The family of a teen who was stabbed to death here last July aren’t satisfied with the sentence given Monday to 21-year-old Tara George of Thunder Bay for her role in the killing. As first reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, George was sentenced to one-year probation, plus given a 10-year […]
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Nineteen skaters from the local Border Skate Club and 16 from the Emo Figure Skating Club competed in the annual Thunder Bay Open last weekend. EFSC skater Ashlee Nordstrom captured three first-place standings in her four singles events, while Dana Drennan, Taylor Latimer, and Kalene Krause each achieved two. “Considering […]
Poised on one knee, a wary curler grasped the stone’s handle, shut her eyes, and released it. The rock wobbled back and forth on its edge before grinding to a halt miles before the hog line. She opened her eyes just as it was cast aside. While this definitely wasn’t […]
Just as in the creation of most dream homes, financial reality has forced some changes in plans for the construction of the River Walk condominium project on Front Street. Buyers were to hear Wednesday afternoon how their suite in the 32-unit complex was altered to bring down the cost—and find […]
The Rainy River District School Board is considering offering continuing education courses for the general public in an effort to promote life-long learning and reach out to the community. The board discussed the idea at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting in Atikokan and supported moving ahead with it. “For a […]
Bob Bedggood, past president of the Christian Farmers’ Federation of Ontario, led a workshop for district farmers last Thursday in Emo to discuss the group’s future. CFFO executive members are touring the province to discuss their vision of the CFFO to educate, as well as get feedback to improve the […]
The district was well represented at a five-team grade seven/eight boys’ basketball tournament at St. Patrick’s (Atikokan) last Thursday, but the host team stood its ground. St. Pat’s dumped the Cross-roads Tornadoes (Devlin) 34-11 in the final to claim the title. The St. Francis Sentinels (Fort Fran-ces) beat Mine Centre […]
It was not a great end to Steve Arpin’s oval sledding season. The local first-year pro lost the lead in his World Snowmobiling Association circuit points race after running into problems during feature races at the finale event at the Raceplex in Beausejour, Man. “We generally had the fastest times […]
Four Aquanauts joined more than 1,000 of their fellow swimmers at the junior provincials in Brantford last week. This was the first time the Aquanauts have sent swimmers to this event. And while none made a national standard time, head coach Roman Ramirez said the experience was the key reason […]
About 100 people were on hand Friday night in Stratton to honour the accomplishments of the 73 district 4–H members over the past year. This year, the prestigious DeGagne Award—presented since 1960—went to Jay Neilson of Stratton, who accumulated the most points during the last three years in Beef Club […]
An official notice issued by the Northwestern Health Unit last week declaring second-hand smoke a “health hazard” has received mixed responses—or even outright defiance—from some municipalities in the Rainy River and Kenora districts. “At this point in time, we don’t plan on responding before the May 31 deadline,” Fort Frances […]
Should we stay or should we go? That’s the question area municipalities are pondering once again now that the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association is asking them who wants to stay on board in the search for another operator. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said that while the town has said it would […]
