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Just as five contestants are vying to be crowned Fun in the Sun queen on Canada Day, their junior counterparts will have a pageant to name the 2006 Mini-Queen next Thursday during the BIA’s “Mall Day.” Pageant organizer Gloria Wood, whose company, Wood’s Sewing Centre, has sponsored the event since […]
The five Fun in the Sun queen contestants took to the stage for the annual Entertainment Night yesterday at Warp 9 as part of the competition leading up to the Canada Day crowning. Each contestant prepared an entertainment piece, delivered information about her sponsor, and talked about her future career […]
Two new fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday—one in Thunder Bay District and one in Dryden District, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ fire management headquarters said this morning. Meanwhile, one fire of note is Red Lake #14, which started Saturday from a lightning strike and has grown […]
Police, volunteers, and Lake of the Woods Search and Rescue continue to search for a second boater who went missing last week in the Sabaskong Bay area of Lake of the Woods. On Saturday, members of the OPP Marine Unit, with the assistance of the OPP helicopter, located the body […]
Shanna Ewald, one of five Fun in the Sun queen contestants, spoke about her sponsor, Holmlund Financial, during “Entertainment Night” yesterday evening at Warp 9. She explained that her costume had loonies in the front and toonies in the back because Holmlund’s makes your money grow. —Crystal Green photo
No new fires reported yesterday as weather systems with rain and thunderstorms tracked across the region and dropped the hazard to “low” in most locations. Ministry of Natural Resources fire management supervisor Harrold Boven said this morning the fire hazard for Fort Frances District has dipped to “low to moderate” […]
More than two years after the ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the Phase IV expansion project at La Verendrye Hospital here, the public is encouraged to come out this Thursday (June 22) to the grand opening of the renovated facility. The ceremony will start at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch, […]
The “Pink Attitoode” team at the “Relay for Life” built themselves a Candyland at Pither’s Point Park on Friday. More than 320 participants on 25 teams walked from Friday night until Saturday morning and raised more than $73,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. —Melanie Béchard photo
Organizers are hoping a big crowd looking for a good time comes out Saturday night for “Summer Bash 2006,” a social being staged in support of the Kiwanis skate park. The social (age of majority only) will run from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. at the local Legion, and feature live music […]
There were four new fires in the region yesterday, including one in the Kenora District and four in Sioux Lookout District. But as of yesterday evening, only three fires were still burning in the West Fire region—a 0.2-hectare blaze in Sioux Lookout District and a pair in Nipigon District comprising […]
