While the decision hasn’t been finalized and passed as a bylaw yet, town council agreed in principle Monday night to a two percent increase to sewer and water rates for all local customers. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown was directed by council last month to calculate the impact of […]
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District residents were treated to a tour of Las Vegas on Saturday, stopping at every major casino and catching performances by some of the biggest stars in music—thanks to the third-annual VALA Variety Show. But audience members weren’t the only ones impressed with how the show turned out. “It went […]
FORT FRANCES—There currently are more than 500 plant and animal species-at-risk in Canada, according to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. And last week, the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists created a list of species-at-risk locally. “We identified 23 species in this part of Northwestern Ontario […]
FORT FRANCES—In an move to convey information to the public regarding what has been a hot topic locally for more than a year now, Abitibi-Consolidated’s Fort Frances Division will hold two sessions regarding the proposed bio-mass boiler project next Thursday (Feb. 22). These will take place at 3 p.m. and […]
FORT FRANCES—After nearly 14 years as CEO and medical officer of health with the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr. Pete Sarsfield has announced he will be retiring in December. In an interview Friday, Dr. Sarsfield said that at age 62, working 60-80 hours a week, and spending sometimes half the year […]
Members of a surveying crew took a look at the view from a helicopter yesterday on their way to conduct surveys on land claimed by Rainy River First Nations back in May, 2005. About 14,000 acres of land will be marked near Sphene Lake, Pipestone Lake (Gates Ajar), and the […]
Local CN conductors, with the support of some of their engineer co-workers, picketed at Central Avenue on Monday afternoon. About 2,300 United Transportation Union members across Canada walked off the job as of midnight Saturday after contract talks between the union and CN broke down Friday. The strike likely will […]
Times reporter Heather Ogilvie took the stage as Judy Garland and sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for the sold-out crowd Saturday during the third-annual VALA Variety Show at the Townshend Theatre. —Melanie Béchard photo
Scott Gurski, a member of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team, beat this Dryden Eagle defender off the dribble during action yesterday at Fort High. The seniors trounced the Eagles 42-26 to finish the regular season with a perfect 8-0 record. Meanwhile, the Muskie junior boys won 58-32 to wrap […]
Winning solves virtually any problem associated with a sports team. The Muskie girls’ hockey team—coming off a disappointing 6-5 loss to the host Kenora Broncos last Tuesday, were in need of a win to get back on winning track. Luckily, the Red Lake Rams were more than willing to oblige […]
It doesn’t matter where the Muskie boys’ hockey team competes these days, the results are remarkably similar. The black-and-gold (15-0-1) skated to an easy 7-2 victory over the Red Lake Rams (6-8-1) on Friday night at the Emo-La Vallee Arena—extending their NorWOSSA unbeaten streak to 16 games. “I was pretty […]
