Duane Hicks While plans are in place for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to take place at the Ice For Kids Arena again this year, the bass committee will consider relocating back to the Sorting Gap Marina for 2012. At a meeting between town council and FFCBC directors yesterday […]
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Staff The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is encouraging more district businesses to sign up for its 2011 Customer Service “People’s Choice” Online Challenge before tomorrow’s deadline (April 15). Sandra Whalen of the RRFDC said this morning that 22 district businesses have signed up so far. These include Northwoods Gallery […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Thunderhawks will be up against a very familiar tonight in the quarter-finals of the Allan Cup. After going winless in their two round-robin games to finish third in Division I, the T’hawks will battle the host Kenora Thistles, who were second in Division II with […]
Staff In the near future, property owners planning to dig will be able to make one phone call to obtain all contact information for all utilities located in the community. Town council agreed Monday to authorize the mayor and clerk to executive a service agreement on behalf of Fort Frances […]
Staff All six members of the Muskie badminton team have qualified for the NWOSSAA playoffs, which will be held next Wednesday in Marathon, although only two will able to attend. Rory Bagacki, who went undefeated to top the senior boys’ singles division at the NorWOSSA finals yesterday in Dryden, is […]
Staff Highway 502 re-opened to traffic at 10:25 a.m. today after being closed due to a washout 11 km north of Highway 11. As well, the Ministry of Transportation reported a washout at an unnamed road located about half-a-kilometre from Off Lake near Emo. That closure has required motorists to […]
Heather Latter Wearing their pink shirts, children and staff of the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start Program here displayed their banner yesterday in support of being a bully-free environment. Several schools, organizations, and businesses participated in the annual “Day of Pink”—the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, and Homophobia in schools and […]
Heather Latter Mark VanHeyst of Emo was among the first district residents to give the “gift of life” on Tuesday during the first day of the Canadian Blood Services’ spring donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said 365 donors turned out for the two-day clinic, […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board recognized Our Lady of the Way School’s student council, which includes Kurt Desserre, Rebecca Zimmerman, Caitlin Big George, and Braydon Kreger. Desserre is a Playground Activity Leader (PAL), which is promoted by the Northwestern Health Unit to organize and facilitate recess activities […]
Robin McCormick Every year, hundreds of district residents head to Emo to enjoy “Spring Fever Days.” The annual event culminates this Friday and Saturday, when local businesses will have sales and product promotions. There also will be lots of free draws, and you can enjoy a meal or snack at […]
Staff The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation celebrated Cancer Awareness Month last week with the announcement of the 2011 Northern Cancer Fund grants, which totalled $890,057 for cancer care in Thunder Bay and across the region. One of the grants included $24,989 for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. in […]
Press Release Nurse practitioners (NPs) soon may be able to admit and discharge patients from hospital, helping to make the health system more efficient while saving time for patients. The province is proposing changes to the Public Hospitals Act to give NPs the authority to admit and discharge patients from […]
