Press Release A Toronto man has been fined $3,500 for charges related to illegal deer hunting. Curzio Fabrizi was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of two counts of unlawfully hunting deer and two counts of abandoning flesh suitable for human consumption. He was fined $2,000 and $1,500, […]
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Press Release New small businesses—run by young entrepreneurs—are up and running, creating seven private-sector jobs in three Northwestern Ontario communities. Ontario’s Young Entrepreneur Program is supporting TY-GR Construction, a construction and renovation business in Fort Frances focusing on residential, cottage, and commercial buildings. Also being supported are DC Productions and […]
Press Release On Friday, March 5, the women of Cameroon invite us to visit “Africa in miniature,” to join with them in the annual World Day of Prayer celebration as we affirm “Let everything that has breath praise God.” The Republic of Cameroon consists of more than 240 local languages […]
Press Release Dr. Bruce Meyer, accomplished author, poet, lecturer, and broadcaster, will give a public lecture on the topic, “What Makes Great Literature,” on Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the ATAC Building at Lakehead University. Dr. Meyer also will give a writing workshop, entitled “Making Your Writing More […]
Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton (NDP) is demanding pension fairness for AbitibiBowater workers and retirees. On Monday during Question Period at Queen’s Park, Hampton asked about the McGuinty government’s recent decision to bail out Nortel’s pension plan. “Just as a byelection was called in an Ottawa riding where […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo & District Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting a Shamrock Tea and Bake Sale on Friday, March 12 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Emo hospital cafeteria. Admission is $3, and there will be a door prize along with some great baking. Funds raised will go towards upgrading […]
Jessica Smith Bending Lake Iron Group (BLIG) has secured $325 million to construct the first of two proposed iron processing facilities at the Steep Rock mine site, and president and CEO Henry Wetelainen is now calling for the province to speed up its land tenure approval process. “We will begin […]
Dave Ogilvie Last September, the Ontario government announced the introduction of a new MicroFIT program—a streamlined, user-friendly version of the FIT program for individuals, small businesses, and communities. FIT, which stands for ‘Feed-in Tariff,” is North America’s first comprehensive guaranteed pricing structure for renewable electricity production by local producers. It offers […]
Staff Three Sunset Country Squash Club juniors made the trip to Winnipeg to compete in the Manitoba Junior Open. Anniss Seid, the U17 boys’ rep, won four of five matches to capture first place in the top competitive division. Anika Alexander, the U15 girls’ rep, had a solid tourney with […]
Staff Jodi Judd’s rink successfully defended its crown at the annual Fort Francees ladies’ bonspiel over the weekend. Judd downed Mary Beth Tkachuk 7-4 in Sunday’s final for her second-straight title. Judd’s road to the championship included wins over Kris Sinclair, Roz Broman, Sylvia Smeeth, and Tirzah Keffer. Tkachuk, meanwhile, […]
Staff The last time Boston Pizza lost a game in the local Monday night men’s basketball league, Santa Claus hadn’t even written his “naughty or nice” list yet. BP won its 10th-consecutive game this past Monday to improve to 10-1 on the season after holding off the Rendez-Vous 69-60. The […]
Staff They lived up to their nickname. The Armstrong Crushers snagged the highest finish of any local team at a novice hockey tournament held here over the weekend. Armstrong downed the Fine Foods Fury 7-2 in the ‘C’ final to finish the tournament on a winning note. The Crushers had […]
