There’s little doubt conservation is crucial for the future of the tourism industry in the region following the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual fall meeting here Friday.
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The future looks a little rosier for the Rainy River Future Development Corp. Fort Frances council has put aside other applicants for the town’s economic development officer and is taking a closer look at what the RRFDC has to offer. “We asked them to alter their application and we’ll talk […]
A little over a week after its initial launch, the Fort Area Exchange has seen no intravenous drug users turn in their used needles for sterile new ones. “There’s been no use on our end of things,” said David Schwartz of Gagne Pharmacy here, one of the program’s four local […]
Organizers have been meeting here monthly to continue planning for the 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities, an initiative of the World Health Organization, which is being hosted by Rainy River District in May, 2002. The conference is expected to attract hundreds of delegates from around the world. “We’ve got […]
With the federal election candidates in Kenora-Rainy River riding continuing to debate how to fund health care and what to do with tax surpluses, the district’s agricultural community is feeling left out of the equation. Farmers here–and across the country–are simply being forgotten on all parties’ platforms, they say. “Right […]
After looking over the grade three and six testing results at its meeting here Tuesday night, the Northwest Catholic District School Board is aiming to improve scores in the areas of reading, writing, and math.
The new Kiniwazison Toy Lending Library at Seine River held its grand opening yesterday and organizer Bonnie Johnson has been very pleased with the community’s response to it so far. “I am a bit nervous about [Tuesday],” Johnson had admitted Monday. “The library has been open since August but Tuesday […]
It could have been a case of nerves, or perhaps a lack of experience, but the inaugural Muskie girls’ hockey team came out on the short end of a 2-0 score against the visiting Kenora Broncos in their home-opener last Friday night. Kenora scored early in the game on a […]
Kurtis Hill scored two first-period goals to help the Emo Rockets blank Emo OPP in recent Novice minor hockey action. Meanwhile, visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances) scored once in each period to squeak past the Emo Wings 3-2. Shane Beck, Nathan Calder, and Jordan Sinclair tallied for the winners […]
West End Motors took top honours in the ‘C’ division of a Tom Thumb (novice) hockey tournament in Kenora last weekend, beating the KFC Colonels 6-1 in the final. The Fort scored four times in the first period, then added two more in the second frame to seal the victory. […]
Both matches went down to the wire. And unfortunately for the Muskies, both ended with the black-and-gold having to settle for NorWOSSA silver medals last Thursday in Kenora. The seniors opened the best-of-five match against the host Broncos with a 25-22 win. Then after losing the second game 25-21, the […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team is hoping to strike gold again this weekend. The black-and-gold are squaring off against St. Ignatius here for the NWOSSAA crown this weekend–with a berth to the all-Ontarios in Chatham later this month at stake. The best-of-three showdown gets underway Friday at 2 p.m., […]
