After previously deciding to ask the province to fund 100 percent of the Portage Avenue underpass project this spring, town council last night lowered that amount to 50 percent in order to hopefully improve its chances of receiving any dollars. The decision to change the town’s funding application to the […]
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Hank the chef got some help from audience member Andrew in tossing around some not-so-hot potatoes during the Kids & Company performance “Cake and I Scream” at the Townshend Theatre last night. The show featured Hank and Shirley as two employees trying to spice things up for their failing restaurant. […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board is hosting a series of public discussions about the future of Catholic education in Ontario and is inviting members of the Catholic community to participate. The initiative is “part of an awareness and engagement strategy undertaken by Ontario’s Catholic education partners . . . […]
Abitibi-Consolidated announced today that its Fort William paper mill in Thunder Bay will be idled for an indefinite period, effective Feb. 25. The mill has an annual production capacity of about 145,000 tonnes of commercial printing papers. The idling will affect roughly 265 employees at the mill and an additional […]
Town council will be asked this evening to authorize the “Fun in the Sun” committee to submit a financial request to the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Celebrate Canada!” program. “Fun in the Sun” chair Paul Bock said the committee applies for the funding each year to help pay for July […]
The body of a Couchiching resident reported missing on Rainy Lake was found this morning, Fort Frances OPP said just after noon today. Nick Mainville, 50, of Rainy Lake Blvd., was located on Couchiching First Nation around 9:15 a.m. Police said he died as a result of a snowmobile collision. […]
Squash players from across the region competed in the 20th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous tournament over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Darrell Cole (Thunder Bay) successfully defended his men’s ‘A’ title, rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the best-of-five match to beat 11-time champion Bob Shine (Thunder Bay). In […]
Gerry Jolicoeur got the crowd bidding during the live auction at the “Community Chest” fundraiser dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous last night. About 250 attended the sold-out dinner to raise money for the local charity that helps families in the midst of a health crisis. The event raised $20,600 through […]
Senior Muskie girls’ volleyball player Alyssa Holliday fired a ball over the block of a pair of Eagles during the gold medal game at the NorWOSSA court sports championships yesterday in Dryden. The senior girls lost to Dryden in the final and took home the silver medal. In other NorWOSSA […]
FORT FRANCES—The Atikokan Crisis Centre is hosting a free luncheon next week for all women interested in learning more about the centre, or in discussing issues of importance to women. “We often hear that women in the west end of the district have difficulty accessing the services we provide,” said […]
FORT FRANCES—Local firefighters Capt. Joe Bobczynski and Greg Allan were among the 2,200 firefighters and emergency workers who attended Wednesday’s memorial tribute in Winnipeg for two fallen colleagues. The ceremony at the MTS Centre marked the end of a week of public mourning for Winnipeg firefighters Capt. Tom Nichols and […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball program saw mixed results at the NorWOSSA championships yesterday in Dryden. The senior squad played some of their best volleyball of the season en route to the silver medal. But the juniors stumbled against a team they’d not lost to all season and were eliminated in […]
