As the Muskies cleaned out their lockers at Memorial Arena on Monday afternoon, they did so knowing it was their third-period collapses that cost them a playoff berth–and possibly a shot at a medal–at the all-Ontarios in Dryden last week. Outscored 7-3 in the final frame in their four pool […]
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The sound of the buzzer meant it was time to get down to business for almost 130 First Nations students from across the district at the first-annual “Quest For Knowledge” last Thursday at Couchiching. Organized into 20 teams of six (five plus an alternate), the students engaged in a battle […]
AIDS. Pregnancy. Violence. Alcoholism. These are the dangers many youths face in this day and age. Which raises the question what can they do about it all? This–and much more–was tackled at the first-ever Northwestern Ontario Youth Summit hosted by the United Native Friendship Centre Youth Council here last weekend. […]
Touted as the “biggest” expansion of parks and protected areas in Ontario history, Premier Mike Harris unveiled the province’s “Living Legacy” strategy Monday in Sudbury. And many of the changes will have an impact close to home. The Rainy Lake Islands–along with Lake of the Woods, Farrington Township, Highrock, Manitou, […]
Local parents definitely have shown interest in having their children educated in French as a first language, at least judging by the response at Monday night’s public information session here by the Thunder Bay- based Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique des Aurores Boreales. “We may have a half-dozen students who […]
Larry Allen said opening up an antique and gift shop wasn’t an overnight dream but more like a nightmare not knowing if it was going to thrive or be nothing more than another well-thought out idea. “But we’ll never know unless we get both our feet wet,” he reasoned. Allen’s […]
The 59th-annual Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival is set to kick off Monday, opening with the piano sessions at 9 a.m. at Knox United Church here. John Jankiewicz, president of the festival association, admitted yesterday that “stomachs are growling a little bit” with nerves as Monday approaches. “Adjudicators […]
Were the wells at Kitchen Creek Golf Course pumped for an hour, a day, or more? And were any of them hydrofracted? Depending on who you ask, you might get a different answer. Brent Holmstrom, with the Ministry of Environment, said the wells at Kitchen Creek were pumped for about […]
One of Fort High’s fundraisers came to a close today. In an attempt to raise money for the Kidney Foundation, the student council placed donation jars and envelopes in each class. “We didn’t want to just use our money,” council member Ria Cuthbertson said. “We decided it would be much […]
Robyn Cogger was rendered almost speechless shortly after she arrived last Thursday at the Fort Frances OPP detachment, where she was being honoured for something she hadn’t thought twice about–saving an eight-year-old boy from a potentially life-threatening situation. “I think I was about to cry,” Cogger exclaimed shortly after being […]
Last week’s statement by Kitchen Creek golf course that it would remove one small rock dam and cap the wells it drilled last summer hasn’t done much to ease the mistrust with its neighbours. In fact, it seems to have raised more doubts. Several residents along Kitchen Creek who attended […]
Rainy River residents are going to have to wait at least a week longer to use their new hospital, with the patient transfer date pushed back to April 12. Hospital administrator Norma Elliott said plans originally were to move patients next week but “things are just not ready” yet. Wayne […]
