Heather Latter Fourteen-month-old Sawyer Zimmer happily took part in the Duck/Sea Turtle swimming class at the Memorial Sports Centre yesterday morning with his mom, Kristy. The first swimming session of the New Year is now underway, but registrations still are being accepted.
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Submitted Weighing in at seven pounds, six oz., Elsie Faith Nighswander was the district’s New Year’s baby for 2012 after being born Jan. 5 at 12:19 p.m. at La Verendrye Hospital here. Proud parents are David and Pauline Nighswander of Barwick, along with big sister, Sylvia, three. Ironically, David was […]
Dave Ogilvie Renovations to the Emo Public Library will make the building more accessible, as well as allow construction of a handicapped-accessible washroom near the entrance. Plans also are underway to improve the accessibility of the arena and curling rink in the near future.
Lucas Punkari Adam Bolen was in the zone as he watched a rock come down the ice during the final of the NOCA men’s Region 1 playdowns against Trevor Bonot of Stratton on Sunday night at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Bolen’s local rink ended up falling just short of […]
Staff For the second-straight game, La Place Rendez-Vous picked up an overtime win in local men’s basketball league play. The Vous edged the Muskies 95-89 yesterday evening at the Fort High gym in the first night of action for teams after the Christmas break. Leading the Vous, who had won […]
Duane Hicks The sewer and water data summary for 2011 shows far too much water is infiltrating the system but the town is working to address the problem, Coun. Paul Ryan said at last night’s council meeting. “The Operations and Facilities division is homing in on this and this problem […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board will vote to approve revisions to its 2011-12 budget at tonight’s meeting here. If approved, the revised budget will see an increase of $614,627 to $48,952,635. This adjustment comes from the Oct. 31, 2011 enrolment, changes in grants for student needs due to […]
Heather Latter Everest Hutton enjoyed the water while participating in the Duck/Sea Turtle swimming class at the Memorial Sports Centre this morning with his dad, Tristan. The first swimming session of the New Year is now underway, but registrations still are being accepted.
Lucas Punkari In what proved to be a wild affair, Trevor Bonot’s Stratton rink captured the NOCA Region 1 men’s title here last night following a 9-7 extra-end win over Adam Bolen of Fort Frances, earning a berth to next month’s provincial playdowns in Sault Ste. Marie. “This feels pretty […]
Staff With work on the 2012 municipal budget underway, town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to institute an interim tax levy. As in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about half of the total amount of taxes property owners paid in 2011. Interim tax levies are […]
Lucas Punkari The red-hot Fort Frances Lakers extended their winning streak to seven after routing the Iron Range Ironheads 12-1 here Friday before beating the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars 3-1 the following night. “The guys are all happy right now and there is a good atmosphere in the dressing […]
Staff Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer, who now lives in Thunder Bay to attend school, came up short in her quest to capture the Northern Ontario junior women’s provincial crown over the weekend in Sioux Lookout. She ended up finishing in third place with a 5-2 record. Keffer, joined by […]
