Staff The new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre and Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club are among the beneficiaries of $932,800 in Ontario Trillium Foundation grants recently announced for 19 local not-for-profit and charitable organizations across Northwestern Ontario. The Town of Fort Frances will receive $37,300 over one year […]
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Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team survived one playoff match at the annual Dryden Classic tournament over the weekend. Unfortunately, Fort High couldn’t quite make it two as they fell 2-1 to the Portage La Prairie Fire in the best-of-three quarter-finals. The Muskie took the opening set 25-19, but […]
Press Release Leafs finish third at tourney Fort Frances Leafs girls’ 14U squad captured third place at the “Colder By the Lake” tournament in Superior, Wis. this past weekend. Opening play Friday against Orono, Mn., the Leafs came out strong but trailed 2-0 after the first period. Shelby Rea finally […]
Press Release The Boston Pizza Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team fell short of bringing home the gold Nov. 29 in East Grand Forks, Mn. The local squad started play Friday by derailing the Winnipeg East Railcats 4-1. The host East Grand Forks Blue Line Club then rocked the Royals 9-0 […]
Staff Anniss Seid and Bryson Skirten headlined the local contingent at the Northwestern Open squash tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Seid won all four of his games en route to capturing the ‘B’ division title over Kristof Karpiuk of Thunder Bay. The 16-year-old now must move up to […]
Staff The NorFab Flames made sure the drive from Dryden wasn’t worth the trip for their opponents. The local PeeWee girls’ squad blazed their way to a 4-0 victory here Saturday afternoon on the strength of two-goal performances by Amber Jourdain and Amy Penner. Madyson Weir and Madisyn DeGagne drew […]
Staff The odds were against them to stay perfect for an entire season. Now, the Muskie boys’ hockey team can take a breath and then try to start a new winning streak. The black-and-gold were beaten 5-2 by the Garden Valley Collegiate Zodiacs (Winkler, Man.) in the ‘B’ final of […]
Staff Coming off their first tournament title of the season, the Muskie girls’ hockey team figured it was hitting its stride. But a pair of weekend stumbles showed the black-and-gold there is plenty of work left before they reach their peak performance. The Muskies let what looked like a certain […]
Sylvia Johnston (nee Hnatiuk When I heard that the La Vallee School had been destroyed by fire on Dec. 10, 1999, I felt sorry for the family that had lost their home. But to myself and many others, we lost much more. Even now, when I drive out on Highway […]
Dave Ogilvie Members of the Fort Frances Lakers hockey team will be bagging groceries at Cloverleaf in Emo this Friday (Dec. 11) from 4-6 p.m. They also will be ringing the Salvation Army bells as well as selling tickets on a draw for free tickets to their next game, which […]
Press Release The Devlin 4-H club met on Friday at Donald Young School to participate in the “Holly Daze” parade in Emo. Five members and five leaders were in attendance. Tom and Shirley supplied the four animals that participated. Kayla led “Snowball” the sheep, Danielle led “Buck” the horse, Brianna […]
Robin McCormick For those wishing to purchase Christmas ice candles for our local services, they are available at the municipal office. Maxine Hayes has been busy making them and has several ready. Call her at 274-6049 or the municipal office at 486-3452. Maxine will deliver candles to Burriss if she […]
