After finishing with a 3-4 record at the senior men’s “Northwestern” curling playdowns, Terry Lee’s rink came away feeling they could have advanced to the provincials quite easily. But an 0-2 start, which saw the local rink lose 13-5 to Marathon and then 6-5 to Dryden (on last rock), left […]
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After losing their round-robin game to Derek Jackson at the Zone 7 bonspiel here last weekend, Don DeBenedet’s rink had the unenviable task of having to beat him twice in the final to advance to the “Northwesterns.” But DeBenedet’s crew did just that Sunday afternoon, stunning Jackson 7-6 and then […]
Dear editor: In recent months, many letters from Craig Nuttall, president of the local Progressive Conservative riding association, have appeared in area newspapers. It seems Mr. Nuttall must be fearful of Frank Miclash’s pending success in the upcoming election. Only someone so fearful would twist words or inaccurately misrepresent someone […]
The public school board is looking at a $680,000 shortfall after trustees finalized the budget last night–despite an $80,000 revenue increase due to higher-than-expected enrolment. Superintendent of Business Jack McMillan told trustees the $680,000 shortfall for the 1998 fiscal year had to be covered by reserves this year. This has […]
Grade three students here scored within two or three percent of the provincial average during the standardized testing conducted last May, teacher Sylvia Parker told public school board trustees during their regular meeting last night. Parker, who works with curriculum services in Atikokan, said 79 percent of the board’s students […]
Preliminary results tallied from the fourth-annual “Spirit of Christmas” fundraiser here Sunday night indicate at least $16,000 was raised–a jump of nearly $4,000 over last year. And that has organizers from the Fort Frances unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, which hosted the popular event, sporting big grins. “Last year’s […]
If you’ve ever wanted to clown around in church, then you can’t miss this. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is opening its doors for a Christmas service Sunday, Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. conducted by a team of clowns. That’s right–clowns. Rev. Mary Whitson said the clown team, from the Evangelical […]
More than 100 shoppers waited for their chance to get a hold of some bargains Sunday morning as Safeway staff and dignitaries cut the ribbon to officially re-open the expanded store here. The turnout for the brief ceremony came as a pleasant surprise to store manager Paul Miller, whose staff […]
At least 150 invited guests were on hand for the town’s annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous, including 1998 “Citizen of the Year” Walter Horban. Horban, a retired high school teacher, officially was presented with his award at the dinner. He noted in a brief acceptance speech […]
Frank Miclash isn’t concerned about running against NDP leader Howard Hampton in the new Kenora-Rainy River riding in the next election. Neither is Hampton. He said yesterday he doesn’t see the Liberal party posing a huge threat to his chances of getting re-elected here. “The problem the Liberals have is […]
At least 25 organizations across the district have banded together under the Substance Abuse Prevention program to help communities reduce problems, including injuries, associated with alcohol and drug abuse. Core team members include Riverside Community Counselling, the Riverside ambulance service, Family and Children’s Service, Voyageur Panel, the OPP, and the […]
