Lucas Punkari After being blanked 4-0 by the host Kenora Broncos last Tuesday, the Muskie girls’ hockey team went into their game against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints two nights later looking to get their offence rolling. With a four-goal outburst in the opening period alone, it’s safe to say […]
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Staff La Place Rendez-Vous remains the team to beat in local men’s basketball league play. The squad improved to 5-0 on Monday night with a 95-70 win over Taggs at Fort High. Josh Mastin led the Vous with a 41-point outburst, which marked the second-straight game he has exceeded the […]
Lucas Punkari If you ask head coaches what they want out of their team at the start of a hockey game, they’ll probably answer a dominating shift from their starting line up front to get things rolling for the rest of the squad. Muskie boys’ head coach Shawn Jourdain got […]
Duane Hicks The possibility of the town having to foot a mill assessment appeal write-off for the 2009-11 taxation years in the amount of $2.2 million, with an additional annual loss of $800,000 in tax revenue going forward, has councillors worried as they stare down the 2012 budget. There was […]
Heather Latter Stay-at-home mom Crismarie Mason had wanted to start up a home-based business where she could use her skills, talents, and experiences, plus earn some extra cash, while continuing to spend quality time with her two young daughters. Then last spring, she and her husband, Doug, launched DKM Balloon […]
Lucas Punkari When looking at the hometowns of members of this year’s Fort Frances Lakers, jumping out from the Ontario and Minnesota locales are the cities of Gilbert, Ariz. and Santee, Calif. While those two towns may not be what immediately comes to mind as your “traditional hockey markets,” they […]
Duane Hicks The local Business Improvement Association is moving ahead with a project to have 36 new banners made and put up on posts in the downtown area this spring. BIA chair Connie Cuthbertson said the board met yesterday morning, reviewed banner images designed by local artist Lindsay Hamilton, and […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District OPP detachment is helping local athlete David Ducasse get to the Special Olympics 2012 Ontario Provincial Spring Games in Kingston from May 31-June 3. The detachment is supporting Ducasse, who will be competing in five-pin bowling at the Games, through the Ontario Special Olympics’ […]
Duane Hicks Both to meet a demand for housing lots and to be prepared for a future housing boom tied to district mining activity, the town will be focusing on the old Huffman School property as the next area it will want to ready for residential development. Members of council […]
Duane Hicks A $5,284 financial request from the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to offset arena rental charges may not get included in the 2012 town budget, according to some members of council. At a budget meeting Monday afternoon, Coun. Ken Perry said the town is facing tough times, and […]
Staff The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists are warning local snowmobilers and ATV riders that the Cranberry Peatlands Bog Walk Interpretive Trail at the end of Whitmore Road in Alberton is not an access point to the main trail. “The trail is about 980 feet in length and is entirely […]
Heather Latter Marie Major of Devlin had the experience of a lifetime Friday when she participated as a medal bearer in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay as it passed through Dryden, recreating the original cross-Canada tour. “I really didn’t expect to get picked, but I did and I’m glad […]
