Jamie Mountain They may have taken their fair share of lumps early on in the season, but the Rainy River Owls’ junior and senior boys’ basketball teams don’t plan on feeling sorry for themselves. Both squads were handed lopsided losses by the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) last Monday […]
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Staff A berth to the senior men’s provincials just wasn’t in the cards for the Lorne Jackson rink. Team Jackson compiled a 1-3 record and fell short of advancing at the west qualifier held on Friday and Saturday in Terrace Bay. The local squad, which features Lorne’s father, Jim, at […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team battled hard and came away with a well-deserved silver medal at the annual Westgate Tigers’ “Spike-Off” tournament held Friday and Saturday. Fort High compiled a 3-0 record in Orange Division play to head into the playoff rounds as the second-ranked team. “We […]
By Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The 2019 Senior of the year was Len McCormick. He was honoured on Dec. 7 during the annual Municipality Christmas party. Len has been a lifelong resident of the municipality. A hockey coach in his younger years with the Emo, Devlin, Barwick Minor Hockey Association. Len […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ volleyball team has gotten off to a great start to the season. Rainy River compiled a 5-0-1 record in pool play before winning all three of its playoff games to snag the title at the Dryden Eagles’ annual home tournament held Friday […]
Jamie Mountain The goal is to improve each time out and the good thing for the Rainy River Owls’ senior girls’ volleyball team is that there still is a lot of season left. Rainy River saw its league record fall to 0-2 with a 3-0 loss the Atikokan Voyageurs in […]
The Canadian PressCamille Bains NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.–Anger, not a mental disorder, was among the reasons behind a man’s actions when he stabbed a student to death with a hunting knife inside a British Columbia high school, a Crown attorney said during closing arguments yesterday. Rob Macgowan said evidence presented at […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is asking the federal government to double the number of economic immigrants to the province in order to deal with a skilled labour shortage. Economic development minister Vic Fedeli says an expansion of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program would respond to the labour market needs of […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A light-rail project in Hamilton was cancelled yesterday after the provincial government said the project would cost more than five times its original price tag, in a decision critics called a “betrayal” of the city. Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney said the government would no longer fund […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON–Allowing Ottawa’s carbon tax law to stand would give the federal government a tool it could use to repeatedly chip away at provincial powers, lawyers for the Alberta government argued yesterday. “If you uphold this legislation, you’re opening the door to exactly that type of thing,” […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–A Quebec legislature member who has highlighted the online hate and abuse faced by female politicians has taken her complaints to police, saying she wants to encourage other victims to do the same. Quebec solidaire member Christine Labrie announced on Facebook that she filed the complaints […]
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Some school boards in the province will see another one-day strike tomorrow, but for high school students in the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB), it will be business as usual. Following the breakdown of talks between the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) and the Government of Ontario yesterday, […]
