Dave Ogilvie The “Country Jam” held Friday (March 26) at the Emo Legion was, by far, the best attended to date. An extra table or two were set up and chairs were squeezed in so the dance floor remained large enough for the enthusiastic crowd. A dedicated group of musicians […]
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Press Release Ontario is bringing in the seventh-consecutive annual increase to the minimum wage—raising it to $10.25, effective today (March 31). As of today, the minimum wage will have increased almost 50 percent since 2004, when it stood at $6.85. Between 1995 and 2004, the minimum wage in Ontario remained […]
Press Release Fort Frances Mason Alan Tibbetts was installed March 20 as Master of the Internet Lodge No. 9659 in Manchester, England. Tibbetts, the long-time secretary of Granite Lodge No. 446 in Fort Frances, has been involved with the Internet Lodge since before its establishment, and was one of 52 […]
Dave Ogilvie Effective parenting probably is one of the most difficult jobs in the world—and one which is not getting any easier. At no time in history have parents been more confused about how to raise their children. To make things even more complicated, there have been many conflicting philosophies […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty was joined in Ottawa yesterday by NDP leader Jack Layton to announce the introduction of his private member’s bill (C-501), which would grant “secured” status to pension funds during bankruptcy proceedings and restructurings. “This bill should end the uncertainty for workers at […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association celebrated another successful season during its annual banquet and awards night this past Saturday (March 27). About 250 hockey players, parents, referees, and other volunteers gathered in the newly-renovated hall upstairs at the Emo/La Vallee Arena. Joe Bodnar welcomed everyone to the celebration […]
Staff The St. Francis Sentinels now have an award over which to keep guard. The squad cruised to a 5-0-1 round-robin record on Saturday en route to the championship game, where they overcame the Crossroads Tornadoes (Devlin) by an 18-14 score. St. Francis kicked off its title run with a […]
Staff After 320 matches, local badminton players emerged with their fair share of accolades at the Fort Frances Badminton Club’s annual tournament over the weekend at Fort High. That included a handful of first-place finishes. In the U19 girls’ division, it was an all-Fort final as Chelsea Carlson swept Kimika […]
Staff After dominating the local Monday night men’s basketball league all season, Boston Pizza came within a hair of not winning the big one. BP rallied from 11 points down in the second half—forcing overtime as time expired and then emerging with a 66-59 triumph to deny the Rendez-Vous a […]
Dan Falloon While the Muskie boys’ hockey players who were on the ice at the all-Ontarios in St. Catharines made their presence known, it arguably was the one on the sidelines who had one of the biggest impacts on Fort High’s fate. Captain Jamie Kaun, the team’s scoring leader, was […]
Duane Hicks The Ministry of Natural Resources’ fire season officially starts tomorrow (April 1), but both MNR crews and municipal firefighters across the district already have been called into action to fight grass fires in parts of the region where the hazard is rated as “high-extreme.” In response to that, […]
Duane Hicks An announcement by TBayTel last week to build a new third-generation (3G) High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) wireless network across Northern Ontario will allow the region to keep up with the times. The upgraded network is to be deployed in Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Dryden this year, and then […]
