Staff The Treaty #3 Police Service is continuing to investigate an aggravated assault with a weapon that occurred Tuesday night at Seine River First Nation. Deputy Chief Larry Indian said yesterday afternoon that few details could be revealed since the matter is under investigation. But he could confirm police are […]
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VNP Learn about the legends and the science of fall’s changing colours tomorrow (Sept. 25). Join Voyageurs National Park naturalist Jenna Anderson on an easy half-mile walk along the Oberholtzer Trail and let the beauty of fall surround you. Meet at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center at 11 a.m. The program […]
Duane Hicks Kathy Kishiqueb, director of Naaniigaan Abinoojii at Weechi-it-te-win Family Services (WFS), presented Ontario Children and Youth Services minister Laurel Broten with a “star blanket” yesterday morning at La Place Rendez-Vous to signify the new working relationship between the ministry, WFS, Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services of Kenora, and Grand […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie cheerleading squad provided vocal support for the football squad at the annual Homecoming pep rally this morning at Fort High. The big game goes today at 3 p.m. when the black-and-gold (1-1) square off against the Daniel McIntyre Maroons (2-0) in WHSFL action. To help combat […]
Duane Hicks In rain or shine, 1578389 Ontario Ltd., the owners of the old Fort Frances High School, have been tearing down the J.A. Mathieu section of the building. The structure is being torn down day by day, but is expected to take several more weeks until it’s completely levelled.
Staff A “technical glitch” on the World Fishing Network’s “Ultimate Fishing Town” website has caused the voting page to be taken off-line temporarily. Voting has been suspended until 4 p.m. today (local time) as the network performs maintenance on the site (www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town) However, to make up for the lost 24 […]
Dan Falloon Lakers’ forward Byron Katapaytuk hunted down Dryden defenceman Jon Mitchell in Tuesday night’s 1-0 loss at the Ice For Kids Arena. Katapaytuk had a couple of chances to break the home side’s goose egg, but hit a post on one occasion and was stymied by Ice Dogs’ goalie […]
Duane Hicks Kathy Kishiqueb, director of Naaniigaan Abinoojii at Weechi-it-te-win Family Services here, told of the origins of the program and its vision, and also paid tribute to its co-founders, the late Moses Tom and the late Joseph Big George, during a banquet last night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Weechi-it-te-win […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers suffered a bit of a big-victory hangover here Tuesday night. Four days after knocking off the defending SIJHL champion Fort William North Stars 4-2 in their SIJHL season-opener, the Lakers (1-1) couldn’t get much going in a 1-0 loss to the visiting Dryden Ice Dogs […]
Staff A GMC pickup truck that was reported stolen from Watten Township earlier this week has been recovered, police reported this morning. Yesterday around 2:10 p.m., OPP officers received a report of a pickup truck driving erratically about 80 km south of Wawa. OPP officers patrolled the area and located […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—AbitibiBowater’s restructuring plan has won the required support from a majority of its U.S. creditors. As was the case last week with votes in Canada, creditors of Bowater Canada Finance Corp. failed to approve the plan. Aurelius Capital Management and Contrarian Capital Management opposed the plan as […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School board is celebrating student achievement with the release of the testing results from Education Quality and Accountability Office. “The board’s EQAO student achievement results are continuing to shine across our communities,” said Education Director Mary-Catherine Kelly. “I am extremely pleased with the many […]
