Press Release The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop is pleased to announce its 12th-annual writing contest is now open and accepting entries! The five categories this year are fiction, poetry, flash fiction, memoir, and children’s story. In 2010, distinguished judges include Lynn Coady, Betsy Struthers, Pasha Malla, Anne Coleman, and Gordon […]
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Robin McCormick Legion Br. #99 in Emo will be hosting a fish fry this Saturday (Jan. 30) from 5-7 p.m. Take-out orders will be available at 4:30 p.m. The cost of the meal, consisting of fish, potatoes, salad, buns, and all the trimmings, is $12 for adults and $5 for […]
Staff A trio of local bowlers will compete at the provincial open roll-offs after qualifying from the zone round held in Dryden over the weekend. Ken Dick finished sixth in the men’s division, averaging 218 over the 20-game qualifier. His high game was a 276. Jason Rousseau ended up 10th […]
Press Release A Northwestern Ontario man has been fined $3,500 for illegal deer hunting. James Amie Rousseau, of Balmertown, pleaded guilty and was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. He was fined $2,500 for trespassing to hunt and $1,000 for failing to affix a valid game seal tag […]
Staff The local Kaemingh Esso Atom girls’ hockey team was on both ends of a heart-breaker in Dryden over the weekend. Fortunately for the team, a 1-0 round-robin setback steeled Esso’s nerves in the bronze-medal game of the Kathy Sanders Memorial Tournament as they outlasted the Kenora Flyers 2-1 in […]
Staff The Rolling Lake Lightning nearly made the most of their closest out-of-town tournament of the year. Over the weekend, the local Atom girls’ hockey team struck for the ‘B’-side championship in the International Falls U10 tournament. Their first game was against a very powerful McDonald’s Fury squad, a competitive […]
Staff The local Lakewood Tire Eagles allowed only two goals en route to the gold-medal game of the Kathy Sanders Memorial Tournament in Dryden. Unfortunately, they gave up three in the final as they were edged 3-2 by the Kenora Red Inferno Flames. Meanwhile, Fort Frances Super 8 advanced to […]
Staff Former Fort Frances Jr. Sabre Ryan Faragher showed he belongs among the North American Hockey League’s best, turning in an impressive performance at the 2010 “Top Prospects” tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich. last week. The Bismarck Bobcats goalie, originally from Fort Frances, helped Team Central eke out a 4-3 […]
Peggy Revell Touting greater efficiency and better service, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is amalgamating the district’s Legal Aid services into a larger region. Legal Aid offices within Rainy River District now will become part of the Northwest District in the Northern Region, with the Thunder Bay office to serve as […]
Heather Latter Will be missed by friends here They may have only lived in Fort Frances for a year, but the Callaway family from Australia gained experiences and friendships that will last a lifetime. “We had such a wonderful experience in every aspect,” enthused Maree Callaway, who arrived last January […]
Dan Falloon Michelle Cournoyer has come a long way since joining the Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ volleyball squad back in 2007. The 20-year-old ex-Muskie was named captain prior to the 2009-10 season. The promotion was a recognition of Cournoyer’s development at Lakehead. She joined Lakehead as a raw, easily-frustrated rookie but […]
Duane Hicks The fifth-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here Sunday evening ended up being successful, raising just under $5,000 for further promotion of Alzheimer awareness and education. “I thought things went okay,” said Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District, who admitted the poor […]
