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 […]
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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. […]
One mistake cost them a goal. And that goal ultimately cost them a shot at winning their third-straight “Borderland Ball Blast” men’s soccer tournament here last weekend. A defensive breakdown a few minutes into overtime gave the Kenora Rangers a 2-1 win in the semi-finals Sunday, relegating tagg’s to the […]
You get the feeling Dave Allison likes a challenge. The Fort Frances native inked a one-year deal–with an option–last week to become head coach of the Fort Wayne Komets, an expansion team in the United Hockey League. Although an expansion draft gave the Komets some “pretty good players,” Allison said […]
Call it the changing of the guard, or the start of a new era. Whatever the case, you can call Chrissie Thomson the new Kitchen Creek Ladies Open champion after she carded an 80 for a three-stroke victory over perennial champ Joan Richardson last Saturday. At just 16 years old, […]
Some locals dipped their paddles into Rainy Lake as the Fort Frances Kayak and Canoe Association took its inaugural trip out on the water last Wednesday evening. “I’m as novice as it gets,” revealed Dawn Olson, who, while an experienced canoeist, was out for her first time in a kayak. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
