Shane Katona, Jenna Rae Cousineau, and Carrie Selin were the big winners as the Border Figure Skating Club held its year-end awards presentation, each taking home a pair of trophies. Katona was awarded the Rhonda Paterson Trophy, which goes to the club’s most dedicated skater, while also being selected as […]
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Both the ladies’ and mixed Sunset Country bowling teams won bronze medals at the six-team Northern Ontario provincial showdown last weekend in Sudbury. The mixed team featured local bowlers Bob Petawaqueb, Amy Gushulak, and Gwenn Amorde, with Carolyn Stamarski of here as the coach. Shirley Jensson was the lone local […]
Dan “Boomer” Redford took home the Bob Steele Award for his overall versatility and contribution to the senior division as the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards banquet April 3. Mark Lafleur was presented with the 3M Coaching Award for his outstanding commitment and contribution to the coaching […]
Although a final decision won’t be made until Monday, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon has hinted the town most likely will look at building a second indoor ice surface adjacent to Memorial Arena. Information received back from an engineering firm stated Memorial Arena has a life span of 15-20 years with minor […]
Muskie badminton coach Brian Church felt his players simply fell victim to “inexperience” at the NorWOSSA qualifier last week in Atikokan. Just one team, the junior girls’ doubles duo of Siobhan Devlin and Melissa Angus, advanced to the NorWOSSA playoffs today in Ignace (no scores were available at press time). […]
Young boaters have been targeted as Canada attempts to make its waters safer under a federal government licensing program, effective Jan. 1 of next year. Under the new regulations, everyone under the age of 16 will be required to obtain a licence to operate a motorboat on Canadian waters. The […]
Dear sir: I have forwarded the following letter to Chris Hodgson, the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. Dear Mr. Hodgson, I listened with disbelief as I heard the announcements that you, and your government, are considering substituting slot machines for VLTs in charitable gaming clubs. I believed the announcement. […]
For the first time its 18-year history here, the annual ethnic celebration known as “Culturama” has been cancelled–a consequence of depleted volunteer and funding pools, organizers revealed Monday. “It’s just such an awful lot of work and there’s not enough people to run it. The volunteers are just tired,” Sig […]
With 46 of the 50 booths booked for the Lifestyle Expo, organizers are confident that’s a good indication of its success. Slated for Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club, the Expo will focus on the physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of health […]
If area residents wish to have a renal dialysis unit in Fort Frances, they’re going to have start writing to the Ministry of Health. That’s the message nephrologist Dr. William McCready and nurse Barbara Adams of the Thunder Bay Regional Dialysis Program had to say to a group of doctors, […]
Those miffed about paying higher municipal taxes this year may be able to do something about it–but it will take some leg work. Legislation is slated to be introduced this spring that would allow taxpayers the right to ask for a referendum on any tax increases, including those imposed by […]
