Joey Payeur Whatever concerns the Muskies had about their offence can be shelved for at least one week. The black-and-gold scored touchdowns along the ground, through the air, and even on special teams in a 43-0 pounding of the visiting St. John’s Tigers (Winnipeg) on Friday afternoon to kick off […]
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Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers are slated to play the back end of a home-and-home pre-season series with the Minnesota Iron Rangers tonight in Hoyt Lakes. Forgive them if they get caught looking ahead. The team’s focus may be directed more to tomorrow night’s trip to Marathon, where they’ll […]
Heather Latter The Fort Frances Sparks unit of the Girl Guides of Canada is in danger of not opening this year—unless more volunteers step up to help out. “If we don’t have leaders, we won’t be opening the unit,” stressed leader Monica Armour, noting it is just the Sparks unit […]
Duane Hicks Local delegates got a positive reception from politicians at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa on Aug. 18-21. But more than anything, it might be because a provincial election is forthcoming. Mayor Roy Avis, who attended the conference along with Couns. Andrew Hallikas and Paul […]
Joey Payeur The Gord Watson era at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship isn’t over after all. FFCBC director Greg Gustafson confirmed yesterday that Watson and Patti Armstrong will serve as co-chairs of the 2014 edition of the tournament. “Myself and Gord and Paul Cousineau had a meeting [Tuesday],” Gustafson […]
Joey Payeur Bill Reimer’s passion for racing made the two-and-a-half hour trip from Vermilion Bay to the Emo Speedway every weekend this summer the smallest of inconveniences. Sadly, the track where he experienced such joy turned out to be where he drew his last breath. Reimer, 67, died at the […]
Duane Hicks Thinking of Borderland and its surrounding communities and waterways as a whole is key to promoting it as a destination. That was the theme at the most recent cross-border brainstorming session held last Thursday in International Falls. Local BIA and Chamber of Commerce members, along with their counterparts […]
Duane Hicks Registered nurse Joanne Ogden and nurse practitioner Danette McIntyre are in Port au Prince, Haiti this week to volunteer their services. Ogden, who works at Fort Frances Area Tribal Health Services, and McIntyre, employed at the Gizhewaadiziwin Access Centre, had been thinking for some time about going to […]
Duane Hicks The inaugural “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness likely will become an annual event here. Organizer Aimee Beazley, whose mother, Donna Lee, passed away from the disease last August, was pleased with the success of Sunday afternoon’s event and aims to do it again next September. “I […]
Heather Latter As classes at Confederation College here got underway last week, campus director Anne Renaud was thrilled to see plenty of new faces walking through the doors. “We have over 80 first-year students, which is a lot of new students,” she enthused, noting they saw a total of about […]
Ken Johnston The public asked for it and they got it! A fifth—and likely final—meeting of the accommodation review for Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton was held there last Wednesday evening. Back in June, members of the public attending the fourth meeting asked if another one could […]
Joey Payeur It took a while to shake off the rust but once the Fort Frances Lakers hit their stride, it was all systems go. Down by three in the second period, the Lakers scored four unanswered goals, including Billy Grillo’s power-play marker at 3:03 of overtime, to give Fort […]
