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 […]
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Peggy Revell New programs for energy savings, investment, and funding for Northern Ontario are being touted by the provincial government with the release of the budget last Thursday. “This is a budget that saw a real focus on Northern Ontario,” Northern Development, Mines and Forestry minister Michael Gravelle said in […]
Duane Hicks With the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s annual “Customer Service Challenge” about to get underway, district businesses once again have shown a keen interest in treating their customers right. A total of 26 businesses, representing Fort Frances, Emo, Nestor Falls, and Rainy River, have signed up for this […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances and Rainy River are among the 32 communities featured in the new Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal, which was launched in Thunder Bay last Wednesday to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The purpose of the web portal, located at www.immigrationnorthwesternontario.ca, is […]
Peggy Revell Organizers of this year’s “Relay for Life” are inviting the public to a kick-of meeting next Tuesday (April 6) at 6 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The open meeting is for anybody who is interested in signing up a team, or volunteering or sitting on the committee,” explained […]
Duane Hicks With the municipal election coming up Oct. 25, Coun. Sharon Tibbs is the first person to file her nomination to run for town council again. Coun. Tibbs, who has served on council for 16 years in all, including a 12-year stint from 1991-2003 and then this current term […]
Peggy Revell Two Fort Frances women will be heading to Haiti next week to assist with relief efforts following the devastating earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation back in January. “We’re going to do what we can,” said Pastor Sandy McEvoy, who will be leaving April 6 for a 10-day […]
Dan Falloon Ken McKinnon thought he’d never see the day when he would hoist the trophy for the local men’s bonspiel. But at age 74, everything clicked into place for McKinnon on Sunday as he won an international showdown in the ‘A’-event final against Tom Mayer of International Falls by […]
Dan Falloon It took a minor upset for the Raymond Roy rink to punch a ticket to the club provincial playdowns, but it wasn’t a match the locals had a hand in. Roy and his rink of Dave Broman, Butch Wensley, and Patrick Briere already were sitting with a 4-1 […]
Dan Falloon It all came down to Sunday morning. With Kim Beaudry and Kenora’s Crystal Wojtowicz both sitting at 2-0, the round-robin finale between the two rinks essentially morphed into a tournament final. At stake: a berth in the club provincial playdowns April 8-11 at the Port Arthur Curling Club […]
Dan Falloon The standings show the Lorne Jackson rink finished 2-3 at the mixed curling provincial playdowns in Kenora over the weekend, but the skip was thrilled with his squad’s performance nonetheless. “We played quite well,” he enthused. “We lost a couple games that pretty much just came down to […]
Dan Falloon Jeff Johnston has done more than his part to help conservation efforts in Rainy Lake District. And now the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters has recognized Johnston’s work by awarding him the Gord Blake Memorial Conservation Award, which is “given to the individual O.F.A.H. member whose efforts […]
