Following a successful comeback after a four-year absence last year, the Rainy Lake Multicultural Association is planning Culturama again this summer during “Fun in the Sun” celebrations. Slated for June 30 at the Memorial Sport Centre, co-organizer Bev Kotnik said the event once again will be a one-day affair. “It […]
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With potholes, shifting, and cracks, road construction and repairs continue to plague town council’s agenda. “I would question the wisdom of taking money out of one project and putting it into frost tapering,” noted Mayor Glenn Witherspoon as the committee of the whole debated what should be priorized in repairing […]
With dozens of forest fires ravaging northern Alberta, local Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters were deployed there Sunday to help fight the raging blazes. Crew leaders Dave Wickstrom and Shawn Corrigan, and crew members George Harrison, Rod Stamarski, Bob Botsford, Amy Welsh, Brian Mackintosh, and Seth Wing joined about 90 […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer season came to an end here Saturday with a 3-2 loss to St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay) in the deciding game of the NWOSSAA tournament. The black-and-gold finished in second place with a 1-1 record, having blanked the Manitouwadge Wolverines 5-0 earlier Saturday. Meanwhile, the Saints went […]
Rainy Lake is still rising and Monday at 338.09 m (1,109.21 ft.), it’s now likely to pass the 1996 high of 338.1 m (1,109.25 ft.). Monday morning’s lake level is an increase of 3.5 cm (1.4 in.) since yesterday, with in-flows to the lake still very high from the weekend’s […]
The teams are set for Saturday’s NWOSSAA girls’ soccer tournament here. The only thing left to do now is throw the ball into play. St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay) will join the host NorWOSSA champion Muskies and NSSSAA champion Manitouwadge Wolverines in the three-team showdown with a berth at the all-Ontarios […]
The Abitibi-Consolidated mill here is building berms, and the Boise Cascade mill in International Falls has shut down its hydro plant, as the lower Rainy River continues to rise. “At the paper mill, we had to shut down number seven paper machine on Wednesday because of the sewer in the […]
With the deadline to enter coming up next Thursday, organizers are hoping for at least two more contestants for this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant. With the lack of contestants being the only missing piece in making the pageant a reality, co-organizer Rachel Thiessen stressed there’s many incentives […]
Nineteen students will have their big moment Thursday as Confederation College here holds its graduation ceremony at 5 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. The grads represent a good range of the programs the college offers, campus manager Don Lovisa said Thursday morning. “We have five classes graduating this year–early childhood […]
The town’s official centennial celebration may not be until April 11, 2003 but a contest to get a logo and slogan for the event is now underway. “We want a slogan and logo to really start promoting this thing,” centennial committee member Pam Hawley said Thursday. “It’s going to be […]
This week’s rainfall could hamper the grounds of some key sports events this weekend. And while today’s weather was sunny, rain in the forecast for tonight through Sunday morning could threaten golf tournaments planned Sunday (Memorial) and Monday (law enforcement) at Kitchen Creek. “We’ve opened nine holes today,” associate club […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton is asking the minister of Northern Development and Mines to become actively involved in finding a positive and successful resolution to the problems at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill in Kenora. Hampton had met with Dan Newman a week ago to raise the issues […]
