Nancy Daley Fulton Here are a few facts about the various types of mental illness: Depression •7.9-8.6 percent of Canadians will experience depression in their lifetime. •Four-five percent of Canadians are depressed at any one point in time. •Women are two times more likely than men to experience depression. •Women […]
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Duane Hicks With Christmas only a little over a month away, the deadline to return shoebox gift packages as part of “Operation Christmas Child” is next week (Nov. 24-29). Volunteer Evelyn Rawn, who has been spreading word of the campaign along with Linda Weir at local churches and schools to […]
Robin McCormick The annual “Crafts Galore,” being held at the Emo Legion in conjunction with “Holly Daze” festivities, will be held Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. This year they have added tables, which will make the selection even larger. Lunch also will be served for $5, which includes […]
Paige Desmond With the goal of developing a stronger north, the first of 10 roundtable discussions was held Nov. 7 in Thunder Bay to address the topic of health care-related development. The roundtables are a result of Ontario’s “Places to Grow Act”—legislation enacted in 2005 with the goal of developing […]
Press Release The Northwest Business Centre is thrilled to announce Sturgeon Creek Alternative program student Miriam Mast, winner of the 2008 Northwest High School Business Plan Contest, also won first place at the Northern Ontario level. As well, Mast’s business plan placed third runner-up in the province. The Northwest Business […]
Staff The Fort Frances Leafs, the local U14 girls’ hockey rep team, took a trip to Warroad, Mn. on Friday to face some stiffer competition from south of the border. The Leafs played a tight defensive game, taking a 2-0 lead into the third period on goals by Monica Woods […]
Press Release The Rainy River Future Development Corp. and TBayTel are proud to announce the Highway 11/71 corridor and Rainy River District soon will be benefiting from the addition of five new broadband and cellular towers, as well as upgrades to the 10 existing ones. Twelve towers will be receiving […]
Staff The Sioux Lookout Flyers are back in business. Owner Basil Goodchild and head coach Ray Miller left the SIJHL expansion team and turned over the reins to a local committee last week, but an emergency meeting generated enough local financial support to keep the franchise afloat. Sioux Lookout was […]
Paige Desmond After a combined total of 36,110.5 km, participants in the Northwestern Health Unit’s “Workplace Wellness Challenge” have completed their task. Rainycrest won the challenge with each of its participants achieving an average of more than 10,000 steps per day (as measured by the pedometers distributed to participants for […]
Mitch Calvert The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ rep team won gold in their first tournament of the season over the weekend in Dryden, dumping the Kenora Thistles 6-1 in Sunday’s final. Jordan Larson led the way with four goals and an assist while Colton Spicer netted the […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ hockey team woke up Sunday morning feeling a lot better about themselves. After dropping three-straight exhibition games to the Shattuck-St. Mary’s Sabres here Nov. 7-9, the squad opened NorWOSSA play with a tough 5-2 loss to the host Dryden Eagles last Wednesday. But they redeemed […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team earned their first win in NorWOSSA play after edging the Kenora Broncos 3-2 there Friday night. Courtney Easton opened the scoring early in the second period on a pass from Kristen Penner, then Lauren Krukoski extended the Muskies lead to 2-0 with a […]
