Parents with children entering senior kindergarten in the fall here still will have the option of enrolling them in French Immersion. The Northwest Catholic District School Board on Saturday voted to run the program this fall—even at the current enrolment of 15 students. “The board was very clear that it’s […]
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Gary Roberts’ two-point effort helped the Toronto Maple Leafs get back into first place. Roberts had a goal and an assist as the Maple Leafs moved into a tie for first place in the Northeast Division by rallying for a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers last night. Toronto is […]
On the other side of the world, these N.Y. Yankees looked lost. Former Blue Jay Jose Cruz Jr. hit a tying home run that sparked a comeback, Tino Martinez helped beat his former team with his 300th career homer, and the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays roughed up Mike Mussina […]
Oh, so close. After clawing back from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Borderland Thunder fell 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 there Saturday night to see their season come to an end. Dryden scored first when Jeff Poshtar (Tyler MacDonald/Tylor […]
Oh, so close. After clawing back from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Borderland Thunder fell 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 there Saturday night to see their season come to an end. Dryden scored first when Jeff Poshtar (Tyler MacDonald/Tylor […]
After seeing the commodity price for hydro capped at 4.3 cents per kilowatt hour last year, Fort Frances Power Corp. customers, as well as other hydro users across Ontario, will see their electricity prices go up starting Thursday. The rate for residential, small business, and designated consumers who are currently […]
After seeing the commodity price for hydro capped at 4.3 cents per kilowatt hour last year, Fort Frances Power Corp. customers, as well as other hydro users across Ontario, will see their electricity prices go up starting Thursday. The rate for residential, small business, and designated consumers who are currently […]
While rumours continue to swirl over the sale of the Voyageur Panel oriented strandboard plant in Barwick, the company said no deal has been confirmed yet. “There is not a new owner as of yet,” mill general manager Percy Champagne said late yesterday afternoon. “We have nothing to announce,” echoed […]
David Leskowski will win the Conservative party’s nomination for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding by acclamation after Christine Hogarth, treasurer of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, withdrew from the race. “Just a few days ago, she [Hogarth] advised our nomination committee that she would be stepping aside,” noted riding […]
A report released earlier this week by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund named the Abitibi-Consolidated pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances as one of the province’s “Dirty Dozen Polluters”—the worst violators of Ontario’s air and water pollution laws, according to the organization. The report, called “Cracking Down on Polluters,” […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden on Saturday night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here Thursday to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifthseeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders last night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2- 1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
