Peggy Revell Gordon Ross—alongside Kiwanian Robin Wright—drew the ticket for the local Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” winner for September yesterday morning at International Travel Services. William and Shirley Cressey of Rainy River won a trip to New York valued at $2,600. Next month’s trip is to Jamaica ($4,600).
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Robin McCormick Two Devlin fishing teams cracked the top 10 at the sixth-annual International Falls Bass Championship held Friday and Saturday (Aug. 27-28). Bill Godin and Ralph Galusha finished in sixth place out of the 60 teams entered, followed by Dale LaBelle and Karl Howells in seventh. LaBelle and Howells […]
Press Release The board of directors is very pleased to announce the appointment Laura Kokocinski as the chief executive officer of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). She will assume the CEO position effective Sept. 1. Kokocinski was appointed following a rigorous and comprehensive national search process after […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board has announced two new vice-principals as the 2010-11 school year gets underway. Beth Fairfield has been appointed as vice-principal for North Star Community School in Atikokan while Anne Carridice has been appointed vice-principal for both Donald Young School in Emo and Nestor Fall […]
Press Release TBayTel and Rogers Communications announced today that all current Rogers wireless customers with the Thunder Bay and district area code “807” will be serviced by TBayTel starting Nov. 1. As part of the strategic business relationship that TBayTel and Rogers announced in March of this year, and the […]
Press Release Ontario is turning off coal and switching on biomass at the Atikokan Generation Station—a move that supports jobs in the community and takes the province another step closer to eliminating all coal-fired generation by the end of 2014. The conversion will create up to 200 construction jobs and […]
Press Release It now only takes a few, simple steps for low- to middle-income residents in the Thunder Bay area to apply for the new, permanent Northern Ontario Energy Credit. The new energy credit provides up to $130 for eligible single people and up to $200 for eligible families, including […]
Dave Ogilvie Carpet bowling will be starting up next Thursday (Sept. 9) at the Emo Legion. Bowling will run from 10-11:45 a.m., at a cost of $1, followed by a luncheon from noon-12:30 p.m. at a cost of $6. Newcomers are welcome. Come out for a little exercise, a great […]
Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is pleased to announce this year’s bursary recipients. The James & Ena McAughren Bursary for the continuing education of nurses was awarded to Mical Collition, who currently is an RPN at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. She is enrolled in the […]
Anthony Leek It was an evening of racing that Keith McNally would have been proud of. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, WISSOTA Modifieds, and Street Stocks all paid their respects Saturday night to a fellow racing companion who tragically lost his life at the Emo Speedway on Sept. 3, 1993 when […]
Press Release It seemed like a long shot. When first-time paintball player Christopher Sobkowicz came to the Spirit Fire Park in Devlin on Saturday (Aug. 28), capturing first place seemed impossible. He had no partner for the annual doubles’ tournament. Several teams, many of them veterans to the paintball scene, […]
the MNR An Ontario man has been fined $150, and ordered to pay $2,500 towards fire suppression costs, after his wood-burning furnace sparked a grass fire. Dean Kellar of Dance Township pleaded guilty to using a wood-burning furnace outdoors during a restricted fire zone when conditions were not safe to […]
