“It was quite a trip!” That’s about all Ryan McInerney could say after returning home Sunday from “Le concours/festival d’art oratoire” at Glendon College of York University in Toronto. McInerney, a student in the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program, and Katie-Lynn Bondett, a St. Francis student, went to the annual event […]
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Although small and fuzzy, the forest tent caterpillar can become a real big problem–and the local Ministry of Natural Resources is expecting to see the insect menace rear its ugly head here very soon. Back in October, the MNR conducted egg-band counts in 72 areas across Northwestern Ontario, with results […]
After a presentation by the Northwestern Health Unit at Monday night’s regular meeting, town council agreed concerns over lack of funding for health programs must be brought to the province. Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer of health for the health unit, was here to address council’s qualms about […]
The Wieringa family inaugurated their new riding shed with a horse clinic Saturday and Sunday that attracted 16 horses and about 60 people who gathered for the opportunity to learn from a pro. Peter Frost, a world-renowned show horse trainer, left his Minnesota home to spend the weekend at the […]
The Fairway Store in Emo is closed for the time being to undergo renovations before it reopens under the Shop Easy franchise banner. Fairway, which was owned by Emo Reeve Brian Reid, officially was sold to the Loney family, owners of Cloverleaf Shop Easy Foods on Front Street, with the […]
The organizing committee of the sixth-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival, Northwestern Ontario’s pre-eminent pumpkin festival, is now planning the 2000 weigh-off. The festival again proved to be very popular in 1999, attracting many people from as far away as Thunder Bay to Hannam Park in Rainy River, where […]
Last Thursday evening (May 4), the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program presented an Easter concert, entitled “Amazing Grace,” to help raise money for their building. The target is June 30 to make the final payment. Mark Mast spoke on the progress SCAP has made in raising the necessary funds through various […]
Donald Young School students and staff held their annual Spring Tea and Concert in the school gym, performing before an enthused audience of friends and relatives. With spring in the air and an array of music presented, Jocelyn Matheson and Robert Galloway introduced each item on the program, which included […]
There’s no question the Muskie boys’ soccer team didn’t fare very well at an exhibition tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, finishing with a 0-3 record. The real test now is to get better. Much better. That certainly will be the Muskies’ objective at a NorWOSSA exhibition tourney in Dryden this […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League has joined the North American Fastball Association (NAFA), which would see the league winner move on to the ‘A’ World Series tournament in Fargo, N.D. in August. The move would be a first for the local league, and will serve as another option for […]
Some would call Dave Allison a genius. Others simply a pretty good hockey coach. Whatever the case, Allison once again has turned a young, expansion hockey team into a winner in just its first season. His latest project is the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League, and he […]
The Northwest Tae Kwon Do club attended Master Kang’s Can-Am Games at the University of Manitoba last saturday, bringing home several medals. Teams were competing from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota. Instructor ken Anderson said he hopes to have more students competing next year. The club attends two tournaments […]
