Heather Latter Cindy Cole, director of surgical services at Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., accepted an award from Steve Lawrence of McKesson Canada yesterday after the operating room at La Verendrye Hospital here was named the best overall performer, Canadian Non-Academic Hospital, by McKesson Canada and OR Manager. The surgical […]
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Dave Ogilvie Erin Devlin, representing the District Mental Health Services for Older Adults Program, was on hand at Cloverleaf in Emo on Friday to promote and distribute the new 2010 seniors’ safety calendar. The calendar, beautifully-decorated with children’s art, offers tips and suggestions on how seniors can keep safe in […]
Peggy Revell Hammarskjold Viking star Katie Ulakovic passed the ball off to a teammate as Muskie Tina Pham played defence in Game 2 of the NWOSSAA playoffs here Saturday morning. The visitors romped to a 61-25 victory to sweep the best-of-three showdown and advance to the all-Ontarios.
Staff After almost two months of public input and deliberation, the Atikokan Crisis Centre finally has a new name: the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. The centre’s board announced its decision yesterday after collecting name and logo suggestions from people across the district in September and October. Credit […]
Staff Work on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project will be done for the year by the end of this week, with only a few finishing touches to go in the spring. Reconstruction of the refurbished lookout tower is now complete, with the final sections of railing put in […]
Staff Down the road they go, looking for 4-0. That’s the story for the Muskie boys’ hockey team, which will try to make it four-straight wins to open the NorWOSSA regular season when they head up Highway 502 to take on the Dryden Eagles tonight. This is the first road […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have been more than charitable to their opponents most nights this season. But the SIJHL squad is hoping the local community is full of those in the giving spirit prior to their game tonight against the Wisconsin Mustangs. The Lakers will host a Christmas bake […]
the OPP OPP officers and emergency crews responded to an accident involving a school bus and pickup truck around 3:40 p.m. yesterday. The pickup truck was southbound on Minnie Avenue when it failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection with Second Street East. The collision occurred as […]
the OPP Pickle Lake OPP are investigating the discovery of human remains located just off the Nord Road, north of the Town of Pickle Lake. The discovery of the remains was made by a hunter in the area Saturday afternoon. A post-mortem was scheduled in Toronto yesterday in an attempt […]
Heather Latter Jillian Cousineau, left, playing “Vixen” and Peter Fedoruk as “Rudolph” helped the actors of Dufflebag Theatre tell the story of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Staged as part of the “Kids and Co.” entertainment series, the performance seemed to be a big hit […]
Duane Hicks Grade 5 Robert Moore student Maddison Krikke, one of the three winners of an essay contest held in conjunction with Local Government Week (Oct. 18-24), read her essay on what she would do if she were mayor of Fort Frances at last night’s council meeting. Grade 5 St. […]
Heather Latter Students in Monica Armour’s Grade 4 class at J.W. Walker School rehearsed several Christmas tunes yesterday using hand chimes. Under the direction of Diane Maxey, the class will be performing their new musical skills during their Christmas concert next month.
