Joey Payeur The boys’ hockey rivalry between the Muskies and Dryden Eagles may be taking an unscheduled year off. Because, as the theory goes, it’s not a rivalry if one team always is beating the other to a pulp. The Muskies shook off a winless weekend to annihilate the host […]
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Staff At this rate, there won’t be any more rungs to climb in two more weeks. For the fourth-straight week, the Fort Frances Lakers achieved a new all-time best position in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings, moving up one notch for the third week in a […]
Staff Instead of a nighttime showdown, the Muskies senior girls’ basketball team will count on some matinee magic in its initial test against the best Thunder Bay has to offer. The start time for Game 1 of the best-of-three NWOSSAA showdown between the Muskies and Hammarskjold Vikings, originally scheduled for […]
Elly Gunhild Zub passed away peacefully, in her 93rd year, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. She was born Nov. 15, 1920 in Morsil, Sweden to Frans and Britta Engstrom. The family arrived in Canada in 1924, settling in Fort Frances. She graduated from […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is seeking public assistance in locating a missing teen. Adrianna Copenace, 15, of Fort Frances, was last seen leaving La Verendrye Hospital here on Monday (Nov. 11) around 7:30 p.m. She is described as a First Nation female, 5’2” tall, weighing 110 pounds, […]
Duane Hicks Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron wrote down his vision for the future of Fort Frances in 20 words or less yesterday evening during a workshop at La Place Rendez-Vous. Led by Calgary-based firm Twist Marketing, the session was the first step in a branding exercise to help […]
Duane Hicks Whether or not you use the facility often, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre wants as many people as possible to fill out its new survey concerning library service. A survey went out with local residents’ sewer/water bills last week, and copies of it are available at […]
Joey Payeur A different brand of Canadian snowbirds are in full flight towards a U.S. college championship. The top-seeded Providence University College Pilots from Otterburne, Man., and featuring Fort Frances native Jess Caul at striker, earned a 2-1 victory over fifth-ranked Ohio Christian University Trailblazers yesterday in their opening game […]
My finger tips throbbed as if I’d just plunged them into a bucket of ice, kept them there long enough to start hyper-ventilating, and then pulled them out and hit each one with a hammer. That’s what I get for taking the gloves off on a frigid day. And if […]
Over the past few years, the problem of nuisance bears overrunning the communities of Northwestern Ontario has escalated beyond what even we are—or should be—comfortable with. Recent cuts to the province’s “Bear Wise” program, which removed the ability of MNR officials to trap and relocate nuisance bears, has left people […]
The snow sits firmly frozen to the ground. The temperature did not even reach the melting point yesterday. Stores have begun the changeover to the Christmas season, with local retailers planning special Christmas promotions across Rainy River District. My neighbours down the street, the Carlsons, already have their white lights […]
I was very saddened to hear that we lost Dorothy Chambers. Dorothy was a well-known and well-loved resident in Thunder Bay, and was best known as a proud veteran and advocate for men and women serving our country in uniform, past and present. With this being Remembrance Week in Canada, […]
