After putting his troops through a week of tryouts, Muskie head coach Glen Edwards came away with a good feeling about the potential of his hockey team this coming season. So good, in fact, that Edwards predicted this team will not only earn a berth to the all-Ontarios but go […]
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Heading into this fastball season, the Barwick Blue Knights knew they would be fielding a young team. Decimated by the retirement of several quality veterans in Kent Ogden, Tom Woolsey, and Greg Wilson, coupled with the departure of talented shortstop Trevor Oltsher to the Landmark Alliance in Manitoba, this year […]
Northwoods Gallery & Gifts here is looking to get a lot bigger in the near future and the expansion has owner Connie Cuthbertson smiling proudly. “It’s like we’re having a new baby,” enthused Cuthbertson, who started up the store last year with her husband, Doug. Effectively doubling the size of […]
A Couchiching First Nation band member had some eye-opening experiences at two conferences she attend over the past few weeks. First, Dobi Frenette was in Vancouver on July 20-23 for the joint meeting of the Assembly of First Nations of Canada and the National Congress of American Indians. Then she […]
“Unbelievable” and “fantastic” was how Carol and Fred Brown described the public response to a fish fry fundraiser Saturday at their Bears Pass residence. More than $17,000 was raised in support of their daughter, Amanda Jerry, 27, who is in Toronto awaiting a double-lung transplant. The fundraiser got off to […]
The Rainy River District School Board is spending $705,000 to install more than 150 new computers at Fort High, 35 new ones in Rainy River High School, and bring Atikokan High School’s total up to 120. The school board is stressing the importance of students getting on-line and familiar with […]
Cell phone service should be up and running in Fort Frances by the end of September, with the rest of the Shabaqua/Rainy River corridor in place by next fall. Originally, the cell phone towers were planned to be up and operational sometime this month. But Vic Prokopchuk, project co-ordinator for […]
Central Avenue residents sat united in the front row of the Civic Centre on Monday night as CN sought approval from council to dig a third trench under the sidewalk to expedite the clean-up of groundwater contaminated with diesel fuel. And they swayed council to delay giving the go-ahead–at least […]
When only CAO Bill Naturkach and Coun. Struchan Gilson showed up for a meeting with CN officials on July 21, Central Avenue residents were skeptical about the support they had from the town. But after Monday’s council meeting, the residents were feeling like there were more people in their corner. […]
Although plans to grow commercial plots of hemp in the district fell through this year, the results from Dryden and Thunder Bay hemp growers seem quite promising. Those fields–all at least 10 acres in size–are growing hemp for grain, Gord Scheifele, the University of Guelph co-ordinator for Northern Ontario research […]
John Rose of Emo doesn’t know what to expect until he arrives in Kosovo with the second group of 250 men of the First Battalion Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, which left for the Balkans from Edmonton, Alta. today. The first group of 250 left Edmonton at the end of […]
Both Jim Brow and Pat Giles first got their start in swimming by taking a keen interest in their children’s activities many years ago. Now, that interest has culminated in both finding themselves at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg this week as official timers for swimming events. Both stressed […]
