Bob MacDonald said the golden rule for making the perfect frame is always “measure twice before you cut once.” And after being in the framing business for 18 years, he knows what he’s talking about. MacDonald invited me out to his shop at Bear’s Pass (aptly named Bob’s Shop) last […]
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After more than half a century of use as a privately-owned getaway, Campfire Island turned the page on a brand new chapter last week. Located on Rainy Lake just south of the Noden Causeway, Campfire Island is now in the hands of Wayne and Pat Howard of Emo, and his […]
Homeowners here may get burned on their insurance costs if the town goes ahead with its restructuring proposal to reduce the number of full-time staff at the fire hall. Mike McKenna, with the Fire Underwriters Survey which “grades” municipalities, noted staffing played an important role in their assessments. But he […]
It was a day Lois Elaine Medicine has been awaiting for a long time. Medicine, one of 16 people who graduated at the Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority ceremony yesterday, received her Ontario teacher’s certificate after completing the Native Teacher Education Program. She has been a teacher assistant under Mary […]
A local group is tossing out a line for a Canadian Fresh Water Sports Museum and Hall of Fame as a way to lure anglers and tourists to stop here. And the idea is getting some nibbles as consultants continue with an economic impact study on waterfront development. Geoff Gillon, […]
The nine host families who are awaiting the arrival of 11 children from Belarus will have to hold on for another week now that the initial date has been pushed back from June 15 to June 22. “There’s been a delay in the flight arrangements,” noted Susan Affleck, who’s been […]
Foul play has not been ruled out as the cause of a fire which burned along an outside wall of Arnie’s General Store in Crozier early yesterday morning. Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said officers were called to the scene at 5:20 a.m., just over 30 minutes after the […]
Principal Brian Love made an unusual dare with his Mine Centre students–and they made him face the music (or, rather, a minnow) last Wednesday. Love ate a live minnow more than six inches long last Wednesday after the grades one-six shared reading group there achieved its goal of reading 2,500 […]
Every kid has dreamed about becoming a firefighter at one time or another. Racing through the streets in a fire engine, putting out fires with high-pressure water hoses, breaking down doors with axes–who wouldn’t find that appealing? But it’s not a job to be taking lightly, noted Rob Johnson, even […]
Heading into their game against the St. Ignatius Falcons here Saturday, the Muskie girls’ soccer team knew going in that they could lose by two goals and still win the NWOSSAA crown. But the road to the all-Ontarios took a detour when the Muskies surrendered two goals in the final […]
The local youth soccer league failed to adequately secure the goal posts on the nets near Sixth Street School even though it received a letter from the board of education asking it do so back in September, 1995. In a letter from former Education Director John McLeod addressed to league […]
With a solid core of coaches back for another season, and an array of talented youngsters coming up through the system, the Muskie football program looks as strong as ever as it prepares to capture its third-straight NorWOSSA crown this fall. In fact, head coach Bob Swing was impressed with […]
