The Muskies suffered their first loss at the all-Ontarios this morning, but the black-and-gold still advanced to the quarter-finals later today. After tying the top-ranked St. Mary Monarchs (Pickering) 1-1 yesterday afternoon, the Muskies fell 4-2 to the ninth-ranked Orangeville Bears this morning to finish pool play in second place […]
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Hydro customers in Ontario will be paying more for their electricity starting today. Across the province, the commodity price of electricity for eligible consumers will be 5.0 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the first 750 kWh they use each month, and 5.8 cents per kWh for electricity used per […]
The question of whether Dr. Pete Sarsfield had the authority to declare a smoking ban in all enclosed public places in the Kenora-Rainy River districts will be heard by the Superior Court later this year. The Health Services Appeal and Review Board had ruled last year that Dr. Sarsfield did […]
The absorbing and engrossing speech by former NHL star Adam Graves at the OFSAA banquet last night must have struck a chord with the Muskies. The black-and-gold were able to keep a firm hold of their wits, and showed nerves of steel, as they beat the 16th-ranked Chatham-Kent Golden Hawks […]
Our trip started on March 10 at 6 a.m. in the middle of a snowstorm with a bus ride to Winnipeg. The atmosphere on the bus was vibrating with excitement until people started drifting off to sleep. Then it was very quiet right up to the outskirts of Winnipeg. At […]
Having given current holders a few weeks to renew their passports for the 2005-06 season, tour de Fort organizers will be selling any extra ones to the public on Saturday, April 2. The sale will be held at the Fort Frances Public Library from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., or while supplies […]
The proposed skate park project took another step forward Monday night after town council approved having it built to the north of the Memorial Sports Centre—not to the east of it. “If we were to locate the site here, there are two major concerns,” Community Services manager George Bell said […]
In his 34 years of service to the Ontario Provincial Police, S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis has seen changes. With the announcement that he’ll retire June 30, the detachment commander for Rainy River District for the last 12-and-a-half years took some time out recently to go over some of the adaptations he, […]
In a continuation of a series of discussions regarding restructuring meetings to ensure councillors get as much information as possible on all of the town’s business, council will take a closer look at an idea introduced by Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft on Monday night. Coun. Wiedenhoeft said his current problem is […]
While this year’s municipal budget hasn’t been passed yet, town council did approve the 2005 fee schedule for the Sorting Gap Marina at its regular meeting Monday night. This was done prior to the budget being passed so that the Community Services division could begin the renewal notification process for […]
The proposed skate park project took another step forward Monday night after town council approved having it built to the north of the Memorial Sports Centre—not to the east of it. “If we were to locate the site here, there are two major concerns,” Community Services manager George Bell said […]
David Pierce had the hat trick as the 17th-ranked Muskie boys’ hockey team opened the all-Ontario championship with a 6-3 upset over the eighth-ranked St. Thomas More Knights (Hamilton) this morning. Brian White got the Muskies on the board first with a power-play goal 9:59 into the game, assisted by […]
