Entries are now being accepted for the second-annual Rick Pearson Memorial golf tournament which is slated for Monday, Aug. 2 at Kitchen Creek. The entry fee is $50 per person, which includes a round of golf, a steak dinner, and prizes. Each foursome also is required to collect at least […]
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While council still is expected to vote on an amended remuneration bylaw at its July 26 meeting, it was revealed at Monday night’s meeting that there’s not enough money in the 2004 budget to see their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary. The numbers were […]
The Fort Frances Public Library board is asking the town to consider property next to the arena as the site for a new library should one be built here down the road. While the library board initially aimed to see a new library built at the now vacant Alexander Mackenzie […]
The last team to leave the dock Saturday morning wound up taking first place in the fourth-annual “Castin’ For Cash” tournament at Lake Despair. First-time partners Greg Swire (Devlin) and Don Copenace (Nestor Falls) came in Saturday with a whopping weight of 14.08 pounds for their five bass, then added […]
Members of the Kenora OPP Marine Unit currently are searching for a missing boater in the Wiley Point area of Lake of the Woods. Shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, police were notified that a boat from an area lodge had been located running in circles. The operator of the […]
Some local MNR fire crews, who had been battling forest fires in British Columbia since late June, have returned home, with the rest expected back soon. Local MNR fire operations supervisor Marnie Brown said a group of 12 returned Sunday. “We still have eight staff out there. We expect them […]
Fort Frances OPP are investigating a single-vehicle accident that occurred here early Friday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m., the driver of a westbound pickup truck lost control of his vehicle, mounted the curb, and struck a hydro pole on the 100 block of Third Street West. The driver and his […]
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada announced yesterday it had reached a tentative deal with Abitibi-Consolidated at midnight Tuesday. The five-year agreement covers some 4,500 workers in Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland, and also is expected to serve as a pattern for talks affecting 30,000 pulp and paper workers […]
The theme was “Fun Galore in 2004” and it certainly lived up to the billing. The Municipality of La Vallee threw a party last weekend to mark 100 years of history and, in the process, may have made enough history for the next century. “Fantastic,” was how centennial committee member […]
With the fourth-annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby coming up this weekend on Lake Despair, I headed out Monday to try my luck with the fish. Granted, the weather wasn’t great—but if The Weather Network can be trusted, this weekend is supposed to be beautiful. Some 56 teams have signed […]
If you were looking for a quiet place to relax and recover from all the action on Canada Day, Emo was not the place to be last Friday night. On the other hand, if you just couldn’t get enough noise and smoke on Thursday, the Emo Fairgrounds offered a chance […]
The man stands six feet tall and pushes the scales at 225 pounds, he smokes close to a pack of cigarettes a day, a beer is fancied every so often, and he enjoys the taste of grease on his hotdogs and hamburgers. Not the normal credentials for an athlete, but […]
