HOUSE–Born to Laura Wickstrom and Kevin House, of Fort Frances, Ontario , a girl, Sloane-Joyce Emilia Ann, weighing 4 lbs. on November 8, 2013 at Health Science Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Remember the “Kraft Celebration Tour” in late August, when the temperature topped 40 C with the humidex as we gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina for the live broadcast of TSN SportsCentre? Wonder what Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger would have thought broadcasting from that same location yesterday morning, when […]
Staff The Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League opened its new season last night with some high-scoring theatrics by a trio of round-ballers, including a talented brother act. Jacob McIntosh had a game-high 47 points for Taggs but younger brother, Caleb, had 42 of his own—and a bit better of a […]
Heather Latter Children from the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start program dropped by Rainycrest yesterday morning to share some Christmas songs with the residents. Various groups are expected to visit there during the feative season to spread holiday cheer.
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan continues to tinker with the roster of the Fort Frances Lakers in an effort to get more effort out of his squad. The head coach and general manager made his second trade in less than a week when he dealt forward Jason Berube to the Eliot […]
Staff A fuss over a bus gave the Muskie boys’ hockey team an unexpected night off. The black-and-gold’s game against the Red Lake Rams, slated for last night at the Ice For Kids Arena, was postponed after the Rams experienced what Muskie athletic director Shane Beckett termed as “busing issues.” […]
Staff The “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women aged 10-14 has moved up in the rankings as it vies for a share of the Aviva Community Fund. While struggling to hold onto 10th place last week, the retreat now is sitting in […]
Staff The town will buy some new equipment for the aerobic room at the Memorial Sports Centre. Council approved a report from Community Services manager Jason Kabel at last night’s regular meeting, authorizing him to buy a new tread-climber from Pulse Fitness at a cost of $10,965 plus tax. The […]
Staff The town will be improving the way it does recycling in the future after getting funding from Stewardship Ontario to upgrade the “blue box” transfer station/drop-off facility here. Back in April, the town applied to the Stewardship Ontario Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF) for the installation of two new stationary […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team didn’t need angels on its side to beat a squadron of Saints—just some sharpshooters looking to make amends from an earlier off game. Katie Sinclair and Shelby Tymkin each scored twice as the Muskies blanked the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints 7-0 to capture the […]
Heather Latter Members of the Fort Frances Choraliers, under the direction of Diane Maxey, performed “Bethlehem Morning” for a nearly full house yesterday afternoon at St. Mary’s Church here. The Choraliers also will bring their gift of song to International Falls this Sunday (Dec. 15) when they perform at 3 […]
Staff Consider the messaged delivered—and understood. Mason Meyer scored twice while Lucas DeBenedet had three points as the Fort Frances Lakers got back on track with a 6-2 victory over the Wisconsin Wilderness on Saturday night in Spooner. Two days after playing their worst game of the season in a […]
