Jack Elliott 2009 marks the 50th season the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association has held cattle sales at its yard in Stratton. The first sale was held Oct. 1, 1960 when 975 head were sold to 29 buyers from Manitoba, southern Ontario, and Minnesota as well as local producers. The first […]
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Mitch Calvert The dress rehearsal is over and now the real show begins in earnest tomorrow night. The Fort Frances Lakers’ rookie-laden roster will have their mettle tested with a season-opening home game versus the SIJHL defending champion Fort William North Stars at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids […]
Duane Hicks The board of directors for the new Fort Frances Lakers is prepared to meet with the town to find ways to keep Junior ‘A’ hockey alive in “Hockeytown Northwestern Ontario.” That’s the message Lakers’ president Milt Strachan Jr., backed by a gallery full of supporters, conveyed to council […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances council has been asked to make traffic safety and active transportation, including the hiring a crossing guard for the intersection of Keating Avenue and King’s Highway, a high priority in its 2010 budget. Both Elaine Fischer of the Active Transportation Committee (ATC) and Fort Frances OPP […]
Duane Hicks The reconstruction of Portage Avenue from Nelson Street to First Street East—known as the biomass road project—is close to wrapping up. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told council Monday night that all of the water and sewer replacement work is now complete, Union Gas has done its […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances is looking to take part in an Internet-based project that hopefully will help attract more residents here. Called the Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal Project, 26 municipalities in Northwestern Ontario already have partnered for the project, which is being spearheaded by the City of Thunder Bay’s economic […]
Duane Hicks A public meeting tentatively has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 6 at the Civic Centre to inform residents about a partnership between the town and local Kiwanis Club regarding the use of Sunny Cove Camp. “There’s been an interest shown by the Kiwanis Club and the town that […]
Mitch Calvert He may be a rookie by SIJHL standards, but he looks anything but. At 6’2” and 220 pounds, what Byron Katapaytuk lacks in experience is more than made up for in size, and the 18-year-old Moose Factory native hopes to use that leverage to his advantage in his […]
Duane Hicks The turnout was very low for the annual Terry Fox Run here Sunday, with just 24 registered participants raising $1,307 for cancer research—$2,307 after a donation from Wal-Mart the following day. Organizers chalked up the small numbers to several factors—the main one being volunteers had to scramble at […]
Heather Latter Gord Mackintosh, the minister of family services and housing in Manitoba, along with others from his office, visited Rainy River District last Thursday and Friday to learn about the aboriginal child welfare system here. “In Manitoba, we’re always exploring better ways to protect children,” said Mackintosh, who grew […]
Mitch Calvert Mulligan, please. The Muskie football team opened the Winnipeg High School Football League season with a game they’d soon like to forget in a 44-0 romp at the hands of the host Kenora Broncos on Friday. The black-and-gold will hope to make that one-sided defeat a distant memory […]
Mitch Calvert Emo native Luke Judson is getting his first taste of an NHL training camp up close in San Jose this week. But if you think the 18-year-old right-winger is overwhelmed by the prospect of staring down Joe Thornton or newly-acquired Dany Heatley one-on-one, think again. “I’m just taking […]
