The Fort Frances Badminton Club’s annual tournament saw a lot of matches between local junior players and those from Winnipeg given the 56 registrations were split evenly between the two. Simone Desjardins fared the best among local club members, winning the combined under-19/under-16 girls’ singles title by beating Caroline Flett […]
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The local Bantam house league held its annual wind-up Monday night and announced the following award winners for the three teams: •Canadian Tire (coaches Rick Pruys and Ralph Lahti)—Ryan York (Most Improved), Steven Pruys (Most Dedicated), and Kevin Tysz (Most Sportsmanlike); •Holmlund Financial Maple Leafs (coaches John Pierce, Myrna Romaniuk, […]
Good times ran wild at the “Battle of the Badges” charity hockey game here last Friday night. Almost 800 people filled the Ice for Kids Arena to watch guest referee Eddie Shack and celebrity player Marcel Dionne skate with local law enforcement players in an exhibition game. When the dust […]
The inaugural Ontario Business Improvement Area Association conference in Hamilton last week proved very informative to local BIA members who attended it. “It was a very good conference,” Larry Syrovy, who sits on both the local BIA and OBIAA boards, said after returning home late last Wednesday. “It helped us […]
If you want something done, just ask a busy person, as the saying goes. Well, Kim-Jo Bliss seems to do everything remotely related to agriculture in the district. She serves on the board of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, volunteers for 4-H, is involved with “Ag Days,” and handles […]
Town council agreed Monday night to endorse the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board petitioning Health and Long-Term Care minister Tony Clement to declare this district a priority for funding to fully staff land ambulance services. “We have an issue within the Rainy River District, and all over Ontario, […]
Three local Atom house league teams made a splash at their last tournament of the season at the Elks Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend. The Firemen Flames captured the tourney title while the Causeway Cougars and Green’s Predators came home with third- and fourth-place, respectively. “It was a great […]
Stephen Harper claiming the Canadian Alliance leadership in one ballot is possibly the best thing that could have happened to the party, the president of the Kenora-Rainy River riding association said. “I’m very happy about the Alliance vote, very happy about the outcome,” Brian Williams said over the weekend. “I […]
Unsure whether it was their last tournament of the season, the local Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs had fun at the Elks 82s Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend. They didn’t reach a ‘A’ or ‘B’ final—but it didn’t matter. “On Saturday, we had more fun as a team […]
Dear sir: Municipal councils should butt out of the smoking issue, it is not their call. Tobacco products are legally made, legally sold, and legally used. If we are going to have our rights tampered with, let it be done by the provincial or federal governments—they are the professionals at […]
It is a matter of life and death. Smoking and non-smoking. Why the argument in the district to continue to smoke publicly? Is smoking the reason Fort Frances and district has the highest number of cancer patients? Those voting for continuing public smoking, defying the knowledge, honest concern, and advice […]
Dear sir: I follow with interest the anti-smoking campaign in which your paper is involved. In my opinion, there is enough information out there that should scare people to avoid the habit. There are lots of people killed through the use of alcohol or through the use of the highways, […]
