Just 24 hours after some of the players skated together in the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s all-star game here, the Borderland Thunder and Dryden Ice Dogs last night resumed what they do best: hate each other. The Thunder (23-8-8) won 3-1 up there on a night of rough play […]
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The ‘AA’ Atom tournament here this weekend has been circled on the calendars of the local Sunset Ford Country Mustangs for a long time. “All the parents have worked really hard organizing this,” Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig said. “We want to put on a really good show and want […]
The Rainy River District School Board unanimously approved “Intent to Close” motions for Alexander MacKenzie, Sixth Street, and Alberton Central schools on Tuesday night, and set dates for public meetings as the next step in the school closure process. Sixth Street parents will get the chance to voice their concerns […]
With just two days to go until the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, there’s been a decided lack of excitement surrounding these Games, at least until now. In fact, ask most Canadians to name five individuals making up Team Canada and you might get Elvis […]
The cream of the Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League crop put in a strong showing at their inaugural all-star game here last night but in the end, it was too much Blizzard—too much of the time. The OCN Blizzard, three-time defending champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, jumped ahead […]
Land ambulance service in Ontario is changing—and Rainy River District will be especially affected. As of Jan. 1 of this year, volunteers basically need a college diploma, said Donna Dittaro, CAO of the District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB). “Volunteers with 20 years or more service have been told by […]
Dear sir: Being fortunate to have had good health, other than a few accidental injuries, I never gave a lot of thought to our local health care. Like most of us, I took it for granted. I began 2002 spending two weeks in the hospital, with little recall of my […]
Dear sir: These comments and observations are posed as questions for the prospective candidates vying for the leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservatives, and presumably the position of premier of Ontario, and the probable new Cabinet. The tourism industry was dealt a nasty, unfair blow in January, 1999 when the […]
Our household revolves around Phoebe—the gentle white dog that came into our lives four-and-a-half years ago. She came from Omaha, Neb., where she lived four years. But her first year is a mystery. She was adopted from the pound when she was one year old. The mystery is—why did this […]
