Duane Hicks In anticipation of increased land ambulance costs if the Rainy River Health Centre emergency room has to close due to a lack of doctors, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is having district municipalities pay a supplemental levy. The town’s share of this levy is $82,863.83 […]
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Duane Hicks The provincial government has to get its finances in order and at least for the near future, municipalities are on their own. That’s the message delegates heard at the 2012 ROMA/OGRA combined conference in Toronto last week. “The government has to get their debt in line and in […]
Duane Hicks Due to a lack of volunteers, the Fun in the Sun committee has been forced to cut down July 1st activities this year to just fireworks. They are, however, welcoming other groups to step forward and organize their own Canada Day festivities. Committee chair Randy Thoms said the […]
Heather Latter Jeremy Jordan of Couchiching First Nation is living a clean and sober lifestyle, focused in his aboriginal traditional culture, to be a role model and bring about positive change in his community. The 21-year-old sits on the Couchiching Leadership group, the Grand Council Treaty #3 Youth Council, Lands […]
Lucas Punkari For the ninth-straight year, the Muskie boys’ hockey team is heading to the all-Ontario championships. The black-and-gold captured the NorWOSSA crown—their sixth-consecutive and eighth in the last nine years—with a 6-1 win over the host Kenora Broncos on Saturday night to complete a two-game series sweep. “It feels […]
Lucas Punkari After defeating Wisconsin here last month, and having entered the post-season on a three-game winning streak, the Fort Frances Lakers were feeling pretty confident about their chances going into the first leg of a two-game, total-goal mini-series with the Wilderness last weekend in Spooner. But after losing both […]
Lucas Punkari Macy Anderson was focused on her strides as she skied along one of the trails at Rocky Inlet on Sunday afternoon during the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s family ski day. Those attending also could use the snowshoe trails, as well as sit by the campfire to roast […]
Lucas Punkari Local gamer Jason Gervais proudly displayed his offical certficate from Guinness World Records, which signifies him as the record-holder of the highest Xbox 360 score garnered in a 24-hour period. Gervais, who totalled 13,290 points back on Sept. 17-18, had to wait nearly four months before finding out […]
Heather Latter Tanis Fretter voted for her favourite photograph Saturday in the contest held in conjunction with the Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. Cindy Haggberg of Barwick ended up being the winner.
Lucas Punkari Braden Webb watched as his backhand beat Kenora Broncos’ goalie Brandin Seniw top shelf to give the Muskies a 2-0 first-period lead in Game 1 of the best-of-three NorWOSSA final here Friday night. Webb notched another goal in the second period as the black-and-gold cruised to a 5-1 […]
Duane Hicks The cross-province torch run to promote organ and tissue donations will stop in Fort Frances tomorrow. Step by Step Campaign founder and CEO George Marcello and a group of torchbearers are scheduled to be at the Safeway parking lot at 10:30 a.m. The public is encouraged to come […]
Duane Hicks Town council has nearly wrapped up its work on the 2012 budget and it appears some residential taxpayers will see an increase of 2.49 percent. That tax increase was about as low as council could go, Mayor Roy Avis said after yesterday’s budget meeting. “Council took a look […]
