Peggy Revell In the hope of saving lives, 20 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are being installed in public places across Rainy River District thanks to the combined effort of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Frank Cowan Foundation, and […]
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Duane Hicks With more and more “baby-boomer” police officers retiring every day, the demand for new constables is steady. As such, the Ontario Provincial Police is looking for young men and women to consider a rewarding career in a field that promises learning opportunities and room for advancement. Local OPP […]
Peggy Revell Contract negotiations for elementary teachers once again have returned to the local level following agreement on a provincial negotiating framework earlier this month. This new four-year framework came out of the blue, said Sharon Preston, president of the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, given the original “Provincial […]
Peggy Revell While there’s been a decrease in the number of households experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk of homelessness, across the district, an increasing number of families are accessing services such as food banks, according to the most recent statistics kept by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres already are in playoff mode with two weeks left in the SIJHL regular season. The Sabres (26-15-3) tested their mettle with a pair of road wins this past week over the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats and cellar-dwelling Sioux Lookout Flyers, and now return […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ volleyball teams showed spurts, but couldn’t put it all together in losing to the Dryden Eagles in their respective NorWOSSA finals here Friday. The seniors fell in straight sets by scores of 25-19, 25-11, and 25-19. “Before the game, I told the girls to give […]
Mitch Calvert Next stop: North Bay. Okay, that may be a tad premature, but it’s hard not to predict a trip to the all-Ontarios for this year’s Muskie boys’ hockey team on the eve of their best-of-three opening-round playoff showdown with the Kenora Broncos that begins tomorrow (Feb. 26) at […]
Duane Hicks Upon recommendation from the traffic safety committee, town council agreed Monday night to upgrade the intersection of Church Street and Mowat Avenue to a four-way stop. The committee discussed the upgrade at its Feb. 6 meeting, and in a report to council Monday recommended the north-south yield signs […]
In a 6-4 vote, a budget of $19,851,785 for 2009 was approved by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board last Thursday night. “The overall budget increase . . . was 3.01 percent, but the municipal increase was only 1.06 percent,” Finance manager Leanne Eluik told the board. “That […]
Duane Hicks With the 2009 Bassmaster Classic tournament and trade show drawing record-breaking crowds over weekend, representatives of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship who went to Shreveport, La. to market Fort Frances as a bass-fishing destination got all the exposure they could ask for. Jim Cumming, who returned to […]
Peggy Revell Covered by bush less than a year ago, an area of Manitou Rapids will have been completely transformed into a new pow-wow grounds for Rainy River First Nations by this summer. “It’s actually a fairly big structure,” said Rainy River First Nations’ education counsellor Marcel Horton, who also […]
Mitch Calvert Junior team also wins gold That collective sigh of relief you heard Friday night likely came from the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team. The heavy favourites nearly were dealt a knockout punch in the game that mattered most—just sneaking past the Kenora Broncos 56-46 in the NorWOSSA final […]
