The Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team is holding its annual invitational meet today through Sunday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The local Cyclone Swim Club also will be competing, along with clubs from Dryden, Kenora, Marathon, Selkirk, Red Lake, and Thunder Bay (two). The meet is dual sanctioned for both […]
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The membership of two unions at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill here ratified a new five-year deal in the past week. The International Association of Machinists Lodge #771 voted in favour of the contract last Thursday, Abitibi-Consolidated human resources manager Len Robinson said Friday. Meanwhile, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers […]
The Fort William First Nation North Stars will be in town tonight and tomorrow for what is a pivotal series for the Borderland Thunder. It’s been more than a week since the Thunder last took to the ice, with a 4-1 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs up there Jan. […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is 2-0 at the annual John Taylor hockey tournament in Winnipeg. The black-and-gold wrapped up an impressive 6-1 win over Sisler this morning, firing 41 shots on the Spartans’ net while Muskie goalie Wade Friesen faced just 17. Jake Esselink had a pair of goals […]
A workshop is being held here next week that will give people the chance to learn more about the Ojibway culture. Willie Wilson and Joanne Bruyere are presenting “Ojibway Cultural Awareness Training” at the Adventure Inn on Feb. 7-8, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. The two-day workshop will cover […]
In a continuation of its fundraising efforts, the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada is holding a book sale here Feb. 10-12. And organizers still are looking for more people to donate books to the fundraiser, which takes place at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.) “We’ve […]
Hockey Northwestern Ontario has denied a request by the Borderland Thunder to join the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from the Superior International Junior Hockey League. The 12-man board, which met Jan. 29, nixed the Thunder’s request to join the MJHL next season, meaning the team now will have to take […]
Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood was seconded from the Rainy River District School Board to co-ordinate a Thunder Bay-Rainy River District project that will encourage students to stay in school until age 18. The initiative will involve the eight district school boards and 10 district school authorities in the region. […]
Local Canada Safeway manager Dave McBride drew the three winning tickets for the Fort Frances Crime Stoppers draw there Saturday, with the money raised to go towards buying new playground equipment in town. Jamie Spencer, the three-year-old daughter of Fort Frances OPP Cst. Caroline Spencer, won the first prize of […]
We all know someone who has been touched by cancer. Often, cancer patients need to leave their home and community to receive treatment in Thunder Bay. But where will they stay? Thankfully, there is a home away from home available to all regional cancer patients. The Northern Cancer Research Foundation […]
Staff and students at district public schools are showing they have the creativity and the drive to generate fresh and original educational programs from which other students can benefit. The Rainy River District School Board is allocating $57,200 this year to go towards nine projects at five schools that have […]
Members of the Métis community from across Northwestern Ontario came to Fort Frances last weekend to participate in one of five community roundtable discussions going on across the province. Gary Lipinski, chair of the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario, said he was pleased with the level of […]
