Staff Isaac Keffer got to see both sides of a three-game streak—but he could have done without the well-rounded perspective. The former Muskie, who now curls out of the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, followed a trio of victories with a three-pack of losses to finish in a […]
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Chuck McPherson passed away suddenly on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending, and a complete obituary will follow.
Duane Hicks Couchiching First Nations chief Chuck McPherson passed away suddenly at home yesterday. Co-worker and long-time friend of Chief McPherson, Christine Jourdain, said the news was a shock to the community. “Our community has a huge loss here and we just don’t know what to do,” she said tearfully. […]
Joey Payeur Kevin Kurm’s eye won’t win him any beauty pageants. Then again, the Fort Frances Lakers are more about fashioning win streaks than modelling this season. The Lakers (28-3-0-2) ran their winning streak to six games with a home-and-home sweep of the English River Miners (14-616-3), winning 7-4 there […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team stared the king of the mountain in the face and blinked—just barely. The St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) hung on for a 3-2 win Friday in the quarter-finals of the fifth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg. St. Paul’s, the defending […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team isn’t done dancing to the piper’s tune just yet. Fort High blanked the Garden City Gophers (Winnipeg) 6-0 this morning to finish in second place in Pool ‘C’ at the fifth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic High School Hockey Tournament there. That puts the […]
the OPP On Jan. 1 around 12:35 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers, as well as local fire and ambulance personnel, responded to a two-vehicle collision at Portage Avenue and Fifth Street East here. Four adults were taken to hospital by ambulance but later released with minor injuries. As a […]
Joey Payeur Isaac Keffer is proving to be one cool customer on the ice. The former Muskie, who now plays out of the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, improved to 2-1 by doubling clubmate Matthew Smith 8-4 in eight ends at the Northern Ontario junior men’s provincial curling […]
Sarah Pruys Local senior Lily Pearson was out early this morning shovelling snow along Third Street East—something she’ll likely have to do more than once as a winter storm is forecast to continue into this evening. Up to 15 cm (six inches) is possible when all is said and done.
It is with great sadness that the family of Ruby Douglas announces her passing on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born May 7, 1947 and lived in North Branch, Ont. She grew up with her sisters, Marj and Delores, and […]
Hubert Medhurst, 105, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. A complete obituary will follow.
Sarah Pruys Despite a winter storm raging outside, Rachael McEvoy, 11, and Crystal McEvoy were the only ones in the pool this morning for a “toonie swim” at the Memorial Sports Centre. The Christmas break for students also is wrapping up fast as it’s back to school Monday morning.
