With this week’s weather definitely not very winter-like, especially for early January, the owner of the Little Beaver Snow Park here hopes it will open in some capacity before long. “We’re looking at doing something at a marginal level very soon,” Bob Hamilton noted Monday, referring to possibly opening the […]
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The so-called “practice firm” project at Confederation College here, which will see local participants running a virtual company, still is looking for the last few participants to get it off the ground. “We’re still trying to get enough interest to launch the project,” campus manager Don Lovisa said Monday. “We […]
The Northwest Recycling Association is awaiting a finalized request for proposals in hopes of finding a company to take over its recycling services before the end of the month. “We’re hopeful we can have something to look at by the end of the week,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, who […]
Following an operational review report released in November, and a dwindling budget, the Northwestern Health Unit is being forced to look at reducing programs in 2002, CEO and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pete Sarsfield said Monday. “We have to keep on doing many things within our budget. And as a […]
Added interest in the River Walk Condominium project here caused the deadline for construction bids to be pushed back a week, but owners still can expect to be able to move into their new homes Oct. 1. “We’ve had a good response from the construction industry,” Fort Frances CAO Bill […]
Local hunting and fishing advocate Jack Hedman has become the first Northwestern Ontario member of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters to be elected as a provincial director-at-large. Hedman, a retired school teacher, was one of seven OFAH members vying for the five director-at-large seats. He got a phone […]
School closures, improving literacy levels, recruiting staff, and keeping under-funded programs afloat are just some of the issues local school boards will have to grapple with in 2002. But both education directors with the Rainy River District School Board and the Northwest Catholic School Board say they’re prepared to tackle […]
Steven Boileau (boys’ under 13), Steve Krag and Megan Canfield (under 17), and Richard Allan and Sarah Noonan (under 19) all will represent Northwestern Ontario at the Games coming up March 14-15 in Guelph. Three of the five also are ranked provincially by Squash Ontario. Noonan is ninth, Richard Allan […]
For the first time in almost to three years, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team lost a NorWOSSA regular-season game. It happened here yesterday afternoon when the Dryden Eagles battled back from an early deficit to soar past the black-and-gold 51-44. “We just didn’t adjust well to what they threw […]
Despite the temporary addition of three Tagg’s Bantam ‘AA’ players in their lineup, the Muskie boys’ hockey team dropped a 5-1 exhibition game to the Baudette Bears here last night. Tagg’s centre Jamie Davis netted the black-and-gold’s lone goal off a drive from the face-off circle in the second period […]
Fort Frances made a solid impression at an Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament in Dryden last weekend, with the ‘A’ final being an all-local affair. The Fireman Flames wound up beating Gillons’ 3-1 to claim the crown by going 6-0. Faron Morrisseau and Irv Lockman led the team with seven points […]
Third time may be the charm for Bryan Bonot’s Stratton rink to finally grab top honours at the Northern Ontario senior men’s playdowns, which get underway tomorrow in North Bay. Perhaps, but you wouldn’t know it by asking the 53-year-old skip, who, in his usual best deadpan voice, isn’t letting […]
