Just 24 hours after some of the players skated together in the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s all-star game here, the Borderland Thunder and Dryden Ice Dogs last night resumed what they do best: hate each other. The Thunder (23-8-8) won 3-1 up there on a night of rough play […]
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The ‘AA’ Atom tournament here this weekend has been circled on the calendars of the local Sunset Ford Country Mustangs for a long time. “All the parents have worked really hard organizing this,” Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig said. “We want to put on a really good show and want […]
The Rainy River District School Board unanimously approved “Intent to Close” motions for Alexander MacKenzie, Sixth Street, and Alberton Central schools on Tuesday night, and set dates for public meetings as the next step in the school closure process. Sixth Street parents will get the chance to voice their concerns […]
The cream of the Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League crop put in a strong showing at their inaugural all-star game here last night but in the end, it was too much Blizzard—too much of the time. The OCN Blizzard, three-time defending champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, jumped ahead […]
Land ambulance service in Ontario is changing—and Rainy River District will be especially affected. As of Jan. 1 of this year, volunteers basically need a college diploma, said Donna Dittaro, CAO of the District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB). “Volunteers with 20 years or more service have been told by […]
The school closure process will continue tonight as the Rainy River District School Board is expected to pass “Intent to Close” motions for three elementary schools. But while Alexander MacKenzie and Sixth Street School sub-committees both recommended closing their schools in favour of an expanded J.W. Walker, Alberton Central parents […]
Spectators attending the first-ever Superior International Junior Hockey League all-star game tonight can dig into some free burgers, pop, and hot chocolate beforehand at the Memorial Sports Centre lobby. The local M&M Meat Shops will be holding its second “tailgate” party of the season to help ring in the game. […]
The Northern Ontario Recycle Association board and the City of Dryden are scheduled to meet with a provincial rep tomorrow in Thunder Bay to discuss NORA’s financial woes. “We made an appeal to the government for some involvement,” NORA board chair Dennis Brown, who also is the mayor of Atikokan, […]
Spring could be popping up around town any day now as pots full of crocuses go on sale this week in support of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (Northwest District). Pots with five or six imported Dutch Crocus bulbs can be picked up at the Fort Frances Volunteer […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team couldn’t stay close for a third-straight game, coming out on the short end of an 8-1 score to the host Kenora Broncos on Friday night. The black-and-gold fell to 1-7-2 on the NorWOSSA season and lost ground on the Sioux Lookout Warriors (2-9-1) for the […]
Three days before the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s inaugural all-star game here, Kevin Webb put on an all-star worthy performance of his own. The Borderland Thunder forward scored four goals to lead his team to a 9-3 dumping of the Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves here yesterday afternoon. The Thunder […]
Last night’s Super Bowl wasn’t the only close finish of the weekend in New Orleans. Muskie Adam McTavish and his Canadian national football team were involved in one of the closest finishes at the Global Junior Cham-pionship VI there. Playing the United States in the final, Canada fought back from […]
