Staff The Muskie court sports teams faced some mixed results against the host Dryden Eagles on Thursday afternoon and came away with a split in their NorWOSSA league games. The senior boys’ basketball team improved to a league-best 4-0 with a decisive 61-35 win over the Eagles. Mike Vanderaa led […]
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In Wednesday’s edition of the Times, the full obituary for Rebecca Ann Sweigard accidentally cut off the final line of text for condolences. Online condolences may be made in care of www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com. The Times apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Staff It was a great start to the season for the Muskie Nordic skiing team on Friday here. Members of the black-and-gold put in some solid performances at the Muskie Invitational, which was the NorWOSSA season-opener, and was held at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails on Rocky Inlet. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Elementary teachers in Ontario are stepping up their job action today with a new phase of their work-to-rule campaign. Teachers won’t be supervising extra-curricular activities outside regular school hours, participating in field trips, or participating in assemblies, except to supervise students. They are also threatening to start […]
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At tonight’s meeting council will vote on a single use plastics by-law that was brought forward by Coun. Douglas Judson in November of last year. Owner of Scott Street business, Ink Spotz Apparel, Scott Kreinke-Turvey will give a presentation regarding single use plastics prior to council’s vote on the bylaw, […]
Press Release In the latest in a series of detailed policy papers, MPP and Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Michael Coteau unveiled a thorough plan to focus on Northern Ontario’s representation at Queen’s Park in order to better address goals around environmental protection, job creation and improving public services. (Available online: […]
The Associated PressQassim Abdul-ZahraAnd Ali Abdul-Hassan AIN AL-ASAD BASE, Iraq–U.S. troops cleared rubble and debris from a military base housing American soldiers in western Iraq today, days after it was struck by a barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles in a major escalation between the two longtime foes. The Iranian attack […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON–The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada’s boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests. “We feel pretty confident these effects will persist,” said Ellen Whitman, a forest ecologist at Natural Resources Canada and the University of […]
Tonight will be snowy with a low of -9 C (16 F). Tomorrow will see more snow turning to flurries overnight with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of -16 (three). Wednesday will bring a mix of sun and clouds with cloudy periods overnight and a high of […]
The Canadian PressVictoria Ahearn TORONTO–Animator Dean DeBlois, sound engineer Paul Massey, production designer Dennis Gassner, and filmmaker Meryam Joobeur will be among those representing Canada at this year’s Oscars. DeBlois, who hails from Aylmer, Que., got a nod for best animated feature this morning for “How to Train Your Dragon: […]
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford visited council chambers on Thursday to announce $65,000 for the Town of Fort Frances so they can create redevelopment plans for the Shevlin Wood Yard and Nurses Station which were formerly owned by Resolute Forest Products. -Sam Odrowski photo
Press Release TORONTO–The Government of Ontario is taking action to attract more people to the skilled trades and employers to hire more apprentices. The province is facing a serious labour shortage which has the potential to get progressively worse. On any given day tens of thousands of jobs go unfilled […]
