The district was well represented at a five-team grade seven/eight boys’ basketball tournament at St. Patrick’s (Atikokan) last Thursday, but the host team stood its ground. St. Pat’s dumped the Cross-roads Tornadoes (Devlin) 34-11 in the final to claim the title. The St. Francis Sentinels (Fort Fran-ces) beat Mine Centre […]
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It was not a great end to Steve Arpin’s oval sledding season. The local first-year pro lost the lead in his World Snowmobiling Association circuit points race after running into problems during feature races at the finale event at the Raceplex in Beausejour, Man. “We generally had the fastest times […]
Four Aquanauts joined more than 1,000 of their fellow swimmers at the junior provincials in Brantford last week. This was the first time the Aquanauts have sent swimmers to this event. And while none made a national standard time, head coach Roman Ramirez said the experience was the key reason […]
About 100 people were on hand Friday night in Stratton to honour the accomplishments of the 73 district 4–H members over the past year. This year, the prestigious DeGagne Award—presented since 1960—went to Jay Neilson of Stratton, who accumulated the most points during the last three years in Beef Club […]
An official notice issued by the Northwestern Health Unit last week declaring second-hand smoke a “health hazard” has received mixed responses—or even outright defiance—from some municipalities in the Rainy River and Kenora districts. “At this point in time, we don’t plan on responding before the May 31 deadline,” Fort Frances […]
Should we stay or should we go? That’s the question area municipalities are pondering once again now that the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association is asking them who wants to stay on board in the search for another operator. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said that while the town has said it would […]
Dear editor: On Feb. 21, I was taking pictures as part of a presentation to parents concerning the possible amalgamation of four of our elementary schools. My journey took me to the Sixth Street School, and I stood on Sixth Street taking photos of the school building. After taking a […]
Dear editor: Your community can be proud of a great club in its midst. On Feb. 22, we travelled to your town to participate in the Special Olympics regional winter games hosted by the Fort Frances Special Olympics Club. This club hosted a great weekend, and we had a blast! […]
The 2001-02 edition of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was supposed to be rebuilding. But even after adapting to the lost of four starters from last season, the black-and-gold still found themselves on the brink of returning to the all-Ontarios at season’s end. “I couldn’t be prouder of these […]
Concerns from Alberton Central parents were at the forefront of Tuesday night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting in Atikokan, but it appears trustees still will go ahead with plans to close it and two others here. “We must have spent a good 20 minutes of discussion about the Alberton […]
The local Heart Health Coalition and reps from the Northwestern Health Unit last Wednesday presented Emo council with 163 postcards from households there (out of a possible 762) regarding a proposed bylaw to ban smoking in enclosed public places. They also touted the benefits of the bylaw, but were met […]
Dear sir: On Oct. 11, 2001, the local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs paid their entry fee for a tournament to be held March 1-3 in International Falls. The Mustangs are an Atom ‘AA’ team equivalent to U.S. Squirt ‘A.’ Back on Nov. 17, 2001, the Mustangs played the International Falls […]
