Staff These are not the best of basketball times for La Place Rendez-Vous. Caleb McIntosh scored a game-high 26 points as the Muskies bombed the Vous 75-45 in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League regular-season finale for both teams Monday at Fort High. The Vous still finished first overall in […]
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Staff The “Tbaytel for Good” program announced this morning that the Border Skating Club was successful in becoming the grand-prize winner of $5,000. The money will be used to replace the music systems at the Memorial Sports Centre. “I’m ecstatic,” enthused BSC board member Anne Renaud. “There were some really […]
the OPP Members of the Combined Forces Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and uniformed members of the Rainy River District OPP executed a search warrant at an Armit Street North residence here Monday. Three people were arrested and charged with: •possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; and •possession […]
Staff It’s time to rock the rink. The SIJHL released the schedule for the Fort Frances Lakers’ best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series against the English River Miners, with Game 1 slated for tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Game 2 then will go here Saturday night. A […]
Duane Hicks Rylee Mowe, left, and her friend, bride-to-be Lindsay Kirk, spoke with Richard Boileau of McTaggart’s about tuxedo rentals yesterday evening during Northwoods Gallery & Gifts’ 2014 Bridal Show. Numerous wedding-related businesses took part in the show, which was well-attended by future brides and their friends and relatives.
Growing up in Kenora, one place that I always got really excited to visit when I was a kid was the Lake of the Woods Museum, located at the south end of Main Street. When I was in school, I always liked history class, especially Canadian history and how people […]
The resignations of two prominent Conservative politicians last week—Alberta Premier Alison Redford and federal Finance minister Jim Flaherty—were long overdue as the two have left a slew of economic problems for Canadians in their wake. How Alison Redford and her government stayed in power for so long is really a […]
A 100-year-old does yoga daily. An 85-year-old runs two miles a day. A 70-year-old writes weekly news notes for her local paper. A 93-year-old climbs Mount Fuji. An 85-year-old plays the piano at area nursing homes. A 65-year-old starts a new business. These are the new elderly. Forget the stereotypes […]
I’m starting to wonder if I will ever stop writing about this crazy long winter! We had more than a foot of snow here Friday and then it was minus-33 C when I left the house Sunday morning. Wow—and it’s the end of March! Of course, I was lucky to […]
We must be gearing up for a provincial election. Even with the chills of winter still storming around us, Premier Kathleen Wynne appears to have rallied her troops this past weekend to be ready to pound on doors and wear out shoe leather on the sidewalks. She pummelled the Harper […]
Clearly the long tooth of winter needs to go the dentist and have a root canal. I will gladly pay the bill. I hate to admit it but I’ve imagined slipping the dentist an extra $50 bucks to forgo Novocaine when removing said long tooth—just to emphasize how much of […]
A 100-year-old does yoga daily. An 85-year-old runs two miles a day. A 70-year-old writes weekly news notes for her local paper. A 93-year-old climbs Mount Fuji. An 85-year-old plays the piano at area nursing homes. A 65-year-old starts a new business. These are the new elderly. Forget the stereotypes […]
