Construction of a new recreation facility at Couchiching is into its third month, with opening day plans right on schedule, band officials said. Officially named the Couchiching First Nation Recreation Centre, the two-floor, 16,000 sq. ft. building will sit across Highway 71 from the C C Complex. It is slated […]
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Four junior players from the Sunset Country Squash Club will see their first tournament action of the season this weekend at the Western Canadian Open in Winnipeg. Megan Canfield, Steven Krag, and Richard and Drew Allan have been putting in their time at the Memorial Sports Centre squash courts for […]
Finance minister Jim Flaherty yesterday announced the Ontario government is on track to balance this year’s budget—despite recent economic pressures—but that tough choices will need to be made in the future. “This government will not surrender the hard-won gains that have restored Ontario to prosperity,” said Flaherty. “I want to […]
The Pinewood skyline changed dramatically last week when the steeple on Our Lady of the Way Church was removed. The steeple had been struck by lightning Aug. 14, and could have caused the complete destruction of the church had the fire departments of Pinewood, Stratton, and Rainy River not been […]
Fresh off last week’s announcement that Fort Frances will be one of the sites for CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” telecast Jan. 5, the local minor hockey association will be discussing preparation plans. FFMHA president Lynn Kellar said the board meeting Nov. 12 will include talks to organize a “jamboree” […]
Emo and area residents have been invited to visit the new dental centre there and meet the new dentist during an open house next Friday (Nov. 9). “You’re going to get lots of food and lots of prizes, and you’re going to get tours of the new office,” noted Patty […]
For a team that got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the football Muskies are content with the season that was. “[The coaching staff] told them they played a heck of a game,” said Muskie ‘A’ head coach Bob Swing on the mood in his team’s locker room […]
Liniment league players will suit up at the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend for the first-annual Mark Hopkins Memorial hockey tournament. Twelve teams will take to the “Ice for Kids” and “52 Canadians” arenas starting Friday at 7 p.m., with play continuing until the finals Sunday afternoon. Squads from […]
Northwestern Health Unit staff and municipal councils across the region will get the results of its much anticipated operational review starting this week. The review, done at the request of municipal governments across the northwest to determine whether the health unit has been operated efficiently, will be revealed to its […]
The Muskies’ first season in the Winnipeg High School Football League ended in the quarter-finals Friday, falling to the Churchill Bulldogs 21-14 at Canad Inns Stadium. Down 7-0 at the half, the Muskies (4-4) battled back to take the lead 14-7 early in the third quarter after running back Jock […]
The 22-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of local 16-year-old male is slated to appear in court here next Monday. Joseph Francis Terriault was arrested and charged July 31, after Nathan Edward Macdonald was found severely wounded around 3 a.m. in the backyard of […]
While ghouls and ghosts will be a common sight on the streets Wednesday evening, “Operation Pumpkin” once again will be on the lookout for the real monsters—vandals and thieves—on “Gate Night.” “‘Operation Pumpkin’ is where members of the police and volunteers from the community work together to keep an eye […]
