The most influential minds in Canadian hockey, meeting in Toronto last week to discuss the state of our national pastime, came away with a long list of recommendations, including having more practices than games. “I think the biggest issue is the practice-to-games ratio and the availability of ice time,” noted […]
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After passing their first test of this young football season with last week’s 22-14 exhibition win over the Sturgeon Creek Schooners (Winnipeg), the Muskies’ second test will be a whole lot tougher. They head across the river Friday night to take on the International Falls Broncos–and they’d better be prepared. […]
You could have called it the Rainy River District “Longball” League championship. The Emo Bulldogs slugged five home runs last night, including a grand slam, to clobber the Barwick Blue Knights 14-2 to claim their third-straight RRDFL title. The teams had met last Thursday but the game was called in […]
The fifth-annual Kiwanis “Nite Lite” golf tourney Friday night at Kitchen Creek was another success, raising $705 for the club’s “Young Children Priority One” projects. The nine-hole, best-ball event, which got underway with a shotgun start at 9 p.m., attracted 51 golfers divided into 14 teams. Although some teams struggled […]
Despite a wipeout during the mountain bike portion of her sprint triathlon, Connee Badiuk still managed to place fourth overall in the women’s division Sunday in Kenora. “I had a great race . . . it was my best time ever,” enthused Badiuk, who competed in the 35-39 age division […]
Dear sir: I have written the following open letter to Tourism minister Cam Jackson. Mr. Jackson, I am writing to urge you, as minister of tourism, to get involved now in the border waters fishing issue in Northwestern Ontario. So far the job of publicly defending the conservation of Ontario’s […]
Chris and Barb Stainke liked the Bonnie Blue’s long johns and sticky buns so much–they bought the bakery. But the young couple wants to assure their customers that while ownership has changed, the long johns and sticky buns will not. “Everyone likes the long johns, we’ve got to keep those,” […]
Three teams have signed up so far for the “Gold for the Gold” knowledge bowl, meaning a local showdown will be needed Sept. 11 before the Northern Ontario regional finals are held Sept. 24-25 at Donald Young School in Emo. Kim Jo Calder, a club leader with the Rainy River […]
When Eva Costello of Fort Frances went to the bank Friday, what she saw brought tears to her eyes. Costello, who retired in 1987 after 40 years as an employee of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, had been invited to the local branch that day to share in the […]
The new Robin’s Donuts outlet, soon to go up on King’s Highway near Keating Avenue, won’t much look like its downtown cousin. The “new concept” store not only will have a new shape and size, it also will be a non-smoking establishment with the convenience of a drive-thru express. “It […]
Students registering for classes this week who just saw the front atrium of the new Fort Frances High School–with all the hustle and bustle and a lot of yellow warning tape–may not think much of it yet. But principal Terry Ellwood has no doubt students, and the public, will be […]
The tables were turned this week when teachers became the “taught,” tackling a new consistent way to evaluate student progress at a special three-day teaching institute at Robert Moore School here. Although attendance was voluntary, the four different sessions drew up to 50 teachers from both the Rainy River District […]
