It may have been a unanimous vote but it wasn’t an easy pitch for Geoff Gillon, community investment manager for the Rainy River Future Development Corp., to get the town to sign on again for 1999. Council agreed Monday to pay the RRFDC $58,000 for regional economic development as it […]
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Speaking French was the name of the game at the “Concours d’art oratoire ‘99” last Tuesday at the Emo Inn. In the French Immersion category, which featured three students from St. Francis School, Sarah Busch placed first, followed by Jamie Beadow in second and Jennilee Korzinski third. Meanwhile, Christine Schulzki […]
NorFab Building Components Ltd. of here received a regional business achievement award at the Ontario Global Traders Awards ceremony for Northern Ontario in Sudbury last Wednesday. “We were pleasantly surprised,” said sales manager Brian Hagarty, adding Dave Bourgeault of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines office here nominated the […]
The ball is now in the court of Abitibi-Consolidated and Boise Cascade, CAO Bill Naturkach said, after meeting with town administration about what it would take to build a new “off-bridge” Canada Customs facility here. Naturkach gave a verbal report to the committee of the whole of council Monday, along […]
The Rainy River Rebels claimed the PeeWee hockey tournament in Emo last weekend with 2-1 overtime victory over Kenora Blue Esso in the final Sunday afteroon. After a scoreless first and second frame, both teams poured on the power in the final stanza–with Kenora drawing first blood when Brandon Speight […]
The Aquanauts continue to excel in the pool this season, with five more club records smashed at the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Open short course provincial swim meet last weekend in Winnipeg. Karli McKinnon, 10, led the way with three new club records in her age group, including a time of 3:04.69 in […]
With their largest contingent travelling to an out-of-town competition this season, the Fort Frances Judo Club also had one of their most successful–with four different judokas bringing home gold medals. Paul Dobransky continued his medal count by earning gold in the under-30 kg division and a silver in the under-34 […]
Emo Predators challenged Emo Cowboys in Bantam action recently and came out on the short end of a 3-1 score. Matt Meyers started the ball rolling for the Cowboys midway through the first but David Pollard replied for the Predators just two minutes later. The Cowboys took over the second […]
The local Sunset Country “AA” Ford Atom Mustangs dumped St. Paul, M. 8-1 on Sunday to capture the championship of a four-team tournament in Duluth. Cody Dittaro scored twice to give the Mustangs a 2-1 lead after two periods. Then the floodgates opened in the third as David Pierce scored […]
Doug Kitowski Trucking of here lost 5-0 to Marquette, Mich. in the consolation final of the Twin Ports Senior Women’s Invitational hockey tournament in Duluth on Sunday. The Fort Frances squad reached the consolation final with a 4-1 win over Buffalo, Mn. on Saturday. Barb Galusha led the way with […]
The Fort Frances Canadians, a ‘AA’ Midget team comprised mainly of 16 and 17-year-olds, have been very respectable in their first season under former pro player and NHL coach Dave Allison. The brainchild of Tom Koski, the new Midget ‘AA’ team has compiled an impressive 18-9 record so far this […]
The Border Figure Skating Club skated to several top finishes at the Thunder Bay Open competition last weekend, bringing home 12 gold medals in all. Sarah McComb led the way with three golds, topping the junior silver compulsory, singles, and spins events. She was coming off a solid performance at […]
