Staff Steve Arpin was runner-up at the ARCA circuit’s Ansell Protective Gloves 150 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. on Friday night. The Fort Frances native finished just 1.669 seconds behind winner Patrick Sheltra, allowing him to earn his fifth top-five finish and eighth top-10 showing in 12 starts. […]
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Duane Hicks Couns. Andrew Hallikas and Ken Perry joined the ranks of incumbent candidates seeking re-election in this fall’s municipal election after both filed their nomination papers Friday. Coun. Andrew Hallikas said it was a fairly easy decision to seek a second term. “When I first got on council, it […]
Staff The intersections at Portage Avenue and First St. East and Portage Avenue and Second St. East will be closed temporarily Monday due to road construction. Bay City Contractors will be placing and shaping granular “A” material along Portage Avenue between First and Second St. East starting on Monday at […]
Peggy Revell While it will be rough around the edges, the new Robert Moore School will be ready to welcome students through its doors this Tuesday. “We’re definitely going to be in the building,” said Raymond Roy, manager of plant operations and maintenance for the Rainy River District School Board. […]
Staff Dr. Cynthia Saliba will be joining the Nelson Medicine Professional Group as a family physician starting Wednesday (Sept. 1), the Fort Frances Physician Recruitment & Retention Committee reported this morning. She also will join her colleagues in providing team approach primary care with nurse practitioners and other allied health […]
Dan Falloon Thirteen wasn’t an unlucky number for the Sight & Sound Wolves at Vanjura Park here last night. The Wolves edged Barwick 4-3 for their 13th-straight win, handing them their second-consecutive Rainy River District Fastball League title—both over Barwick—in the process. The Knights were making their fifth-consecutive appearance in […]
Press Release The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has donated $25,000, through its Humanity Fund, to Oxfam emergency flood relief efforts in Pakistan and is raising additional funds from members and local unions across the country. CEP is urging members and locals to give generously to the growing […]
the MNR The forest fire hazard is climbing steadily across Northwestern Ontario. The hazard is sitting at “moderate” to “high” for the whole region, with the higher hazards in the southern portions of the Fort Frances and Dryden districts, Quetico Provincial Park, Thunder Bay and Nipigon districts, and north towards […]
Staff This floating rig, loaded with equipment to fix the pilings on the Noden Causeway, is being used as part of the extensive repair work ongoing there. The in-water work, which is being done by George Armstrong Co. Ltd., consists of repairs to the piles that support the three structures. […]
Dan Falloon Sight & Sound Wolves’ pitcher John Desaulniers took a cut at the plate during the Rainy River District Fastball League final against the Barwick Knights yesterday evening at Vanjura Park here. Desaulniers quelled the Knights’ bats after relieving starter Bob Andy as the Wolves won their second-straight league […]
Duane Hicks Mitch MacDonald, who finished second in season six of “Canadian Idol,” performed for family, friends, and fans yesterday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The Cape Breton native, who has quite a few local relatives, came here to visit and play a couple of gigs, including a show after […]
Staff There was one new fire in the West Fire Region yesterday, which has since been put “out.” Thunder Bay Fire #56 was a lightning-caused blaze located at the perimeter of the Fort William First Nation. It was less than 0.1 hectare in size, and located at the base of […]
