the MNR This winter, the Ministry of Natural Resources once again conducted aerial caribou surveys throughout Northwestern Ontario. These surveys help the ministry to monitor the population health of forest-dwelling woodland caribou, as well as determine caribou distribution during winter across the surveyed areas. Last year, surveys were flown out […]
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Staff Faced with the threat of being canned, the 2011 Borderland Soccer Association season is back on after a new board of directors was elected last Thursday night during the annual general meeting at the ’52 Canadians Arena boardroom. Victor Sousa was elected president for this season, replacing the outgoing […]
Lucas Punkari All in all, it was a fairly successful first season for Ron MacKinnon in his role as president of the Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association. “It was a good year,” MacKinnon said as the association held its annual year-end awards banquet Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. […]
Lucas Punkari The awards continue to pour in for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ hockey team. Four members of the 2011 ACHA Division II national champion squad received All-American honours last weekend, surpassing last year’s total when forward Stevie-Lee Langford was the lone player to receive the accolade. “We’re […]
Peggy Revell Outrage over the actions of the former Rainy River District School Board made for standing room only at last night’s meeting as members of the public came out to show support for trustee David Kircher, who had been found to have breached the trustee Code of Conduct. More […]
Heather Latter The Atikokan Addictions Committee will move ahead with plans to build an addictions treatment centre there after results from a recently-launched survey show there is a need for one in Rainy River District. “There’s a lot of work involved, but that can’t stop us from moving ahead. We […]
Lucas Punkari It’s only taken one year for Joe Basaraba to accomplish something that hundreds of NCAA hockey players never get the chance to be part of—the annual “Frozen Four” tournament. “It’s pretty awesome,” enthused Basaraba, a freshman with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. “Being one of the younger guys […]
Heather Latter Although there’s still snow on the ground, plans already are in motion for the annual “Relay for Life” in Fort Frances, which will be held overnight on June 24 at Fort Frances High School. “It’s time to start getting team captains thinking and rolling with decoration ideas, recruitment […]
Peggy Revell After more than a decade of providing programming for local youth, the United Native Friendship Centre here has had to close its youth centre program after not receiving federal funding. “I’m really disappointed “ said Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth worker Brad Fyfe, noting he, himself, went through […]
Duane Hicks Some may call it a miracle. Local resident Samantha “Sam” Pearson, 24, is making a remarkable recovery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute after she experienced heart failure two weeks ago, and could be coming back to Fort Frances in the next couple of days. “She is […]
Duane Hicks Council gave the go-head at Monday’s budget meeting to take part in a solar panel project to generate electricity to sell back to the grid and generate income for the town. The town put out a request for proposals today to get bids on the solar panel project. […]
Peggy Revell The merger between the region’s Children’s Aid Societies is moving ahead now that provincial funding has been confirmed. While April 1 was the original merger deadline between Kenora-Patricia Child and Family Services and Family and Children’s Services of the District of Rainy River, the process was stalled as […]
