Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources has provided a hunting forecast detailing what district hunters can expect for this season. Deer populations are in excellent shape across all Wildlife Management Units in Rainy River District, primarily due to the recent spell of mild winters. There have been no severe winters […]
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Mitch Calvert
A sweep of their three-game homestand and the Fort Frances Lakers could be back to .500. A lofty goal to be sure with the two best teams coming to town, but the Lakers were riding high going into last night’s tilt with the Dryden Ice Dogs after a 1-0 win […]
Mitch Calvert That’s a little more like it. The Muskie football team put together a heroic effort Friday afternoon at Muskie Field, scratching and clawing for every inch of yardage for three quarters against the Miles Mac Buckeyes in Winnipeg High School Football League action. But the energy and momentum […]
Mitch Calvert The Thunderhawks senior men’s hockey team hoping to reclaim Allan Cup glory for Fort Frances is beginning to take shape. The team opens its exhibition schedule Oct. 31 with the first of two road games against the Thunder Bay Twins that weekend. A pair of home games may […]
Heather Latter Bailey Jones, left, holding “Maggie,” and Dawson Jourdain, holding “Pazzley,” along with Madison Jones, back left, and Mikayla Jourdain had fun late yesterday afternoon at the playground on Nelson Street. The two pairs of siblings didn’t seem to mind the unseasonably crisp fall air but were hoping the […]
Heather Latter The refurbished lookout tower has been fully re-assembled at its new home on the La Verendrye Parkway just east of the Sorting Gap Marina. The majority of the railing has been installed, with only some connecting pieces, as well as some handrails, still needing to be put in. […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo spray park is beginning to take shape. With bad weather approaching and more work to be done, however, it appears the pouring of the cement pad will have to wait until the spring. In the meantime, anyone wishing to make donations to this worthwhile project can […]
Peggy Revell Rainycrest residents have been enjoying this brand new bath tub system recently donated by the Rainycrest auxiliary. It’s a “welcome addition,” said Rainycrest administrator Edith Bodnar, left, adding it’s much more comfortable and accessible than the old tubs which were from the 1970s. Also pictured for the presentation, […]
Mitch Calvert Muskie running back Tyler Abma brushed off Justin Freeman (#11) of the Miles Mac Buckeyes during a first-half run Friday afternoon at Muskie Field. The black-and-gold let a promising lead slip out of their grasp in the second half, though, en route to a 46-28 loss.
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has reached a crisis stage. This great community event experienced staggering losses this year, and for almost half of its life has lost money. The directors who spend countless hours holding the event for the community were given a complete scare. This past year, […]
Dona Cadman, the Conservative MP from Surrey North, is using our federal tax dollars to send the families of our riding a piece of mail that attempts to deliberately mislead you on an important issue for their own electoral gain—and smear my good name in the process. The piece of […]
For years I avoided getting a ’flu shot–not quite trusting the vaccine. But a few years ago, my doctor recommended getting a shot; and it seemed wise to follow his recommendation. After all, I wanted to be protected. But I’ll never know whether the vaccine worked or not because I’ve […]
