Courtesy of the Valeda Larocque of Atikokan is celebrating her 100th birthday today (Jan. 11). She was born and raised on a farm in Pinewood, then raised her own family (with her late husband, Leonide Larocque, a railroad worker) on a farm in that community. She lived there until a […]
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Dave Ogilvie The next meeting of the Donald Young School pupil accommodation review committee will take place there tomorrow (Jan. 12) from 7-9 p.m. If you have something to add to the discussion, or just would like to receive an update on what may happen to our local school, plan […]
the NDP Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson and Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha charged last week that the Northern Growth Plan has failed to address the real needs of Northern Ontario. The plan calls for the creation of “hubs” to promote development, but Sudbury and Thunder Bay are the only cities […]
the OPP The OPP would like to remind the public to be careful when venturing out on area lakes and rivers. With the mild temperatures the region has been experiencing lately, ice thickness may not be the same as in years past when we usually have had a stretch of […]
Lucas Punkari With students returning to the halls of Fort High on Monday following the Christmas break, the players and coaches of the four Muskie court teams were forced to kick themselves into overdrive for a busy week of competition. All four squads resumed NorWOSSA action yesterday afternoon in Dryden […]
Press Release Four Manitoba men have been fined a total of $5,000, and are suspended from angling in Ontario for one year, after pleading guilty to fishing violations on Shoal Lake, which has a protected walleye population. Rheal Vermette and Garry Chaput of St. Jean Baptiste, Donald Hildebrandt of Morris, […]
the MNR A Marathon woman has been fined $1,500 for deer-hunting violations. Trisha Brackett pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for discharging a firearm from and across a road and $500 for shooting a doe without a permit. Court heard that on Oct. 29, a member of the public reported […]
VNP Come celebrate “Icebox Days” on the Oberholtzer Trail in Voyageurs National Park on Friday, Jan. 20. Snowshoe an easy one-mile trail by headlamp, then afterwards enjoy a warm fire with friends. Snowshoes are provided but bring your own headlamp. Those interested are asked to meet inside the Rainy Lake […]
Staff Nine Sunset Country Squash Club juniors competed at the Subway Winnipeg Squash Racquets Club junior tournament over the weekend, with all them coming away with strong showings. “The goals for the players this weekend was to focus on the basic game strategy and their overall effort, especially with the […]
Peggy Revell The true origins of a complaint filed with the Justices of the Peace Review Council by the previous Rainy River District School Board was questioned last night by trustee David Kircher. A complaint was sent to the review council in 2008 by then board chair Dan Belluz on […]
Duane Hicks The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting the number of ’flu shots it’s administered so far this season is higher than this time last year. “Around the region, we’re actually kind of surprised to see that our numbers are slightly up,” said Donna Stanley, manager of controls of infectious […]
Lucas Punkari For local angler Bryan Gustafson, the chance to tackle the FLW Everstart Southeast Series was one he couldn’t pass up. “Basically, there’s no time like the present to try something like this,” he reasoned. “If you don’t try to go down and take on that next level of […]
