The Senate passed a bill yesterday which set April 1 as the date when the Kenora-Rainy River federal riding officially will be severed. Kenora will become its own riding while Rainy River will be joined with the former Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding to form Thunder Bay-Rainy River. Electoral boundaries are re-evaluated […]
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One candidate has stepped forward to vie for the Conservative nomination in the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding, but people can expect at least one more—and possibly two—throw their hats into the ring by the end of this week. “We will have a contested nomination,” riding association president Richard Neumann […]
Depending on what the Administration and Finance executive committee recommends to council down the road, Fort Frances might see its flora recognized and ranked as part of the national “Communities In Bloom” program. Mayor Dan Onichuk brought the matter before council Monday night after he recently was approached by the […]
Last weekend Winnipeg, this weekend London for local gymnastics coach Mirela Bica. Bica travelled to Winnipeg with three Visserettes who competed in the 2004 Premier Flight 4 event as part of their qualifiers for then provincials. Then tomorrow, she’ll head off to London to be a judge for the Ontario […]
The Muskie cheerleaders practised Tuesday evening while their coaches and parents held a meeting. The squad earned a berth to the provincial championships back on Feb. 29 but now has to come up with the money to send all 21 of them and their coaches to Mississauga at the end […]
Costly turnovers and bad shooting by the Muskies helped the Port Arthur Collegiate Redmen (Thunder Bay) sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA boys’ basketball final here last weekend. The Muskies dropped the opener 57-39 on Friday evening, then fell 70-42 in the second game Saturday morning to allow the Redmen to advance […]
After experiencing the thrill of capturing the girls’ and boys’ NorWOSSA curling titles in Kenora last month, both Muskie rinks suffered disappointment at NWOSSAA last week in Thunder Bay. “The girls achieved their goal to make it to NWOSSAA,” said coach Tom Fry. “They boys were somewhat disappointed, they wanted […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team has two weeks to plan and prepare before their trip to the all-Ontarios on March 24-27 in London. The black-and-gold earned a berth at OFSAA after sweeping the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final last weekend—winning the opener 2-1 here Friday and then taking […]
The fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championships will take place on Sand Bay in front of Rusty Myers Flying Service this Saturday and Sunday (March 13-14). “It’s one of the larger events in the youth snowmobile racing market,” noted Al Boivin, who is organizing the event. Competitors are youngsters aged four-12 […]
This year’s “Curl for Cancer” here Saturday raised almost $16,000 for cancer research. The day-long event included curling, a dinner, and social. The 24 rinks involved raised $15,862—the majority from pledges alone. The total is up by more than $1,500 from last year. All the money will be donated to […]
District resident Austin Zin competed in two individual events and a pair of team ones at the National Cadets Biathlon Championship on March 1-6 at Valcartier, Que. He was one of 138 cadets participating in the biathlon showdown. In the senior boys’ six-km sprint, Zin placed 29th in the field […]
Emo Reeve Russ Fortier has extended an invitation to Prime Minister Paul Martin to drop in for a coffee shop chat before he calls an election widely expected by this spring. At its regular meeting March 4, Reeve Fortier asked council for permission to draft a letter inviting Martin to […]
