the MNR An Alberta resident has been fined $1,500 for hunting-related offences. Dustin Gamble of Calgary pleaded guilty to three charges of making a false statement on a Ministry of Natural Resources resident hunting licence application. He was fined $500 for each offence. Court heard that after Gamble moved from […]
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Lucas Punkari The two Muskie boys’ volleyball teams have to take the long route if they want to bring home their respective league crowns tomorrow in Dryden. Both finished their regular seasons in second place with identical 3-5 records, and find themselves facing the Kenora Broncos in the semi-finals. Awaiting […]
Lucas Punkari While it might seem that the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team has an easier route to capturing a NorWOSSA crown than their senior counterparts, both squads will face interesting and difficult challenges tomorrow in Dryden. The seniors (2-6), who finished the regular season in third place, will have […]
Lucas Punkari Even though they have a pair of pre-season tournaments under their belts, the anticipation for the opening games of the NorWOSSA regular season is easy to see on the faces of those involved with the Muskie girls’ hockey team. “I think going in there is always a little […]
Peggy Revell The pupil accommodation review looking into the future of Donald Young School in Emo is starting to roll out. The review committee overseeing the process currently is going through an orientation stage, noted Casey Slack, superintendent of education for the Rainy River District School Board. Then starting next […]
Peggy Revell As the race for gold continues across the region, Coventry Resources is moving onto a preliminary economic assessment of its Cameron Gold Project site near Sioux Narrows. “We’ve essentially completed an extensive drilling program,” explained Nick Walker, country manager with Coventry Resources, with the next phase being the […]
Lucas Punkari For Fort Frances native Ryan Faragher, the transition into university life at St. Cloud State has been going great not only in the classroom but out on the ice. Faragher, a freshman goalie for the Huskies’ hockey team who is majoring in sociology, has started in five of […]
Heather Latter Jaysen Indian didn’t grow up dreaming of being a diamond drill operator. But after finding success at the position within the mining industry, that’s what he’s become. From the small First Nation community of Big Grassy, Indian was working as a carpenter when he saw an advertisement for […]
Duane Hicks After organizers expressed concerns about the policing presence during the 54th-annual “Parade of Lights” here, five OPP officers stepped forward and volunteered to work it. “We’re thrilled,” Robin Payeur, with Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd., enthused yesterday afternoon after local Community Services Officer Cst. Anne McCoy stopped by […]
Peggy Revell National Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week will be marked locally with a whole week of activities this year. Running Nov. 13-19, the week is meant to “promote an addictions-free lifestyle by allowing communities to develop an increased knowledge and awareness of addictions, and how the families and communities can […]
Heather Latter Two area women are taking part in a pilot college course being offered by Toronto’s George Brown College at the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope in Atikokan. The women’s shelter was selected as a satellite location for the Northern Anti-violence Counsellor/Advocate College Certificate, which is being […]
Ken Johnston Members of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture learned more about a program that will see them get more compensation from the provincial government when wildlife damages their livestock. The new and improved Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program (OWDCP) took effect July 1 of this year, noted Ontario […]
