Citing an increasing debt, the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association has decided to raise its service fee from $10 per capita to $17, effective Jan. 1. “We regret to do that but we had to,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, who also is the mayor of Atikokan. “The market is down. […]
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The Borderland Thunder are relishing a three-week break between action after an up-and-down stretch of 27 games to start their inaugural Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League season. “It’ll be a welcome break, especially after we’ve played 27 games in this four-month stretch,” said Thunder defenceman Jay Phillips. “After that, we’ll […]
“Hockey Day in Canada” definitely will air Jan. 5 on CBC but it still isn’t clear Thursday whether Fort Frances would be part of the broadcast. The broadcast had been threatened by a technicians’ strike at CBC, but a tentative deal reached last Friday afternoon appears to have saved the […]
The head coach of the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball doesn’t know which is worse—the fact his defending NWOSSAA championship team had started 0-3 or that he predicted it. “I think I was quite accurate,” Rick Wiedenhoeft said. “I’ve got a very green team. Very few of them have played at […]
The Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club is on the right track to develop three trail systems—at Eighth Street, Rocky Inlet Road, and Reef Point Road—thanks to recent public, municipal, and possible provincial support. “The support has been excellent,” said vice-president Dr. Pierre Mikhail, noting the club has just over 60 […]
An Atikokan man wants people across the district to grab their snowmachines and support children with special needs. Dave Beauregard is organizing the 24th-annual “Snow-A-Rama,” a 120-km ride slated for Saturday, Jan. 26 in support of the Easter Seal Society. The event always has been a huge success in Atikokan […]
Emcee Kaleb Firth gave a warm welcome to family and friends as he welcomed everyone to the sounds of Christmas music praising and celebrating the birth of Jesus at the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program. The opening carol sung was “Angels from the Realms of Glory” by the audience. The musical […]
Christmas season is upon us. It is a reminder of how quickly time passes. It also is an opportunity to stop and reflect on what has happened this past year—and to look ahead with a positive attitude. For livestock producers and all farmers, 2001 has been challenging. The first cut […]
Last Sunday afternoon at the Christian Reformed Church, 35 of Renee Martin’s students presented a recital, showing to their parents the progress they’ve made. Martin accompanied the soloists before about 200 people in the audience, and all enjoyed every minute of the program. At the conclusion of the recital, the […]
Donald Young School’s annual Christmas concert proved to be another excellent evening of entertainment—and that the spirit of Christmas is alive and well there. Teagan Kaemingh and Gordy Matheson emceed the presentation with full colour. Vicki Loney’s junior kindergarten students, accompanied by grades six/seven and pianist Jennifer Shaw, impressed the […]
What were the biggest stories of the year? It’s a question reporters like to ask themselves at the end of every year. It was an especially interesting question for me as I’ve been in town a mere month. A babe in the woods, or the district, as it were. Sept. […]
The Canadian economy may be in a recession but local merchants reported shoppers were out in force here this Christmas buying big-ticket items such as jewellery, DVD players, and big screen TVs for under the tree. “It’s been super. People are in a good mood and not letting Sept. 11 […]
