Staff Local teams didn’t come away empty-handed in the girls’ Bantam/Midget home tournament held over the weekend. The BDO Stars and Pharmasave Wildcats each captured the bronze medals in Bantam and Midget divisions, respectively. The Stars edged the Dryden Sport-top Shooters 1-0 in their third-place game on Sunday while the […]
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Staff Donovan Taylor and Krista Emond were the Aquanauts with the most wind in their sails at the club’s home meet over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Taylor, 15, and Emond, 16, captured first place in the 15-and-over male and female divisions, respectively. Taylor’s 180 points put him […]
The quality of health care is a critical issue to any community, whether in a major city like Toronto or small-town Fort Frances. As such, the public is right to demand to be fully informed of the situation at the Fort Frances Community Clinic and, more specifically, on the efforts […]
Duane Hicks Abby Sanders, left, Madison Botsford, and Lauren Hamilton were among those who opted to snowshoe instead of ski on Saturday during the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s “Family Day.” Snowshoe trails, and pairs of snowshoes for the public to use, are something new to the club this season.
Heather Latter Norman Foote had the audience in stitches Monday night at the Townshend Theatre as he dealt with an unco-operative “baby.” Staged as part of the local “Kids & Co.” entertainment series, Foote also showcased his musical talents and puppetry. The final show of the 2009-10 season will be […]
Dave Ogilvie June Wheatley was among the many customers who passed through Betty Scheibler’s checkout during Cloverleaf’s fundraising campaign last Thursday. The store pledged to donate 15 percent of that day’s receipts (up to a maximum of $10,000) for earthquake relief in Haiti. The total of $3,843.14, which will be […]
Dan Falloon Brenden Archie of the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team clasped onto the ball against an International Falls Bronco defender at the Backus Community Center there Monday night. The black-and-gold fell 42-30 to their cross-border rivals. See story B2.
Korea “Be Inspired!” is the new slogan chosen by Tourism Korea to describe their country. My wife and I have been travelling about the city of Seoul for nine days. As an empire pre-dating the birth of Christ, the nation has faced centuries of war and those wars have created […]
When I first noticed the title “Life’s Too Short to Fold Your Underwear” by Patricia Lorenz, I knew immediately that was a book I had to own. That’s my philosophy exactly! When my children were young, we ate our dinner by candlelight every night. I set a formal table in […]
Another week behind us. I’m certainly hoping for a better week ahead as it seemed there were a lot of terrible tragic events that took place. Today is my official calving due date! No calves yet, but I can promise I’ll have one tomorrow morning since I have an early […]
There are the usual “foodie” smells that have the potential to wake me up in the morning, be it the subtle waft of caffeine perking out of the coffee maker or the warm drift of fresh bread baked by timer in the bread maker. And the smell of bacon sizzling […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Every year there a few questions about this topic. Here are some steps for successful cereal frost seeding from Scott Banks, emerging crop specialist, and Peter Johnson, cereal specialist, with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Be prepared. There is a […]
