Highway 17 was closed twice yesterday after numerous vehicles became roadway obstacles due to icy roads and snow. The highway first was closed around 6:30 a.m. when a tractor-trailer got stuck on a hill about 15 km west of Vermilion Bay and was blocking the road completely, police said. The […]
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It’s that time of year again when we start preparing for our annual Community Christmas Dinner, with a committee meeting slated this Wednesday (Nov. 28) at 2 p.m. at the old CN station. We encourage anyone wishing to attend and assist in this planning to please join us. Knox United […]
Victor C. Raiche, 94, passed away peacefully Friday, Nov. 23, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He had made his home in Rainycrest Home for the Aged here. Victor was born in Maple Lake, Mn. on Nov. 22, 1907 but in 1917, he moved with his parents, […]
Details of the town’s 2002 budget, including a proposed tax reduction for the local commercial sector, likely will be firmed up just in time for council’s next meeting Monday night. “We essentially finished the work on [this past] Monday,” CAO Bill Naturkach said. “But there was a direction from council […]
Several Borderland Thunder players will be getting into the Christmas spirit on Saturday as they lend their time during the “Winter Wonderland” festivities on Scott Street. But come Sunday, the third-place Thunder (7-7-5) will be looking to rekindle that winning spirit as they host the last-place Thunder Bay Wolves (1-13-1) […]
Stratton skip Kelly Nielson earned her first-ever district win at the junior ladies’ playdowns in Balmertown yesterday after she edging Erin O’Neill (Nipigon) 9-7 in the opening draw. But after losing 10-4 to Ashley Miharija (Fort William) in the second draw last night and then to Renee Roussin (Dryden) 9-5 […]
Slippery roads caused two accidents in the region yesterday. Dryden OPP is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred at 2:15 p.m. on Highway 17, five km east of Wabigoon. An eastbound vehicle driven by Sharon Betker, 57, of Dinorwic lost control on the icy road, slid into the westbound lane, […]
At the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” steering committee meeting on Wednesday, final revisions were completed for applications for funding. The terms of reference for the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and the application to FedNor have been assembled in clear and comprehensive form, and are ready for forwarding. The process will continue […]
Two retirees and three people with 25 years of service under their belts will be among those honoured at the town’s annual appreciation dinner tomorrow evening. Retiring are Lance Salchert and Paul Clarke, while Alan Eide, Ray Skirten, and Loreen Holt are those being recognized for a quarter-century of service. […]
Both local rinks lost their opening draws at the senior men’s district playdowns at the Nipigon Curladome last night. Bryan Bonot, the two-time defending district champ, was put to bed early in his first match against Gary Ball (Sioux Lookout), falling 10-2 in just four ends. Bonot’s rink, who won […]
It’s official. A new spring walleye tournament will be held on the Rainy River at Emo next year. The deal was sealed last week after a vote at an Emo Chamber of Commerce meeting, president Colleen Vennechenko said. The tourney—named the Emo Walleye Classic—will be held May 31-June 1, a […]
District residents will get more use out of their “Blue Boxes” than previously expected after the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association decided Friday to delay handing its business over to a Thunder Bay company. “We’ll keep everything going as it is for the next six months,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, […]
