Staff Despite a late push in the third period, the Muskie girls’ hockey team were unable to overcome an early deficit—falling 4-2 to the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action Friday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena here. The black-and-gold trailed 2-0 following the first period. Then even though they would […]
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Press Release Annually, the Northwest Catholic District School Board prepares a full day of faith development for all staff in its schools as part of the system-wide professional development program. “This year, the board will host two outstanding speakers to facilitate the sessions,” said NCDSB director of education Mary-Catherine Kelly. […]
Peggy Revell The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club was overjoyed to induct a large number of new members into its organization last night at La Place Rendez-Vous after a successful membership drive this fall. A total of 19 new members of all ages, and from all walks of life, have come […]
Submitted Jim Badiuk, owner of Badiuk Equipment here, trailered this large boat out to British Columbia earlier this week after selling it to a man in Victoria and then having to deliver it. He reported a few hills in the Rocky Mountains like this one were slippery and snowy, but […]
Duane Hicks Solly Santiago admired a wreath made by Sharon Myers during the “Christmas Extravaganza” open house yesterday evening at the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. From now until Christmas, the gallery is showcasing a wide variety of unique items made by local artisans, ranging from scarves, jewellery, […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is investigating the report of a missing person. Eric Natti, 49, of Atikokan was reported missing to police when he failed to arrive at his place of employment on Monday (Nov. 21). He was last seen by his family, is reported to be […]
Staff With town council set to hold a public meeting Dec. 12 to garner input on whether or not to re-zone the so-called “Nelson Street Park” for residential development, a petition has been circulating around town, and posted at various businesses, asking for people to sign it in support of […]
Staff Resolute Forest Products temporarily will be curtailing its paper-making operations at the local mill for the final five weeks of 2011. The downtime, which will start Monday (Nov. 28), is due to poor market conditions, the company said. This temporary downtime impacts roughly 9,000 metric tons of paper production, […]
Press Release The 2011 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship returned Rainy River District’s premier fishing event into the black, its chairman announced yesterday. “We understand the importance of the tournament to both the residents and the tourism strategy for the Town of Fort Frances, and wanted to be sure that […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ hockey team nipped Kenora 3-2 in a shootout in their NorWOSSA home-opener Tuesday night, but head coach Shawn Jourdain felt they could have done more. “We still have a lot of things to work on going ahead, and that’ll start at our next practice,” he […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays during the upcoming U.S. Thanksgiving/Black Friday holiday weekend. In anticipation of higher traffic volumes and limits to the volume of traffic that can be processed at some ports of entry this weekend, […]
Peggy Revell Tyson Morrisseau, foreground, and Brandon Penner tested out two of the 30 new iPads that have arrived at St. Francis School as part of a pilot project that will see the hands-on technology utilized in two Grade 8 classrooms and then evaluated for how it can be used […]
