Staff A number of local residents ended up running by the “giant” in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The group was headlined by Meghan Spooner and Shelley Sisco, who completed the full marathon. Spooner finished 26th overall in a time of 4:29:26 while Sisco was 38th (5:00:04). In the half-marathon, […]
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Staff Be sure to pick up a program for the first few games of the Muskie boys’ hockey season. The team is boasting 11 new faces on its 21-man roster, seeing only 10 players returning from last season’s OFSAA squad. Goalie Devin Stromness, defencemen Chris Cousineau, Judd Gardiman, and Tyson […]
Duane Hicks Faced with an overwhelming amount of donated goods, the local Salvation Army thrift store is turning away donations of clothes, toys, and other household items until further notice. Capt. Marlene Sandoval said yesterday the thrift store always has welcomed and appreciated donations, which, in turn, are sold at […]
Duane Hicks An integrated rewards card could be a means to boost business among area retailers, according to Terry Garrett of Sonoma, Cal.-based Sustaining Technologies. Speaking about the benefits of such a program to delegates attending the annual Northern Networks trade conference last Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous here, Garrett […]
Duane Hicks With the focus on “Local Solutions for a Sustainable Future,” more than 125 delegates from across Northwestern Ontario, Minnesota, and Wisconsin converged on Fort Frances last Wednesday and Thursday for the annual Northern Networks trade conference. Local organizer Tannis Drysdale said she felt the conference was successful without […]
Duane Hicks As part of the national celebration of “Culture Days” (Sept. 24-26), district residents are encouraged to drop by the Fort Frances Museum this Friday through Sunday and help work on the “What Hooks You Here?” community rug-hooking project. Consisting of four panels each depicting seasonal activities in the […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances introduced a resolution to the Rainy River District Municipal Association last week, asking district municipalities to help foot the bill to run the airport here, but it will take some time before any decisions are made. The resolution, drafted by Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
Peggy Revell Raises over $11,500 It looks like the local Terry Fox Run is getting back into its stride. Sunday’s run saw 98 registered participants who raised $11,528.23 at last count for the fight against cancer. The crowd who came out to the Sorting Gap Marina to commemorate the 30th […]
Duane Hicks If all goes according to plan, site work for the new plasma gasification plant in International Falls could begin sometime in 2012. John Howard of Coronal, the company developing the gasification plant, gave an update on how the project is proceeding to delegates attending the annual Northern Networks […]
Staff Parents are invited out to learn about what services the region has to offer their families at a Children’s Services Fair slated for Tuesday, Oct. 5. “It’s going to be a fun event,” said Miranda Sigurdson, chair of the Coming Together for Kids Coalition, which is organizing the fair […]
Duane Hicks “Our people have to get from the mentality of spending money to making money.” That’s part of the message Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band conveyed during his keynote address to the 125 delegates attending the annual Northern Networks trade conference last Thursday afternoon at La […]
Peggy Revell It was on the last leg of a 10-month journey that Manitoba youth Cole Choken arrived in Rainy River District last week as part of a marathon to raise money in the fight against cancer. Choken began his run Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and from there made his way […]
