Dan Falloon Muskie senior hoopster Chelsea Hill lifted the ball to keep it away from an aggressive Dryden defender in NorWOSSA action at Fort High yesterday. The Muskies came away with a 34-28 win to finish the season at 7-1 and earn an automatic bye into the league final here […]
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Staff The hoopsters ruled the day as the Fort High Muskies took on the Dryden Eagles yesterday. Both basketball teams came away with victories, as the junior girls came away with a 33-10 win to even their record at 4-4, while the seniors improved to 7-1 with a 34-28 win […]
The family of Clifford LeGarde sorrowfully announces the passing of Clifford LeGarde, 57 years old, of 1301 Elizabeth St., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Couchiching First Nation, Ontario, on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Friends may visit Sunday, Nov. 7 from 7 until […]
Press Release Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) will offer an early bird prize to teams that enter the 2011 tournament by Dec. 20, 2010. Every team that enters by the deadline will be entered in a draw for a free entry to the 2012 event. The draw will take […]
Staff How’s this for a comeback? Fort Frances Laker forward Zach McCool, playing in just his second game of the season after missing nearly six weeks with an injury, halted a see-saw of a game by notching the winning goal with just 3:35 left. McCool hadn’t played since the Lakers’ […]
Joey Payeur Atikokan’s mining boom may be on the horizon, but the St. Francis Sentinels staked their claim on Saturday and struck a motherlode of precious medals. All five St. Francis squads in the Gord Savoy Invitational Grade 7-8 volleyball tournament pocketed medals at the event, with three of them […]
Press Release Drug Enforcement Unit Officers attended the 300 block of Cameron Street in Thunder Bay on Tuesday where they arrested Elias Ganth outside of a residence for driving while disqualified. At the time of his arrest, Ganth was found to be in possession of approximately half a pound of […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection want importers and the traveling public to know that mandarin oranges or “Christmas Oranges” are banned from import into the United States. “Typically we see an influx of Christmas Oranges around the holiday season and when Canadian citizens’ travel to southern states for […]
Press Release Now that the forest fire season has officially ended (April 1-Oct. 31) a fire permit is not required for daytime burning of woody debris or grass if you live in an area governed by the Forest Fires Prevention Act of Ontario. Although day burning is allowed after the […]
Peacefully on Tuesday November 2, 2010, James “Jim” E. Wright of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away at La Verendrye Hospital at the age of 82. As per James’s wishes, cremation has taken place and interment will take place in Riverview Cemetery, Fort Frances, Ont. at a later date. Online condolences […]
Peggy Revell A fisherman, right, played by Lyle Dolph, attempted to outwit the recently-released genie (Jonathan Denby) during a Tuesday afternoon rehearsal of Fort High’s upcoming production of “Scheherazade.” Better known to many as “Arabian Nights” or “One Thousand and One Nights,” the play will run from Nov. 11-13 at […]
St. Francis student Sophie Potvin-Begin’s poster is one of the local winners in the Fort Frances Lions Club’s annual peace poster contest, who now will be sent on to be judged at the “district” level. The other winners are Reece Philip Jones (Crossroads School), Sabrina Jolicoeur (Robert Moore), Cynthia Morrison […]
