The turning leaves and longer nights mean Hallowe’en is coming— and with it the fifth-annual “Scott Street Scare.” On Hallowe’en night, all the little witches, ghosts, and ghouls can get their candy from participating businesses along Scott Street. “People love it. They love to bring their kids down,” said organizer […]
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With Thanksgiving weekend looming, the Muskie court teams were just thankful to finally get out of Dryden yesterday. The Eagles were feeling neither festive nor hospitable as they swept all four matches against their Muskie visitors. The junior girls’ basketball team (0-5) came the closest to salvaging the day, almost […]
Norfab Building Components brought home the hardware last night after winning the inaugural Judge’s Choice award at the Northern Ontario Business awards ceremony in Thunder Bay. “We were excited,” Bill Boulton, Norfab’s national sales and marketing manager, said this morning. “We knew we were nominated.”^The judge’s choice award, which is […]
A series of home visits by the Fort Frances Fire Department in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11) has revealed far too many people are not maintaining a working smoke alarm, Fire Chief Steve Richardson said yesterday. “On Monday evening, a total of 97 homes were checked to see […]
Those interested in learning more about “Surviving and Prospering in a Big Box Retail World” here next Wednesday (Oct. 15) will be happy to know they can still sign up. “We’ve got about 30 people on the list, but we have room for more,” said Dawn Booth, co-ordinator at the […]
With pounding feet and racing hearts, a series of district racers hot-footed their way to some impressive showings at the Royal Canadian Legion Mid-Canada elementary school cross-country run Saturday in Thunder Bay. Andrew Friesen, of the Sturgeon Creek Alternate Program (S.C.A.P.), had the best individual result of any competitor from […]
In addition to the usual excitement and anticipation that accompanies the annual Rainy River District Fastball League awards banquet, this year’s event also had a very emotional tone as the late umpire, Kingsley Downs, was inducted into the league’s hall of fame. Don Gall delivered a very impassioned speech highlighting […]
The future looks bright for the proposed Borderland Thunder booster club after group reps received a vote of confidence Monday night from the Couchiching band council. Booster club spokesman Eugene McPherson confirmed Tuesday morning that the band council gave organizers permission to use the team’s name and logo in their […]
It was a summer to remember, but for Chrissy Thomson, it’s time to start making new memories. The Fort Frances native is knee deep into her second NCAA women’s golf season with the St. John’s University Red Storm, based out of Jamaica, N.Y. And her squad is off to another […]
Four local runners took the scenic tour of Minnesota’s largest metropolitan area during the 22nd-annual Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday. Connee Badiuk, Bob Tkachuk, and Cathy Kowal-Golding participated in the full marathon, which wound through St. Paul before ending up in the Minneapolis portion of the area. Char Bliss, meanwhile, […]
While last week it looked like town council would be facing more financial woes this year with a possible deficit of almost $1.3 million, on top of the surprise $1.8-million shortfall at the end of 2002, the situation was looking slightly better after a special committee of the whole meeting […]
The Rainy River District School Board saluted teachers Tuesday night by paying recognition to the passing of World Teacher Day on Sunday. Local educators Vicki Ogilvie and Allan Barr were on hand to share thoughts with the board on the important role teachers play. “I’m what you’d call a local […]
