The local Border Figure Skating Club expected to bring home some medals from the 26th-annual Sunset Country regional competition last weekend in Dryden. What they didn’t expect was that number to be an astounding 66 medals (23 gold, 23 silver, and 20 bronze) and nine ribbons en route to capturing […]
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After winning the PeeWee tournament in Baudette, the Emo Panthers were no match against Rainy River, coming out on the short end of a 3-1 score. Kevin Norberg (Rainy River) and Daniel Hettinga (Emo) exchanged goals in the second period but it was all Rainy River in the third as […]
Area tourist operators say they will feel the financial crunch through lost revenue with the province’s decision to cancel the spring bear hunt starting this year. Don Hyatt, owner/operator of Hyatt’s Manion Lake Camp northeast of Mine Centre, predicted he will lose $35,000-$40,000 in gross revenue with the cancelled hunt. […]
Construction of the “multi-use” facility at Westfort here is continuing at a steady pace, with Rainy River District superintendent Murray Quinn saying it should be ready to move into before students break for summer vacation. Taking a quick tour of the site last Wednesday, Quinn noted several rooms on the […]
As the Jan. 31 deadline for small businesses in the district to join the Safe Communities Incentive Program looms, several SCIP members took the time to laud the benefits of the safety program. “One of the incentives for me was to make for a safer workplace, and be able to […]
While registrations for activities during the Little Amik Winter Carnival are trickling in, organizers are gearing up for the onslaught of participants and onlookers expected at the seventh-annual celebration running Feb. 4-7. First on the event schedule is the popular “Candlelight Ski,” which will be held next Thursday evening on […]
On a recent trip to attend meetings at the American Academy of Optometry in San Francisco, Drs. Robert and Bruce Lidkea of Lidkea, Elliott, and Lidkea Optometrists here purchased a new piece of equipment that will assist in the testing of children as young as six months.
Final results of a 15-day stint of hyberbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for six-year-old Brett Jewell of Fort Frances won’t be fully known for a couple of weeks but indications are the innovative treatment has diminished some of the side effects of his cerebral palsy. The youngster and his mother, Kathy, […]
Mark Faragher is calling it a dream pulled into reality. The Fort Frances entrepreneur received $90,000 from the Transitional Jobs Fund during a grand-opening ceremony here yesterday to help his new company–Fibre Works Canada–get off the ground. Fibre Works is the sole producer for “Top-Up” products, a company based in […]
Local MP Robert Nault was on hand yesterday to present NorFab Building Components a cheque for $355,000 at the grand-opening ceremony of its new utility shed plant–a $1-million expansion for the local company. Several dozen people were on hand as NorFab owner Mel DeGagne, together with Nault, Alberton Coun. John […]
The livestock inspection station in Rainy River has yet to make a profit for area cattlemen, showing a loss on the books for 1998 as the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held its annual meeting last Wednesday in Stratton. Expenses outweighed revenues by more than $1,000 last year, dwindling away the […]
About 60 snowmobilers participated in the Emo Borderland Snowmobile Club’s annual poker derby last Saturday, Jan. 23. The route went from Emo to Barwick to Stratton and back, with riders getting their final card at the Emo Arena. Ross Anderson had the top poker hand to win $292.50, with Lyndon […]
