Steve Arpin went head-to-head with the best of the best on the ice oval at the Grand Prix de Valcourt in Quebec last weekend and he made the top 10. In his lone race Friday at the Yvon-Duhamel Race Track, Arpin took eighth in the Champ 440 (Eastern Pro Tour) […]
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Hard work, dedication, and a love of the sport is what keeps members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts in the pool day after day. And it was those characteristics that allowed the team to set 18 personal best times en route to a third-place finish overall at the NWO regional […]
While the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program has been taught in grade six classrooms across the district for several years, it soon will be extended to include 10th-graders. Groups such as the OPP, the School Violence Prevention Team, and the district Substance Abuse Program have worked at making the […]
Adopting the same school calendar as three other regional boards, the Northwest Catholic District School Board last night agreed to submit its draft of the 2001-02 calendar to the Ministry of Education. While proposed calendars don’t normally have to be submitted to the province before May, the one here must […]
Last Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17), relatives and friends gathered at the Emo Legion to celebrate the 55th wedding anniversary of longtime residents John (Jim) and Marcine James. The hall was decorated with two potted plants, at the guest table and registration area, and each table had a lit candle as […]
A three-year study to find out the viability of transferring adult walleye from Namakan Lake to Northwest Bay on Rainy Lake has found moving the fish to restock the population doesn’t work. “As an agency involved in the study, I can say we certainly won’t be pursuing the transfer of […]
Planning committees have been struck for Rainy River and Atikokan areas as preparations for the district to host the World Health Organization’s 11th International Conference on Safe Communities in 2002 gathers momentum. With the initial outline for the conference set by the program committee, the next step for organizers has […]
The town’s 2001 budget may face a severe burden if suggested provincial tax reforms go ahead. If the province implements Bill 140, a bill which will cap industrial, commercial, and multi-residential tax levels, and the reforms are retro-active to Jan. 1, 2001, town council will be forced to make severe […]
Some 23 Fort Frances Aquanauts took part in the NWO regional development meet last weekend and fared well against the competition. Their results were as follows: •Girls 10 and under 400m (freestyle)–Jessica Cousineau (6:30.60); •Girls 11-12 400m (freestyle)–Jennifer Hawley (6:22.61) and Alyssa Holliday (7:08.77); •Girls 10 and under 400m (I.M.)–Rachel […]
The 2001-02 Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP) is sporting about the same membership as last year despite seeing 10 percent of its former partners not coming on board again. SCIP co-ordinator Jeannette Cawston said she understood why 10 percent of previous members didn’t sign up. “Each year, you do have […]
It was a tough battle but the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team walked off the court at the Kenora Invitational Tournament last weekend as the champs. “We won it but it wasn’t easy,” enthused head coach Paul Noonan. “It was a great tournament.” The Muskies went up against the Thunder […]
If Paul Zachariasz ever thought he was nervous as he prepared to woo his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, it will be nothing compared to this year. Zachariasz and his girlfriend of four-and-a-half years will be marking this Valentine’s Day by tying the knot in a quiet mid-day ceremony here today. […]
