Duane Hicks Geoff Gillon, client services manager with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., chatted with Deb Cornell of the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and Rainy River Elk Company during an open house Friday at the RRFDC’s new office at 601 Mowat Ave. (above the Northern Lights Credit Union). The […]
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Staff Hailey Beaudry isn’t running on empty after all. The Muskie cross-country racer was surprised to learn Friday that she had been invited to take part in this Saturday’s OFSAA championships in Waterloo. Beaudry missed qualifying for OFSAA by one place—and just 2.43 seconds—in the senior girls’ five-km division at […]
Staff A few more bodies in the lineup made all the difference in the world to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. Cole Golka, the SIJHL’s top sniper, netted a pair of goals Saturday night to help Dryden to a 5-3 win over the host Fort Frances Lakers. Golka’s first tally […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team just put this season’s opponents on notice. The champs are back—and possibly better than before. Annalise Hayes netted a hat trick, and Calie Clendenning posted the shutout, as the Muskies blanked the Kelvin Clippers 6-0 yesterday in Winnipeg to capture the Sturgeon Heights Huskies’ […]
File Kathy Kaemingh was among those who gave blood during the Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic held here back in August. CBS is back again with another clinic being held at Fort High today from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and again tomorrow from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Book an appointment online […]
Staff Local resident Terry Parks will speak to town council tomorrow night about fencing issues. He has several concerns regarding a neighbour’s fence, and feels it has not been constructed in accordance with the town’s fencing bylaw. Council will hear Parks’ concerns. Tomorrow’s meeting, which is being held a day […]
The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla.—Anthony Barr stripped the ball, scooped it up, and took off for the end zone. “I’m thinking win, score, get out of here,” the young Minnesota linebacker said yesterday after his 27-yard fumble return on the first scrimmage play of overtime enabled the Vikings to stop […]
Heather Latter Ziigwan Smith, a Grade 1 student at St. Michael’s School, showed off the school bus safety poster he created there yesterday. Since this is National School Bus Safety Week, the Rainy River District Transportation Services Consortium is hosting a poster contest with the theme “The Bus is a […]
Heather Latter Jo-ann Waytowich (“Ivanka”) from Thunder Bay posed with bra models from last night’s “Bras for a Cause” event hosted by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network. Following a comedic routine by “Ivanka,” the seven models strutted down the runway and onto the stage to show off the […]
Staff The road to a repeat crown begins tomorrow for Jess Caul. Fort High’s female athlete-of-the-year in 2013 is about to embark on another post-season journey with the Providence University College Pilots, based in Otterburne, Man., that she hopes will end as well—or even better—than last year. The second-year Pilot […]
Duane Hicks The Civic Centre will be a busy place on Monday as the municipal election wraps up. As of the end of Wednesday, the town had received 2,240 ballots, or about 41 percent of the total eligible. If ballot returns continue as they are, it’s possible they’ll eclipse the […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has launched its 2014-15 staff influenza shot campaign. Staff will have access to the ’flu shot at all sites at selected times from Oct. 20-Nov. 13. Riverside intends to at least match its staff’s noteworthy performance from the previous year. Dr. Robin Williams, […]
