John Rafferty spoke to supporters at the East End Hall here last night after he was acclaimed as the NDP candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River. —Melanie Béchard photo
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FORT FRANCES—The Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP will hold the first of three nomination meetings Thursday night in Fort Frances but with only one candidate running, John Rafferty will be acclaimed. Rafferty has run under the NDP banner in the last two federal elections, coming second behind Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff […]
FORT FRANCES—Want to know what level of customer service your business is providing? About how and where you can make any improvements in that area? For a fourth year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking for participants for its customer service challenge—and interested businesses can sign up now. […]
The Muskie curling program is one step closer to the all-Ontario championships after once again dominating the competition at the second NorWOSSA qualifying bonspiel yesterday in Rainy River. All three Muskie rinks—the boys’, girls’, and mixed—finished first in their respective divisions and advanced to the NorWOSSA championships Fed. 19-20 in […]
With Diane Maxey’s Easter cantata having had an initial listening session this past Monday, she now is encouraging anyone else who wants to get involved to attend the first practice on Monday, Feb. 12. It will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Maxey said she’s already […]
The missing person search involving a 32-year-old Dryden man has been concluded. Shaun Peters, originally reported missing from Dryden last Friday (Jan. 27), was located in Greendale, Wis. yesterday. He has been in contact with his family. Dryden OPP would like to reiterate their thanks to everyone who took the […]
Be kind to your letter carrier and “break the ice.” Each winter, snowy and icy pathways, walks, and steps present a danger to mail delivery personnel. While Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario have been experiencing milder than normal winter weather overall, there have been periods of heavy snowfall. The amount of […]
After performing the last surgery of his 38-year career yesterday, Dr. Jas Spencer was greeted in the cafeteria at La Veren-drye Hospital with a small staff celebration. Here, Dr. Spencer was surrounded by some tearful staff, including OR nurses Twyla Howarth, left, and Joyce Pennarun, OR manager Cindy Cole, and […]
FORT FRANCES—Monday’s surprise announcement of a proposed merger between Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater Inc. has the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada asking questions, including what impact the deal might have on the proposed bio-mass boiler here. “We just ratified [on Jan. 9] the contract extension to get the bio-mass boiler. […]
EMO—Bill Limerick and Pete Sarsfield, with the Northwestern Health Unit in Kenora, declared Saturday that they are willing to work with local farmers to petition the provincial government for an exemption from the regulations impeding them from processing uninspected meat. “We can’t promise anything,” Limerick told those in attendance at […]
There will be a strong mix of veterans and new blood representing Sunset Country at the Northern Ontario five-pin bowling championships coming up Easter weekend in Timmins. The Sunset Country men’s, women’s and mixed teams were determined at the 20-game zone roll-offs held Saturday and Sunday at Plaza Lanes here. […]
FORT FRANCES—With the Fort Frances Curling Club still owing the town taxes to the tune of $74,000, discussion of what council should do to help the club dominated Monday’s budget meeting. While the mayor and council all agreed they wanted to help out the curling club, and certainly didn’t want […]
