Mitch Calvert Muskie hopefuls were put through a heavy dose of skating drills during the opening session of team tryouts last night. The tryouts continue tonight from 8:45-9:45 p.m. and again Friday from 5:45-7:15 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena.
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers finished off their three-game exhibition schedule in style here Saturday with a 4-3 overtime win against the K&A Wolverines. Returning forward Colton Kennedy’s blast from the point in the extra frame sent the Ice for Kids Arena crowd home happy. “I was on the ice […]
Heather Latter Local residents may want to tune in to “Wheel of Fortune” tonight because Davina Albanese, formerly of International Falls, Mn. and the daughter-in-law of Fort Frances councillor John Albanese, will be spinning the wheel as a contestant on the popular game show. The episode is the season premiere […]
Duane Hicks Town council will begin its 2010 budget process tonight with an open meeting to get input from the public. Four speakers are on the agenda to share their ideas as to what they’d like to see in the budget, including OPP Cst. Anne McCoy of Safe Communities-Rainy River […]
Staff The young Muskie football team got a rude introduction to the Winnipeg High School Football League with a 44-0 loss to the host Kenora Broncos on Friday afternoon. The black-and-gold looked every bit the young and inexperienced team they are. “Some of the kids have never played the game […]
the MNR Kenora District has been the hot spot recently, with up to three fires having burned there in recent days. Kenora Fire #26 was reported Friday afternoon. It was a single white pine tree ignited by a lightning strike and members of the public doused the fire. Bad weather […]
Muriel McFayden, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. She was born Aug. 24, 1921 in Kennedy, Sask. to Neal and Lottie Webb. She was united in marriage to Borden McFayden on June 24, 1941 in the […]
Duane Hicks Departing from the old CN station, participants made their way down Fourth Street West yesterday afternoon for the annual Terry Fox Run here. Despite the beautiful weather, only 24 registered participants turned out, raising $1,307 for cancer research.
Peggy Revell Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron members Kristina Wolff and Austin Morrison helped prepare breakfast for the hungry crowd that came out early Saturday for the group’s annual “Fly-In/Drive-In” event at the Fort Frances Airport. The thick morning fog eventually cleared off, giving those on hand a chance to […]
Peggy Revell Kyra Sedor, alongside other workers, had a busy morning sorting through all the items dropped off at the Public Works yard during the town’s annual Household Hazardous or Special Waste Day on Saturday. The event once again proved popular as a steady stream of vehicles lined up along […]
Peggy Revell Bev Mylenchuk sliced up cake into servings for the guests attending the Fort Frances Horticultural Society’s tea party to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday afternoon at the old CN station here.
Mitch Calvert The not-for-profit, community-run effort to maintain junior ‘A’ hockey in Fort Frances now has an official name for the team it will ice in the SIJHL this season: The Lakers. “We went through a few names [at Wednesday’s meeting] and came through with that,” board of directors president […]
