A sure sign spring is right around the corner is the Border Skating Club’s annual ice show. The ice show has become a major attraction in the Fort Frances area and one of the most entertaining spring events. This year’s extravaganza will be no exception. The club has continued its […]
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There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. While the individual talent undoubtedly was present, the lack of practice time which creates team unity definitely cost the Northwest Knights PeeWee ‘AAA’ team last weekend in Schreiber. Despite high expectations going in, the Knights—which featured 12 members of the local […]
Three games that went to extra ends were the story of the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton for Scott Gobeil and his Manitoba teammates. “If we’d have won those two extra-end games, we’d have made the playoffs,” Gobeil said of Manitoba’s 7-4 loss to Alberta and 9-8 setback […]
The Borderland Thunder staved off elimination last night with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs to force Game 6 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series here tomorrow night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Should the Thunder win that game, the […]
The fourth-ranked Muskies erased a three-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with the 13th-seeded Orangeville Bears this morning to open play at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship in London. Despite outshooting the Bears 7-5 in the first period, the black-and-gold found themselves trailing 2-0 at intermission. Orangeville then added […]
Every place has its characters and in the early days of La Vallee, Kate Ruttan was a figure known to everyone. Although she told very little regarding her life before she came to La Vallee, she did have one daughter who was a teacher as Kate had been. One distinctive […]
Former Thunder Bay mayor Ken Boshcoff won the Liberal nomination in the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding Sunday in a race that brought out an astonishing 80 percent of eligible voters. “I was, of course, very pleased,” Boshcoff said yesterday. “It’s very gratifying when people believe in you. That really […]
It is difficult to escape news reports about the declining population of Northwestern Ontario and how young people are moving away in droves. Last month, the Times ran a front-page story about the aging workforce in Rainy River District—and the potentially disastrous effects it could have on the local economy. […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has decided to temporarily fund a local social housing program until further discussions with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing next month. Originally run by the federal government, the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. was devolved to the province and […]
Following a start-up meeting with contractors, engineers, and hospital staff here Thursday, the $12.2-million Phase IV renovations at La Verendrye hospital should be underway next month. But the project isn’t going to be without its inconveniences to staff and patients alike, Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., […]
Among the hundreds of items on the proposed new user fee schedule before town council as part of the 2004 budget, one that will be an additional cost to all Fort Frances homeowners is the 23 percent jump in water and sewer rates, which will be retroactive to Jan. 1. […]
Town council agreed to the terms of reference for the Traffic Safety Committee, as well as an ad hoc sub-committee to address public transportation, at Monday night’s meeting. A follow-up to discussions at the March 10 council meeting, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown recommended the sub-committee: •consist of two […]
