As if it wasn’t trying enough with the bitter cold last Friday, Jack and Angela Fiset of Devlin and their three children also faced the loss of their home and everything they owned in a fire that morning. The blaze also claimed the life of “Pumpkin,” their cat. The La […]
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The provincial government has served notice that truckers will be facing more stringent safety regulations shortly, with significant implications for log haulers in Rainy River District. The National Safety Code Standard 10 became law Jan. 1 for all commercial vehicles with a registered gross weight of more than 4,500 kg—and […]
Catholic secondary education was a topic of much debate at the regular monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board on Tuesday night. The board eventually defeated a motion by Dryden trustee John Borst to direct administration to meet with representatives of a group interested in making Catholic secondary […]
Recent changes in the route for sending freight between Rainy River District and Winnipeg via Greyhound/Grey Goose Bus Lines appear to be having little impact on local businesses so far. As of Jan. 1, Greyhound has been shipping the freight through Thunder Bay due to new regulations brought in by […]
The Township of Emo and the Emo Chamber of Commerce are looking for some big losers. The idea came about when a group of local business leaders were discussing over the holidays how people tend to be lethargic and sometimes depressed after the Christmas hoopla, which sometimes results in unwanted […]
At its first regular meeting of the new year tonight, the Northwest Catholic District School Board will review a report of the various activities going on in its school to help the victims of the recent tsunami in South Asia. According to the report, “teachers have discussed this tragedy with […]
Members of the Rainy River local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have voted unanimously to take strike action. One hundred percent of the teachers attending a meeting last night gave their union a mandate to take any and all action—including a full-withdrawal-of-services strike—to achieve their contract goals. […]
It will be a busy day for Muskie athletes against their Kenora counterparts. All four court teams are in Kenora this afternoon for their fifth game of the NorWOSSA season. The junior girls’ volleyball team sports the best record going into action today, sitting at 2-2. The junior boys’ basketball […]
If the proverbial brass monkey had been left outside Friday night in Cochenour, he surely would have had his tail frozen off. The temperature outside fell to minus-52, but inside the Cochenour arena, the Muskie boys’ hockey team heated up the scoreboard in their best performance of the season so […]
The Borderland Thunder went 2-1 over the weekend in Thunder Bay to boost their SIJHL record to 24-5-2 to remain in second place behind the Fort William First Nation North Stars. The Thunder won 6-2 over the struggling K&A Golden Hawks yesterday afternoon. Ryan Mayman started things off in the […]
The local Salvation Army is keeping its eyes on its goal of raising $10,000 or more for tsunami disaster relief in South Asia by the end of January. Capt. Angel Sandoval said Monday morning a two-day kettle drive on Friday and Saturday netted $1,900, bringing the total to $6,000. “But […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department was called to a blaze at an apartment building on the 200 block of Third Street West late Saturday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at 5:15 p.m. to find a garbage can on fire in the hallway of the building, Fire Chief Steve Richardson reported this morning. […]
