Joey Payeur Bobby Baun is a legend in hockey lore for scoring an overtime goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 of the 1964 Stanley Cup final while playing on a broken ankle. But could he have done it on a broken skate blade? It’s not likely, but […]
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Duane Hicks With councillors continuing to get pelted with questions about snow removal, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the town is doing its best, following winter control policy, and even stepping up efforts this week to move more of the white stuff. “We have had 10 events in […]
Duane Hicks Rev. Jacob Quast, of the Church of the Lutheran Hour here, recently had his book, “Angels: What you should know about these divine messengers (both the good and the bad),” published—and is hoping anyone with an interest in the subject gives it a read. Having long had an […]
Joey Payeur Bobby Baun is a legend in hockey lore for scoring an overtime goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 of the 1964 Stanley Cup final while playing on a broken ankle. But could he have done it on a broken skate blade? It’s not likely, but […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District School Board established a new audit committee at its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday night. The new committee comes as the board implements the Regulation 361/10 under the Education Act, which says all boards across Ontario now must have an auditing committee to oversee […]
Duane Hicks Maybe it’s the fact some residents haven’t had “blue box” curbside pick-up since before Christmas, but the new recycling bins on Sixth Street West have seen a flurry of deposits since opening last week. But this has meant that the bins are having to be emptied far more […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will continue to allow weddings at Sunny Cove Camp in 2011. At its regular meeting Monday night, town council authorized a maximum of four weddings per season at Sunny Cove Camp during the shoulder seasons (May, June, and September, and the August long […]
Duane Hicks The town will have more “eyes” open for vandals inside and outside the Memorial Sports Centre in future with the addition of six surveillance cameras. Council authorized the installation of the security gear—at a cost of $6,390,15—as a non-budgeted item at its regular meeting Monday night. Mayor Roy […]
Duane Hicks Town council hopes to increase interest in the town’s various advisory committees by better defining what they do and educating potential members on their roles. “Council is concerned with the number of people that are applying for a number of committees that we have,” said Coun. Andrew Hallikas, […]
Staff The Ministry of Education has approved funding for the renovation of St. Michael’s School here to accommodate the start of full-day junior kindergarten next fall. “It’s exciting to be involved in the school construction once again,” Chris Howarth, superintendent of business for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, said […]
Peggy Revell The “Meals on Wheels” program here is in need of some helping hands. “We’re always looking for volunteers,” said local co-ordinator Gaby Hanzuk. “We have 52 weeks in a year, and in a perfect world I would have all 52 weeks covered—which doesn’t happen.” Hanzuk said the program, […]
Staff A total of 2,020 birds, representing 30 species, were spotted during the annual Christmas bird count held over the holiday season. This year’s count was held Dec. 26, with six people watching bird feeders to record observations. Five others in vehicles covered 244 km on a route around the […]
