If the Muskie girls’ soccer team wants to show NorWOSSA they are the class of the league, head coach Struchan Gilson said they’d better start at the exhibition tournament in Dryden this weekend. The black-and-gold open play Friday at 10:30 a.m. against the host Eagles and then play Rainy River […]
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The International Bridge and Terminal Company confirmed yesterday a toll booth on the U.S. side of the international bridge here will start collecting tolls for northbound traffic by the end of the month. The booth on the Canadian side will collect tolls from southbound vehicles but it is expected to […]
Residents in the new Corporation of the Municipality of Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls have little choice but to work with the changes implemented on their community. When Sioux Narrows council requested a provincial commission to resolve a restructuring stalemate, even it was surprised by the size of the area included […]
The Ontario budget unveiled yesterday at Queen’s Park by Finance minister Ernie Eves includes a number of contributions to enhance economic growth in Northern Ontario. “This new budget is great news for Northern Ontario–you could argue it’s the best ever,” Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak said in a […]
For the first time in the 60-year history of the Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival, adjudicators awarded Rose Bowls in all four categories, which were presented during the highlights concert Sunday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre. Taking home Rose Bowls were Allison Webber of Atikokan (Piano), Angela Barron […]
To the applause of many, the Rainy River District School Board approved an employee assistance program to help deal with workplace stress during its regular meeting here Tuesday night. The service, provided through the Behavioural Sciences Centre of St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay, will be implemented in September, […]
A “millennium bug” will be spreading reunion fever across town until July. Well, a yellow 1975 Volkswagen, that is. The “Bug” was unveiled outside Fort Frances High School last Thursday by the FFHS Millennium Reunion committee to promote the July 7-9 event. “The big purpose of the bug is to […]
Fort High principal Terry Ellwood will step up to take over the role of superintendent for the Rainy River District School Board on Aug. 28. The news came at last night’s board meeting here as trustee Gord McBride explained the appointment. “I think everyone knows [current assistant superintendent] Betty Ann […]
A chapter in Fort Frances history went into the books Saturday when Joe Danku of Joe’s Barber Shop closed up shop–ending a 38-year career. Although Danku is looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Norma, and grandchildren, as well as fishing trips and gardening, he’s also looking back […]
“I’m concerned about the watershed. I’m concerned about the creatures that live in it and the people who use it. I guess I see it as a living being–it’s all interconnected, interrelated.” The sentiments of Terry Kawulia, a local man who attended the inaugural ManOMin conference here last Friday and […]
The “Envirothon” competition is a relatively new event in Ontario, and this year Fort Frances High School’s team were crowned the Northwestern Ontario champs. The competition has only been held for five years and this year was the first time it was hosted by Fort Frances (it actually was held […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. is still waiting approval of its plans for renovations at the Emo hospital submitted in early April. “We’re hoping to get the letter from the ministry [of Long-Term Care] this week,” CEO Wayne Woods noted Tuesday. “Then we’ll be going out for tender as soon […]
