The Thunder Bay Queens, featuring local player Sarah Barton, earned a silver medal in women’s hockey at the Ontario Winter Games in London last weekend. The Queens, who played two exhibition games here last month, represented Northwestern Ontario at the Games. “Sarah did good,” said her dad, Clint, who went […]
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The Scott Gobeil rink was 3-3 heading into play today at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton. The rink, representing Manitoba, was scheduled to play British Columbia this morning and then New Brunswick this afternoon. The bonspiel started Sunday and will wrap up Saturday. Gobeil, a local OPP […]
The Muskie cheerleaders won’t be participating in the provincial championship next month in Mississauga after all. Since placing first in the large (20+ members) all-girl event at the regional showdown in Thunder Bay late last month, the black-and-gold have lost three team members, making it to difficult to redesign their […]
Local players Megan Canfield, 18, and Steven Boileau, 14, helped Northwestern Ontario finish seventh in the squash competition at the Ontario Winter Games in London last weekend. The team had been ranked sixth out of eight heading into the Games, where scores were based on all eight-team members (i.e., one […]
There still was some Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association action at the Emo Arena this past week. In the PeeWee division, the Thunderbolts did not fare well, losing three of four games. The Emo Cobras got three first-period tallies and one more in the second en route to a 4-1 win […]
A dozen members of the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ squad have joined three players from Kenora and another two from Red Lake to compete in the regional playoffs this weekend in Schreiber. The team, which also includes Knights coach Don McCool on its coaching staff, will […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is spending their March Break preparing for battle. The squad leaves Sunday for London, where they will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening action at the all-Ontarios next Wednesday at 7:30 (CST) versus the Orangeville Bears. The black-and-gold—seeded fourth overall—will play in Pool ‘D.’ After […]
Changes announced by the province Monday that will give municipalities more flexibility in spreading tax increases more evenly across the various business and residential property classes may not make much of a difference here, some town councillors said. “[Treasurer] Peggy [Dupuis] is working really hard right now to understand the […]
A contract with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., and reviews of the provision of day care and Fire and Rescue Services here, are just a few of the weighty issues before council as it works on the 2004 budget, it was revealed at a public meeting Monday night. But […]
Gary Rogozinski, first vice-president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, urged town council Monday night to be sure to include in its 2004 budget a contract renewal with the Rainy River Future Development Corp. “The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, as spokesperson for close to 200 businesses in the […]
Whether it was regarding possible cuts to services, higher user fees, or ideas on how the town got into its current financial deficit, there was no shortage of feedback at a public meeting Monday night at the Civic Centre. < *c>Fire, Rescue Services An ongoing comprehensive review of Fire and […]
The lawyer for a Fort Frances man convicted of killing his parents almost eight years ago filed an appeal last week for a new trial, saying he still believes Jamie Perlett to be innocent. “I am more certain today than I ever was,” Dan Brodsky said late Friday. “The appeal […]
