It’s almost back-to-school time again and with that in mind, the local Xi Tau chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority made a special donation to the Atikokan Crisis Centre this week. The chapter donated 10 backpacks full of school supplies to the crisis centre for the children of women […]
District News
If you’ve ever wondered where exactly the Township of Alberton begins and ends, you may not have to guess much long. At its regular meeting last Wednesday, Alberton council decided to proceed with plans to place signs along Highway 11/71 at each end of the township to indicate to motorists […]
The family of Devin Allison is now left to try to pick up the pieces and do their best to find a way to carry on with their lives. “It’s an adjustment, we are trying to get back into the swing of things,” said Allison’s aunt, Maureen Hanson. “It’s never […]
The condition of Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances remains largely unchanged as the one-year-old struggles for her life in a Calgary hospital today. On Aug. 5, while visiting her grandparents with her mother, Christina, the tot suddenly was stricken with what turned out to be myocarditis—a rare inflammatory disease that […]
As a follow-up to an open house held in January, 2003, the Ministry of Natural Resources plans to hold a pair of public meetings in two weeks regarding the fate of a deteriorating dam on the Manitou River (Esox Lake) about 50 km northeast of Fort Frances. The first of […]
Susie Grynol, 23, will be faced with a chance of a lifetime when she steps to the microphone to sing the national anthems at a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and host Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 21. Grynol, who now lives in Ottawa, landed the honour after winning a […]
It’s fair to say horses don’t run in Jodi Caul’s family. In fact, they gallop. She and her husband, Keith, have been horse fans since before they were married 25 years ago. Now, the family has three children on their farm near Devlin—and two of them are as horse-crazy as […]
The Northwestern Health Unit reported today that a dead crow collected in Dryden has been confirmed positive for the West Nile virus. This is the third positive case of an infected bird in the health unit’s catchment area, but the first for Dryden in 2004. West Nile virus is spread […]
The OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit was expected to arrive on the scene today to help with the search for a teen boater who went missing in the Sabaskong Bay area of Lake of the Woods on Saturday afternoon. Police received a report shortly before 2:30 p.m. that a […]
The Dryden OPP has concluded the search for a missing boater on Eagle Lake, after reporting late Tuesday they had found the Illinois man they had been looking for dead in the water. Anthony Kittinger, 41, had apparently drowned in 18 feet of water after an accident on Monday, Aug. […]
The administration staff and some of the council members from Rainy River First Nation downed the books and picked up the clubs for a mid-summer break at Kitchen Creek Golf Club on Friday. Thirty-three people turned up for the all-day affair that included prizes for such accomplishments as longest drive, […]
There was certainly no excuse for anyone being bored at last weekend’s Chapple Day festivities. Between warm, blue skies and the usual variety of family activities, there was enough going on to keep everyone happy. On Friday night, there was the traditional bonfire at the Both farm north of Barwick […]
