A local under-16 boys’ soccer squad made the trip to the Children’s Hospital Tournament, which attracted more than 150 teams at Bloomberg Fields in Winnipeg last weekend. Nicknamed the “Rage,” they lost their opening match 5-0 to then defending champions from Charleswood and then were downed 3-0 by Assiniboia West. […]
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Students at Mine Centre School are winding up the year with lots of fun! With the last day of school coming up next Wednesday (June 20), students are busy this week. On Monday, the grade one/two class headed to the stables at NORTRA for the experience of horseback riding. Yesterday, […]
Put two mill workers, a construction worker, and an Internet provider on stage in a local bar with instruments, surround them with crowds, and what do you get? The Poor Boys. The group, which officially formed in 1995 as Willie and the Poor Boys, has made a name for itself […]
The Rainy River District School Board revealed its principal and vice-principal placements for 2001-02 at last night’s special meeting here. At Fort Frances High School, Ian Simpson will remain principal, with Mary Hickling and Gord McCabe staying on as vice-principals. At Rainy River High School, Bob McGreevy will take the […]
The glory of early summer is here: sunshine, fresh greens, mosquitoes, blackflies, army worms, moose and turtles on the roads, wild flowers in profusion. Yesterday I watched four different beautiful butterflies sipping the nectar of pincherry blossoms. On our shoreline, a flock of Canada geese rested for the day from […]
Last Saturday at the Emo Speedway made up for the freezing temperatures of the previous week. Beautiful skies, with a warm breeze, kept the fans sweet but probably had no effect on the disposition of the drivers. Frustration is the only thing that Mini-Sprint Kyle Ridlon (#15) must have felt […]
Registration for summer programs began last Thursday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The programs, which begin at various dates starting in late June, include camping, hiking, swimming, skating, and various sports clinics. Interested parents can register during the centre’s office hours any time until the programs fill up. “It’s on […]
So far, it’s been a tough year for the Emo Research Station as the growing season has gotten off to a slow start. “We’re so far behind because of the wet, our stuff is late,” station manager Kim-Jo Calder noted. With several crops just beginning to take hold, weeks later […]
Ontario’s registered practical nurses are not being used to the best of their abilities, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions argued here Monday. The OCHU claims that if the province’s RPNs are allowed to put all of their training to use, the apparent nursing shortage and hospital funding crisis will […]
Cattle grubs are an ever-present livestock pest, despite some evidence to the contrary, concluded a long-term study of Alberta cattle conducted by Dr. Doug Colwell, a livestock parasite researcher at the Lethbridge Research Centre. Dr. Colwell’s results are contrary to other recent studies in Alberta, which found little evidence of […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board recognized three retirees–including local couple Keith and Mariette McRae–at a dinner last Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. After meeting through mutual friends Harold and Linda Huntley (nee Pennarun) back in the late ’60s, the two have been working together to become familiar faces […]
Grade eight students at St. Francis School here were given a unique opportunity for their class trip when they travelled to Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba last week for a three-day covered wagon tour and wilderness camping trip. The 29 students and their chaperones were dropped off at the […]
