When the Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation Women’s Group decided to promote unity and healing within their community, they went about it in no small way. In fact, their Olympic-style celebration has taken on a life of its own this week in the community of 800, located east of Highway […]
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The Causeway Cougars edged the MEC Bulldogs, also of Fort Frances, 4-3 on Sunday to claim the Silver division title in the annual International Falls Squirt hockey tournament last weekend at Bronco Arena. Jarod Catholique-Bruyere scored the game-winner, assisted by Shane Belluz, with under a minute to play in regulation […]
Despite winning both games yesterday to improve his record to 6-0 at the Canadian police curling showdown in St. John’s, Nfld., today will go a long way in determining if Clint Barton’s rink once again will be crowned national champions. Barton’s rink eked out a 5-3 win over New Brunswick […]
Terri Geurts and Allison Amorde, both bowlers from Plaza Lanes here, led the “Northwestern” ladies’ five-pin team to a silver medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Peterborough last week. “Northwestern” finished the tournament with eight wins against six losses, good for 63 points, and second only to the “Central” […]
The Emo Speedway will undergo a plethora of changes this season, including a return to the Borderland Racing Association under a new promoter and a new racing night. Ed Rea, who has been a fixture with the Emo Speedway since the mid-1960s, will become the track’s new promoter, taking over […]
Rob Sinclair enthusiastically referred to it as “The Show.” That show was the LaBatt Brier in Winnipeg last week–by far the biggest curling showcase in Canada. And the Northern Ontario reps hailing from the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay were front and centre with some of the very […]
Brande Hyatt went into last weekend’s all-Ontario figure skating competition with the goal of finishing in the middle of the pack against the province’s top skaters. And the 12-year-old from Devlin did exactly that, skating a near flawless performance en route to a seventh-place finish in Gravenhurst against 11 other […]
The Reform Party came to Ottawa vowing to be different. It pledged to stay above the petty politics that often made an unruly kindergarten class look well-behaved compared to the House of Commons, and promised to refrain from the tired rhetoric and staged antics practised by the other parties. But, […]
Dear editor: Since stirring up some negative feeling last week, I thought a bit of positive information would be appropriate for this week. I would like to congratulate the road crew for Chapple for taking advantage of the weather and road conditions and hauling gravel to repair and fix up […]
The “Tomorrow” committee will be training facilitators March 28 so they can gather public input for its second strategic plan. But this time, it’s going to all residents of Rainy River District. “We’re doing a new strategic plan for Fort Frances but more importantly, we’re doing a district-wide strategic plan,” […]
There’s a new school on the block–and its purpose is to provide a pathway to success for children who need a boost to their learning curve. The Scholars Learning Centre, located at 601 Mowat Ave. (upstairs in the Northern Lights Credit Union building), is owned by Thunder Bay entrepreneur Sharan […]
There might be a lot of fires . . . or there might not. That’s what Paul Dutton, a fire information officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources fire centre in Dryden, had to say about rising concerns about the upcoming fire season. Dutton admitted snow levels over much of […]
