Dave Ogilvie The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary’s “Shamrock Tea” saw about 80 people attend, helping them raise $700 towards the upgraded X-ray equipment there. Marlene Deschamps won the door prize (shamrock plant). It may have been the wonderful spring weather but many wore a little of the Irish green, […]
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Press Release The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) received notice March 6 that all undergraduate medical students in the 2012 graduating class successfully matched to Canadian residency programs on their first attempt. This is the third time that NOSM is the only Canadian medical school in more than 10 […]
the OPP On Sunday at 6:45 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers attended the 300 block of Mackenzie Avenue East in Atikokan to investigate the cause of a single motor vehicle collision. The 52-year-old Atikokan male driver, the lone occupant of the vehicle, was not injured as a result of […]
Helen Pattison Hello, everyone. It is the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary’s anniversary. We are 60 years old and proud of it. We intend to celebrate—and hope you join us. The March 12 luncheon was held at Hallett Hall in Rainycrest, where members enjoyed a very tasty meal consisting of spinach […]
Press Release Ontario mothers soon will have more options for where to have their babies. The province is planning to create two birthing centres, giving women more choice on where they can deliver healthy babies. Premier Dalton McGuinty was at Ryerson University’s Centre for Studies in Community Health yesterday to […]
Press Release At 5 p.m. on Monday, the OPP received a call that a vehicle had gone through the ice on Lake of the Woods in the area of Rat Portage First Nations. Police arrived on the scene to see a Toyota Sequoia SUV and two new snowmachines on the […]
Vivian O’Donnell “Garden Colours Galore” is the theme the Fort Frances Horticultural Society chose for 2012 at a meeting of the executive back in January. An exciting program and itinerary were planned, with the first meeting of the year to be held next Monday (March 26) at 7 p.m. at […]
Heather Latter Local Confederation College students Kristina Webb and Sherry Sinclair will embark on the “opportunity of a lifetime” this May and June as they travel to Santiago, Chile and Florianópolis, Brazil as part of a summer studies program through the school. “There was an e-mail sent out about the […]
Press Release In March, 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter-Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 25 years or more of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years with hospital privileges at Riverside were included in the club. […]
Staff Thunder Bay darter Don Briand was the class of the field at the local Legion over the weekend. He came away with a pair of first-place finishes in the 13th-annual Gord Dunville Mixed Dart Classic. On Friday night, Briand and his partner, Desirae Alfred (Couchiching), topped the 18-team blind […]
the MNR Four Aylmer residents have been fined a total of $4,500 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Michael McCreadie was fined $1,000 for hunting without a licence while Paul Ward and Max Ward were fined $1,000 and $500, respectively, for unlawful possession of wildlife and $750 each for […]
the MNR A Rainy River resident has been fined for having more than his limit of walleye. Dorion Ozykowski pleaded guilty under the Ontario Fishery Regulations and was fined $1,000 for possessing 10 walleye over his legal possession limit. Court heard that on Sept. 9, Ozykowski was found by U.S. […]
