Here is a list of the Aquanaut swimmers and their times from the Crocus Classic Invitational meet at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg last week (all times transferred to short course). The Aquanauts won the small-team award for having the most combined points for a club with 15 or […]
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Susie Aikenhead of Rainy River overcame an opening loss at the NWOSSAA badminton championships in Thunder Bay yesterday to claim top spot in the senior girls’ division with a 4-1 record and a berth at the all-Ontario championships in Sudbury next month. “My first game at every tournament I played […]
Two years of racing on the MN North Sno-cross circuit. And two overall championships for local racer Johnny Lundon. For the second year in a row, Lundon dominated the awards banquet in Hibbing, Mn. on Saturday, winning three second-place trophies and bringing home the overall points title over Minnesota’s Cory […]
Steve Arpin has signed a one-year contract with Polaris that will see the 16-year-old Fort Frances racer represent the company at such snowmobile races as the World Championships in Eagle River, Wis. and another top one in Val Court, Que. “I expected a contract from Polaris, and it happened,” his […]
Agreeing to disagree. That’s what came out of recent talks between the tourism and forestry sectors on so-called Resource Stewardship Agreements, which were discussed at length last Thursday at the annual spring meeting of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association in Morson. Gary Beardsley, of the Northern Ontario Tourism Organization […]
During their annual luncheon at the Rainy Lake Hotel last Friday, the Business Improvement Association agreed to continue to endorse and contribute to a number of initiatives aimed at attracting tourists and entrepreneurs to Fort Frances. “I was there to see they are very interested to make an effort to […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will focus on improving grade three/six test scores in reading and writing during annual testing, but not necessarily mathematics, after trustees approved it at last night’s meeting here. While curriculum co-ordinator Ron Fryer described reading and writing as the “meat and potatoes” of the […]
Here are the results from the first two days of the annual Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival: < *c>Monday, April 17 < *c>9 a.m. •Contemporaray Ballad in Sacred Song Style for 10 and under–1. Kayla Lauzon (“Angels in the Night”) 2. Melissa Friesen and Annelise Hawrylak •Traditional Folk […]
As Dorothy said in The Wizard of Oz–“There’s no place like home.” And when you’re sick, being cared for close to home seems all the more important, too. For cancer patients who can receive chemotherapy treatment at La Verendrye hospital here, the surroundings also have taken on the warm “fuzzies” […]
The acquisition of a dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here took another step forward last week after local MP Robert Nault said the federal government will help fund the project. Nault voiced his support Friday at the Business Improvement Area’s annual luncheon when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon asked whether Ottawa […]
New legislation introduced by Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Tony Clement last Thursday will give voters more opportunity to show their teeth in local politics. “It gives the people more input as to what they want to see,” said Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. If passed, the bill would allow […]
With the new scale, grandstand, and auctioneer’s box in place, this year’s spring cattle auction at the Stratton sales yard was held Saturday with few glitches. “It’s running a lot smoother,” said Harold Duivenvoorden. “This is a lot different than it was a year ago.” Volunteers had been doing last-minute […]
