Duane Hicks Barry Streib, president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, welcomed delegates gathered at La Place Rendez-Vous this morning for the group’s annual fall meeting. The conference started with registration and a mix-and-mingle last night, and continued today with a slew of guest speakers as well as […]
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Heather Latter J.W. Walker students helped fill up a bag with garbage during the “TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup” held here yesterday. Students, along with staff and other volunteers, joined in the annual event which saw 1,500 clean-up sites across Canada and more than 50,000 participants. Locally, the top five […]
Staff Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the next federal election following three nomination meetings held across the riding that culminated Wednesday night at the East End Hall here. But Rafferty told those on hand that it’s “pretty clear” people in this riding […]
Staff Mere weeks after the paving of the Portage Avenue underpass was completed, some cracks already are beginning to show. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said in an e-mail late Wednesday that the asphalt meets HL4 (or dense hot mix asphalt) specifications, but added, “as you can see, the […]
Duane Hicks With the Town of Fort Frances proposing to enter into an agreement with the local Kiwanis Club for the purchase of its camp at Sunny Cove, the public is invited to attend a meeting on the matter on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The meeting will be held at 6:30 […]
Staff The Muskie golf team made strides in its final tune-up of the NorWOSSA season on Tuesday in Dryden. The team finished second with a four-person total of 340—seven strokes back of the host Eagles (333). Kenora and Red Lake carded identical scores of 342 to tie for third. Kevin […]
