To the editor: I have read with some interest the latest news releases and rhetoric from both our Tory candidate and from the Ernie Eves political machine itself. If we were to believe the Tories’ statement, “McGuinty’s plan would see a tax increase in the average household of $1,100.” This […]
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The Rainy River District School Board has a message for those students who have made a living out of stealing lunch money and bolstering their self-esteem by belittling another’s. Your days are numbered. The public school board presented a sneak peek of the curriculum, which will be implemented by teachers […]
Rumour has it that the official motto at Crossroads School in Devlin is “Go big, or go home.” If so, the school certainly lived up to its motto when more than 200 students and staff doffed their books and donned their running shoes for the fourth-annual Terry Fox Run last […]
Steve Arpin’s lead-footed ways have landed him a nationwide spotlight. The Fort Frances stock car racer rebounded from a slow start to take the checkered flag in the Modified division at the WISSOTA 100 national championships in Cedar Lake, Wis. last weekend. “I couldn’t believe it,” said the 19-year-old upon […]
For a while, the doctor was definitely in. Dr. Steve Chown was on course for victory at the Golf Manitoba Club Champions Championship at the Links at the Lake course in Gimli after shooting an opening round 77 on Saturday to sit within two strokes of the lead. But the […]
They were looking for a few good boys and girls and, apparently, they found them. The Central Canada Chess League, which is holding tournaments throughout Northern Ontario in September and October, stopped at St. Francis School here, Crossroads School in Devlin, and Riverview School in Rainy River last week to […]
The Barwick community and church reflected and shared 100 years of bringing God’s love to a needy world. The two-day celebrations earlier this month attracted people from Brampton to Vancouver Island here in Canada, as well as from Arizona and California in the States. Activities commenced at noon on the […]
There are no guarantees in life— or evidently, in football, either. Muskie ‘A’ football head coach Bob Swing had vowed last week that the black-and-gold would end their lengthy WHSFL losing streak, but the River East Kodiaks had their own ideas last Friday afternoon in Winnipeg. The result was a […]
Appearing to have fallen short of last year’s total of $11,000, more than 80 participants still managed to show they support the fight against cancer, bringing in a preliminary sum of $7,500 for this year’s Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” here. “We have a rough idea of how much we […]
The three candidates vying to capture the Kenora-Rainy River riding in the provincial election Oct. 2 duked it out in a debate Friday night at the Civic Centre. But the debate nearly didn’t happen as PC candidate Cathe Hoszowski had a family emergency just minutes before it was to start. […]
The Muskie ‘C’ football team decided to build a better Bear trap this time around—and it nearly snagged them their first win of the year. After suffering a 44-0 loss to the Baudette Bears here in their opening game of the season two weeks earlier, the Muskies brought out the […]
Mabel Melvina Glueheisen, 102, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born in Webster, Wis. on Aug. 12, 1901 to Anna and Oscar Pratt. She married Ralph Marsh on Nov. 15, 1919. She had worked in tourist […]
