Staff The quest to repeat has begun. The Rainy River Community Voyageurs women’s hockey team, the defending ACHA Division II national champs, opened its 2011-12 season with an exhibition series versus the visiting Western Predators (Manitoba) over the weekend. The Voyageurs opened play Saturday morning with a 2-1 comeback victory […]
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Staff It was exactly the start to a new campaign that the Muskie boys’ hockey team was looking for over the weekend, capturing the final of the Dryden High School tournament. The black-and-gold, who went 2-1 during the round-robin portion of the event, skated to a convincing 7-1 victory over […]
Duane Hicks Following up on an objective in the town’s strategic plan, stakeholders have met to start discussing the possible future of the old Rainy Lake Hotel property—and will continue to do so down the road. Members of the local BIA, Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, and town administration met […]
Heather Latter Mark Mast of Rainy River has travelled to Guatemala 12 times since 2005 to help build houses, serve at orphanages, and spread the word of God through villages there. And he’s spearheading another mission trip there later this month, with 22 district residents, including a number of teenagers, […]
Lucas Punkari While the coaches and players on the Muskie football team are over the moon over their first-ever playoff win in the WHSFL last week, the black-and-gold aren’t basking in the glow of that achievement. Instead, they’re focused on their Currie Division semi-final showdown against the unbeaten Sisler ‘A’ […]
Duane HicksHeather Latter Handlebar, horseshoe, pencil, or Fu Manchu. Regardless of what style of moustache they choose to grow, a number of local men will be raising funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer, during the month of “Movember.” The idea is for men to start November with […]
Peggy Revell Give old bikes a new lease on life. Create jobs. Help lift people out of poverty. That’s the aim of district residents who have been busy collecting unwanted bicycles to send to Africa as part of the “Bicycles for Humanity” project. “It’s a great program,” said Jim Scheibler, […]
Staff Thunder Bay advanced care paramedic (ACP) Andrew Dillon, who was born and raised in Fort Frances, recently received an Exemplary Service Medal from the Governor General of Canada. The medal was presented to Dillon by Maj.-Gen. Richard Rohmer, Canada’s most decorated person, at a ceremony in Collingwood, Ont. on […]
Duane Hicks With site preparation work well underway, Couchiching First Nation finally will have its own pow-wow grounds by next June. Chief Chuck McPherson said Thursday the new pow-wow grounds—being developed on the road to the Heron Landing golf course, just west of Frog Creek Road—have been a long time […]
Staff Five local members of the Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) group spent Monday being trained in order to be able to present to other older adults in the community about elder abuse. “We wanted it to be a peer-led presentation,” noted Cst. Anne McCoy, the local OPP’s community […]
Lucas Punkari Just 24 hours after the Fort Frances Lakers saw their four-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Sioux Lookout Flyers on Friday at the Ice For Kids Arena here, the most interested observer as to how the team would preform in a rematch the following night […]
Lucas Punkari It’s a simple adage that is used throughout the world of sports: If you want to better yourself as an athlete and as a team, you need to play against the best competition possible. That’s exactly what the coaches of the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams […]
