It’s been four years since Janet McGhee’s last appearance at the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts, but the drought certainly hasn’t affected her performance here. McGhee, representing the Uxbridge and District Curling Club, improved to 5-0 after a narrow 7-6 win over Natalie Beauchamp (Coniston Curling Club) in last night’s […]
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Dr. Taylor Scarr, a provincial forest entomologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources in Sault Ste. Marie, was on hand at the Adventure Inn here last Wednesday to answer questions about the jack pine budworm infestation in Rainy River District. The jack pine budworm caused severe defoliation of nearly 90,000 […]
How would being part of Manitoba benefit Northwestern Ontario? That was a question Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale raised at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting Saturday in Bergland. Coun. Drysdale said she first started to think about moving the Manitoba border east in the fall of 2004 […]
Seventeen holes were drilled by Rainy River Resources this past fall at its project in Richardson Township, about 80 km south of Kenora. And several holes reported high-grade native gold. “It could be a potential gold camp,” noted Brad Baker, the company’s investor relations manager, though adding the work still […]
Students in three area high schools soon will launch a mentor program that its organizer hopes will foster new friendships between students with and without special needs. “Best Buddies” is a national, charitable organization that’s well-established throughout the country, with student-run chapters in secondary schools, and on university and college […]
A Minnesota Department of Transportation analysis of the two bridges linking Fort Frances with International Falls showed that the railroad one built back in 1908 only has 15-20 years left in it before it needs to be replaced at a cost of $8 million. This information, along with other structural […]
More books are needed for the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual book sale which starts Thursday at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.) Anyone looking to donate books for the sale can drop them off at Revco during regular business hours—and even after the sale begins (no encyclopedias please). For those […]
There is a two-way tie for the lead after three draws at the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts being held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Janet McGhee (Uxbridge and District Curling Club) and Nancy Wickham (Sudbury Curling Club) both improved to 3-0 with 10-end wins this morning. McGhee […]
The Marlo Dahl rink clapped as they were piped in during the opening ceremonies of the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts here last night.
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Susan Martin, left, who’s on the waiting list for a heart transplant, and Cecil Duffy of the local Knights of Columbus read the name of the grand prize winner of the Canada Safeway groceries-for-a-year raffle as emcee Larry Cousineau, far right, looked on at last night’s “Community Chest” fundraiser dinner. […]
Drawing more than 270 people, the sixth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner Sunday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here raised about $23,000 to provide financial aid to local families facing medical expenses. Some $18,000 of the total included proceeds from the dinner tickets, silent and live auctions, and raffles while a […]
A 24-year-old Barwick man was arrested by Emo OPP officers shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday for failing to comply with conditions of a release document. When searching the subject subsequent to arrest, the officers found roughly 18 grams of suspect marijuana and 54 Oxycocet pills. The man was charged […]
