The youngsters of Pikangikum First Nation say they will be joining forces once again to build two drop-in centres in their Northern Ontario community. About 150 young people from the reserve banded together and earlier this week completed a three-week, 600-km march from the reserve to the Manitoba legislature. Their […]
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Last night marked the opening of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs, with Sight and Sound (Fort Frances) falling 8-3 to the defending champion Emo Bulldogs. Bulldog veterans Shane Bliss and Don Copenace set the tone early, each belting home runs in the early innings to give Emo a […]
The annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open tomorrow should be an interesting 18 holes as defending champ Christin Thomson faces a handful of contenders looking to snap her two-year reign. While Thomson, who fired a nine-over par 81 to win last year, has been looking to improve her game in out-of-town […]
A working group met at 11 a.m. today to discuss the first results of tests on the effluent that flooded several north-end backyards last week. The group, which included representatives from the town, Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Moncrief Construction, the Northwestern Health Unit, the Ministry of the Environment, insurers, adjusters, and residents, […]
Some positive lab tests have come back indicating the water at Pither’s Point beach is now safe but local health officials will hold off on opening it to swimmers until more tests come back just to be certain. “We got back results from Friday and they were all right and […]
It will be at least another day before laboratory tests of the effluent leak that covered some residents’ lawns in the north end of town last week produce results. Although some soil test results were sent back to the Ministry of the Environment on Thursday, the bulk of them are […]
The board of directors of the inaugural Superior International Junior Hockey League and representatives from the seven teams nixed the idea of putting a two-fight rule into effect this season, citing costs and reputation as the major reasons. Instead, players automatically will be ejected from games after one fight. The […]
Even though Christin Thomson’s fourth and final trip to the Canadian Junior National girls’ golf tournament last week saw her on the outside looking in, she’s happy to have competed with the best in the country. The Fort Frances native, 18, carded a three-round total of 252 (87-84-81) to finish […]
Oliver and Jason Gibbons of Sleeman earned top honours–and the $20,000 first prize–with a 44.17-pound total weight at the annual Kenora Bass International derby on Lake of the Woods last weekend. They posted catches of 11.76, 16.98, and 15.43 pounds–the latter two “big catches” of the day (each worth $750). […]
Two local teams emerged victorious last weekend in the annual Borderland “Ball Blast” soccer tournaments at St. Francis Sportsfield. The women’s final Sunday afternoon went to penalty shots after a 10-minute sudden death overtime failed to break a 1-1 tie, with Investors prevailing 3-1 over Gillons’ (also from Fort Frances). […]
If last year was any indication, it was that the annual Kitchen Creek Classic last weekend once again would come down to a battle between two-time defending champ Aaron Loken and local standout Greg Ward. That’s exactly what happened–and once again it was Loken who prevailed by one stroke. For […]
A number of north-end residents remain confused and frustrated as contradictory information flows in about what exactly was in the mill effluent that flooded their backyards last Thursday morning. Residents who own homes on the south side of Eighth Street between Walker and Cornwall Avenues met Tuesday night to compare […]
