This month, students from across Thunder-Bay Rainy River headed back to school. Whether you’re starting junior kindergarten or going into Grade 12, I wish all of you an enjoyable and successful year! Supporting educators and post-secondary institutions, and making Canada’s world-class education system even better, is a priority for this government. […]
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Toronto, July 8, 2019–Today Rob Ford, the premier of Ontario, announced he now will move beyond the council of Toronto to reduce government costs. Having successfully reduced that council by almost 50 percent, Ford now plans to reduce council sizes across Ontario by amalgamating municipal councils into regional governments. Believing […]
What a weekend! Sun, rain, and some crazy winds to dry things up again. At my house, we had just over one inch of rain but I’ve heard some had as much as two inches. Normally that would keep me from cutting the lawn but with the strong winds and […]
Jamie Mountain Local girls’ hockey players were in for a treat this week. Katie Weatherston, an Olympic gold-medallist and former world champion hockey player from Thunder Bay, helped lead the sessions Monday and Tuesday night during the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s development camp at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The […]
Jamie Mountain Merrick Cheetham and William Richards served up hotdogs to hungry patrons during the Muskie football team’s fundraising barbecue held Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in front of Safeway. Members of the black-and-gold also were selling discount cards to those interested, with the cost for those again being $20 […]
Staff Dallas Mosbeck and Wayne Howard seem to have Crow Lake all figured out. Mosbeck, of Emo, and Howard, from Fort Frances, defended their Crow Lake Classic Bass Tournament title over the weekend in Nestor Falls with a two-day haul of 26.1 pounds. The duo led wire-to-wire in earning their […]
From the MNRF A Winnipeg man has been fined for a fishing violation. Stuart Fengler pleaded guilty and was fined $1,200 for possessing five walleye over his legal limit. Court heard that on July 12, conservation officers from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conducted a fisheries inspection of […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team showed they are going to be a force this season–even if their record at a tournament at Lakehead University over the weekend wasn’t quite what they wanted. Fort High went 1-2 at the tourney, showing exactly what they can bring in two […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Sept. 20-26: •Sept. 20-6:58 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. •Sept. 21–6:59 a.m. and 7:13 p.m. •Sept. 22–7:01 a.m. and 7:10 p.m. •Sept. 23–7:02 a.m. and 7:08 p.m. •Sept. 24–7:04 a.m. and 7:06 p.m. •Sept. 25–7:05 a.m. and 7:04 p.m. •Sept. 26–7:07 a.m. and […]
Staff Mike Sande, Gerry Hercun, and Nancy Evans were the big winners at the Kitchen Creek club championships on Sunday. Sande shot a 79 to beat Kyle Turgeon by two strokes to claim the men’s crown while Hercun carded a 76 to edge out Greg Tighe by a single stroke […]
Jamie Mountain They only have had a few weeks to practice but members of the Muskie cross-country team are more than ready to kick off their season today at the SSSAA Time Trials in Thunder Bay. The Muskies put in some good work over the weekend, competing at the 5K […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Presten Bobyk tried his best to box out Red Lake Miners’ forward Aiden Gleisner from in front of goalie Matt Booth during the second period of his squad’s 3-2 overtime win in SIJHL pre-season action Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The […]
