After being notified this week that La Verendrye hospital here will get more than $800,000 for a hemodialysis unit, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said it hopefully will be operational in the next six months. “It’s fantastic news for the residents,” Wayne Woods enthused Tuesday. “Those who […]
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In the world of horse showing, Donovan Taylor has just captured the highest honour a boy could win. Taylor and his horse, “Chicago,” walked away as champions in the Lead Line class at the World Wide Paint Horse Congress in Wichita, Kan. this past weekend. The top honour is one […]
While grade three and six students have been tested by the Education Quality and Accountability Office for several years now, 10th-graders across Ontario were tested on their reading and writing skills last week–marking the start of a new requirement for graduation. This year’s test won’t count toward graduation but it […]
A Minnesota lawyer is taking Boise Cascade to court to challenge the company’s decision to make the old bridge tickets obsolete in the wake of the new swipe cards. “I did it. I just thought it was very unfair that the bridge owners sold bridge tickets and refused to offer […]
“The world is dangerous place to live in not because of those who do evil but because of those who watch and let it happen.”–Albert Einstein. These words–written on the final slide in OPP Det. Sgt. Jim Van Allen’s presentation on school violence at the Civic Centre here Monday night–best […]
Besides eating, chatting with friends, and maybe doing a little homework during lunch hour Tuesday, some Fort High students were making a statement by making a promise. Called a “Contract for Life,” students were stopping by the foyer at the high school to sign it, and by doing so, making […]
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and with Hallowe’en fast approaching, the organizer of the annual “Scott Street Scare” is hoping to see lots of kids turn out this year. “In the first year I started the program, we had around 600 children downtown and the year after that we […]
Last night, the committee of the whole of council faced an unexpected bill of about $7,000 for the Lion’s Millennium Park fountain here.
Tax bills to town residents for the final instalment of the year 2000 are now in the mail. After numerous delays as the town and an outside contractor struggled to arrange municipal software to process the bills in compliance with provincial legislation, Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan told council […]
Four local residents headed over the border to run in the annual Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis over the weekend. Lorne Ricard ran the full marathon in a time of 3:22.00 to finish 585th out of 8,000 runners. “I go every year,” he enthused. His wife, Maureen, and son, Ricky, […]
Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams will face three teams in Thunder Bay this weekend for their first tournament action of the season. The squads are slated to play against St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora), as well as St. Ignatius and another team from Thunder Bay. “We are taking the entire junior […]
The Muskies resume NorWOSSA action tomorrow when they head up to Kenora to tackle the Beaver Brae Broncos. The black-and-gold are unbeaten in NorWOSSA action so far this season. The Muskies then will play next Tuesday (Oct. 17) in Dryden before wrapping up the regular season a week from Friday […]
