The province’s best young athletes, including nine from this district, will meet in Guelph this week for the 2002 Ontario Winter Games. Five squash players—Steve Boileau (under-13), Steve Krag and Megan Canfield (under-17), and Richard Allan and Sarah Noonan (under-19)—make up the lion’s share of the Northwestern Ontario team, which […]
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With just one more league game left tomorrow, Gillons’ (91) holds a sizable lead over Scared Hitless (80.5) in the local women’s Thursday night volleyball league standings. Playoffs will be played March 21 and 28, with the final slated April 7 at 7 p.m. at the Fort High gym. Rounding […]
The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee tournament, co-ordinated by co-chairs Cindy Judson and Ellen Brigham, attracted 14 teams. In the ‘A’ event, the Nip-Rock Elks (Nipigon) faced the Kenora Sharks, both teams having emerged without a loss from round-robin play. After jumping out to a 2-1 lead […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 2001-02 edition of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was supposed to be rebuilding. But even after adapting to the lost of four starters from last season, the black-and-gold still found themselves on the brink of returning to the all-Ontarios at season’s end. “I couldn’t be prouder of these […]
Local MP Robert Nault, also the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, will be here Wednesday to host an information seminar with local businesses, town officials, and the public. The session, entitled “How to Build a Diversified Economy in Your Community and the Role of the Federal Government,” will […]
The 21-year-old woman charged with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of a local teen last July was sentenced to one-year probation here Monday afternoon after plea-bargaining her charge down to being a party to an assault with a weapon. Tara George of Thunder Bay also was given a […]
Protesters who occupied the band office at Rainy River First Nation for more than 24 hours last week are slated to meet tonight with council there to discuss housing for elder Genevieve McGinnis. Leona McGinnis, spokesperson for the protesters, said the four band councillors—Sam Bombay, Agnes Sadewasser, Kathy Meyers, and […]
Tender negotiations for the River Walk Condominium project on Front Street finally have been completed but officials can’t sign off on the bid until five more units are sold. After a month of negotiations, the Fort Frances Non-profit Housing Committee announced Monday it has finalized a deal with Winnipeg developer […]
