Peggy Revell Raises over $11,500 It looks like the local Terry Fox Run is getting back into its stride. Sunday’s run saw 98 registered participants who raised $11,528.23 at last count for the fight against cancer. The crowd who came out to the Sorting Gap Marina to commemorate the 30th […]
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Duane Hicks If all goes according to plan, site work for the new plasma gasification plant in International Falls could begin sometime in 2012. John Howard of Coronal, the company developing the gasification plant, gave an update on how the project is proceeding to delegates attending the annual Northern Networks […]
Staff Parents are invited out to learn about what services the region has to offer their families at a Children’s Services Fair slated for Tuesday, Oct. 5. “It’s going to be a fun event,” said Miranda Sigurdson, chair of the Coming Together for Kids Coalition, which is organizing the fair […]
Duane Hicks “Our people have to get from the mentality of spending money to making money.” That’s part of the message Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band conveyed during his keynote address to the 125 delegates attending the annual Northern Networks trade conference last Thursday afternoon at La […]
Peggy Revell It was on the last leg of a 10-month journey that Manitoba youth Cole Choken arrived in Rainy River District last week as part of a marathon to raise money in the fight against cancer. Choken began his run Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and from there made his way […]
Dan Falloon With less than a week to go in the World Fishing Network’s “Ultimate Fishing Town” contest, Nestor Falls looks to be in a fight to the finish with Port Alberni, B.C. Nestor Falls trailed by fewer than 200 votes as of yesterday afternoon—right as the B.C. town was […]
Dan Falloon Running in the dark has become a part of life for those involved with the Fort High cross-country team. Team members and coaches are out at 6 a.m. on Mondays. And while most teens might be surprised to learn that 6 a.m. exists, there’s little grumbling among the […]
Dan Falloon Devlin native Jordan Davis was looking for a change of scenery for his final year of junior hockey. He certainly got it—trading in the Canadian shield of Thunder Bay for the flatlands of Topeka, Kan. after joining the NAHL’s Topeka Roadrunners. On a personal level, the former Fort […]
Dan Falloon Local goalie Mark Loveday received some fine news in Faribault, Mn. on Sunday. The 14-year-old netminder, who is just entering Grade 9, found out he had cracked the Shattuck St. Mary’s Bantam Tier I hockey team—a promotion after playing with its Bantam ‘A’ squad last season. He is […]
Dan Falloon 2008 may not be that long ago to some, but it’s seemed like an eternity ago for the Muskie football program. Before earning a 9-7 victory against the host St. John’s Tigers on Friday, Fort High (1-1) had gone nearly two years without a win in the WHSFL—a […]
Duane Hicks Val Carrier sorted her way through a pile of clothing and other items in one of the crowded back rooms at the Salvation Army’s thrift store.
Duane Hicks James Thomas threw away an old turntable onto the pile Saturday during the Ontario Electronic Stewardship-sponsored Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) free collection day at the Public Works building here. A total of 194 vehicles stopped by, dropping off enough TVs, computers, and other waste to fill […]
