Little Alicia Delbridge appears to have taken a significant step towards recovery as she battles a rare heart ailment, says her family who is with her in a Calgary hospital. Her father, Cory, the assistant manager at Canada Safeway here, has informed friends here that the breathing tube that’s been […]
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It’s almost back-to-school time again and with that in mind, the local Xi Tau chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority made a special donation to the Atikokan Crisis Centre this week. The chapter donated 10 backpacks full of school supplies to the crisis centre for the children of women […]
Roughly 3,600 Hydro One customers in Rainy River District had their power interrupted Wednesday afternoon due to strong northwest winds and heavy rain caused by a passing cold front, Hydro One reported. “It was all caused by the storm that hit the northwest [Wednesday] afternoon. When you get winds of […]
Even a hat trick by Lindsay Roy of Curves couldn’t prevent Taggs from doing something that most people didn’t think they could do. And that was win the women’s Borderland Soccer League crown. “It’s pretty disappointing and it’s pretty unfortunate,” Roy lamented about her team’s 4-3 loss to Taggs in […]
Deru kugi wa utareru. Translated from Japanese, the above means “sticking out nail—be hammered.” And for Jordan Davis and Michael McCaig, it’s a perfect description for what they and their Manitoba Polar Ice teammates did in Sapporo, Japan. The ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey team from Winnipeg competed in the Sapporo International […]
What Vijay Singh was to the PGA Championship, Gerry Hercun was to the Kitchen Creek Classic. The Classic, which attracted 102 golfers on Saturday and Sunday, may not be of the same calibre as the PGA Championship, but don’t tell that to Hercun as his win was the first in […]
Yes, the 28th rendition of the summer Olympics is underway, but no, one of the world’s fastest-growing sports—wakeboarding—will not be seen in Athens. But it was seen here Saturday as former resident Tressa Main and her team of wakeboarders, the “Freeriders” along with “Hangtime,” organized the town’s first-ever wakeboarding clinic. […]
With construction on King’s Highway here set to begin Monday, Bay City Contractors Inc. of Thunder Bay last week assured the public that every effort is being made to minimize any inconvenience. Still, local business owners have mixed reactions. “It’s hard to say. It doesn’t help in the short term, […]
A new office of the Nature Conservancy of Canada officially opened here Monday, making history as the first time in the NCC’s existence that a second office has been opened in the same province. The official opening was held at the new office on Scott Street, attended by Rainy River […]
Girls and young women in the Fort Frances area are invited to participate in the first-ever Girl Power Camp at the UMAYC here next week. Organizers have been working on setting up the camp over the last several months and are excited to be offering the program to girls aged […]
Ed Katona is no stranger to fundraising. As the tax collector for the Town of Fort Frances, Katona has a great deal of experience in raising money, but next month, he’ll be doing it in a different way—and for a different cause. On Sept. 19, Katona will head to Duluth, […]
After receiving notice last month it will be getting $50,000 from the Moffat Family Fund this year, the local committee now is looking for some ideas as to how to divvy up the money. But those individuals and groups that have ideas as to how that money should be used […]
