morning at Rainy River […]
While several reports on improperly-sterilized medical instruments have created a stir in southern Ontario, there’s no cause for alarm here, says the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. “We checked our [infection control] procedures because we were ordered to by the Ministry of Health,” Wayne Woods noted Monday. “And […]
The latest report out of Queen’s Park regarding the Liberal government’s plan to introduce a province-wide smoking ban in all public places was greeted with mixed feelings by the Northwestern Health Unit. The McGuinty government announced earlier this week it intends to go forward with sweeping legislation, but that it […]
Stealing is illegal, unless you’re Rob Alderdice. Then it’s productive. The Dryden skip led Bryan Bonot’s Stratton rink by only one point with two ends to play in Sunday’s second-place tiebreaker at the Northwestern senior curling playdowns in Manitouwadge. But with Bonot holding the hammer in both the ninth and […]
They’ve had a week to savour the rediscovered taste of winning, and second helpings are on the menu plan. The well-rested Borderland Thunder (7-9-1) see their first action in the past eight days tonight when they head up Highway 502 to play the second-place Dryden Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. […]
Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton called last Thursday’s throne speech a “vague and vacuous” document that proves the Liberal party will not live up to its campaign promises. “Basically, the throne speech is all about the promises they’re breaking,” Hampton said yesterday from Toronto. “Before the election, […]
Despite the fact the town has committed itself to keeping any non-budgeted expenditures to a bare minimum given its current financial woes, the outgoing council agreed at a special meeting Monday night to hire security to stop recent vandalism at the Memorial Sports Centre. And according to those who voted […]
It may only have been the first tournament of the season, but Mark McCaig says it’s time for his troops to pick up the pace. “A lot of the new guys have to get into a ‘AA’ state of mind,” said McCaig, who was behind the bench as the Fort […]
They were working overtime, but couldn’t quite take care of business. The Muskie boys’ hockey squad had to come back four different times to salvage a 4-4 overtime tie against the host Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action last night. David Pierce scored twice for the Muskies (3-0-1) to bump his […]
Two Emo ringette teams, the Tweens and Belles, visited Atikokan for a tournament that also feature teams from Dryden and Thunder Bay. Carlee Bosma and her Tween squad took up right where they left off last year—coming home with the gold medal. In their first game against host Atikokan, the […]
No retreat, no surrender, and no chance for anyone standing in the path of the black-and-gold. The Muskie boys’ hockey team wasn’t the biggest dog in the fight, but they bared the sharpest teeth in reeling off four-straight wins to capture the Morden, Man. invitational tournament last weekend. “We’re a […]
