Ten youths from Rainy River District who took part in the Northwestern Ontario Schools Chess Championship finals in Thunder Bay last weekend have qualified to attend the provincial showdown in Toronto next spring. Those who garnered the opportunity to go to the provincials included locals Justin Sanders (Fort High), Josh […]
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“He’s strapped to my hip,” Ray Engelbertink, owner of Canadian Tire here, said yesterday morning of his close association with his newest companion–a teddy bear he must carry with him everywhere and administer insulin shots to twice daily for a week. Engelbertink was among 11 local participants who yesterday took […]
After two months preparing for the big night, the curtain rises on the Fort Frances High School musical revue tonight. The revue, entitled “TV Tunes,” runs tonight until Friday at 8 p.m. in the Townshend Theatre. And John Dutton, one of the musical directors, has been very pleased with the […]
In a close vote Monday night, “Memorial Centre” eked out “’52 Canadians Centre” as the name for the town’s skating, pool, and fitness complex on Gillon Avenue. The straw vote taken in the committee of the whole meeting was 4-2 after reviewing the list of 11 names suggested by the […]
Last Thursday’s throne speech is “very good news” for Northern Ontario, the minister of Northern Development and Mines told the Times last week. With a proposed 20 percent reduction in income tax and a further 20 percent cut to the provincial portion of residential taxes, Tim Hudak added northerners will […]
Mine Centre School tried to blend the surrounding communities into its curriculum during Native Culture Week, which kicked off there last Monday. Students from kindergarten to grade eight went on field trips to Seine River and Nicickousemenecaning First Nations, taking part in fish filleting demonstrations, games of lacrosse, and workshops […]
It was the first of its kind held in the district in a decade but those at Saturday’s “Top of the Line” cattle sale in Stratton seemed to be quite pleased with its return. Only five out of 30 lots were passed out of the ring, with several consigners finding […]
Proposed renovations at La Verendrye hospital here and at the Emo Health Centre got a $4.7-million boost from the provincial government Monday and that has a lot of people smiling. “Certainly, we’re delighted to hear the good news,” said Wayne Woods, chief executive officer of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. […]
In Atom action, the Emo Selects were back on the winning trail after blowing out visiting Causeway (Fort Frances) 14-1. Eric Soucy led the Selects’ attack with four goals while Beis Strachan and Ryan Witherspoon each had hat tricks. Brian Wayash (two), Matt Badiuk, and Nathan Brigham rounded out the […]
They say the best offence is a good defence, and that’s propelled the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team to a perfect 5-0 record in NorWOSSA action so far this season. The squad’s latest win was a convincing 47-17 shellacking over Dryden here yesterday afternoon. Their new trap press bottled up […]
With the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team showing a strong ability to handle the more simplistic defensive systems in the early going of the season, head coach Gord McCabe decided to make a change. He elected to go with a new 1-2-2 zone press–much more complicated than most junior teams […]
Fresh off a solid second-place finish at a tournament in Atikokan over the weekend, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team continued its winning ways yesterday afternoon with a victory over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here. The Muskies had little trouble beating the Eagles, decimated by the loss of […]
