The Fort Frances Community Chest dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous on March 1 raised $14,775 to aid families with medical expenses.
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The Fort Frances Community Chest dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous on March 1 raised $14,775 to aid families with medical expenses.
Press Release March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the message from Regional Cancer Care—Northwest is “Cover Your Butt” by taking a simple test that could save your life. Regional Cancer Care, the Northern Cancer Fund of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation, and RBC Royal Bank have teamed […]
Press Release With her proud parents looking on, Sacred Heart School student Lana Anderson was honoured at the February meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board of part of its “Recognition of Excellence.” Principal Margot Saari, in presenting the Grade 8 student to the board, noted Anderson lives as […]
Press Release Everyone is invited to learn more about Papua New Guinea, and its unique culture and heritage, this Friday (March 6) at the World Day of Prayer service at 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church here. The women of Papua New Guinea invite everyone to come with them […]
Press Release More than 650 Kidney Foundation volunteers will begin knocking on doors in communities across Northern Ontario throughout Kidney Health Month in March. Their goal? To help those living with kidney disease, and those at risk, by raising awareness about the disease and raise funds to support the Kidney […]
Ken Johnston Rainy River residents were put under a boil-water advisory on Friday afternoon and should continue to boil their water for the immediate future. In a media release from the Northwestern Health Unit, the reason given for the advisory was “due to inadequate treatment [of the water].” Bill Limerick, […]
Mitch Calvert It’s a game of inches—and unfortunately the Muskie girls’ hockey team ended up on the wrong end of a seesaw battle here last night in the third-and-deciding game of their NorWOSSA semi-final showdown with the Kenora Broncos. Broncos’ goalie Stephanie Ferguson all but shut the door in the […]
Staff The Holmlund Leafs went to Kenora for a weekend tournament. They opened play Friday with a 2-2 tie against the Kenora Flyers on goals by Jacob Dokuchie and Danielle Jean. In their second game later that day, the Leafs nipped Houseboat Adventures (Kenora) by a 4-3 score. Ryan Mosbeck […]
Mitch Calvert By all indications, it looks like the Fort Frances Aquanauts are catching fire at the right time. The Aquanauts certainly had plenty of spark at the High Voltage Invitational swim meet in Thunder Bay over the weekend, clocking 52 personal best times out of 59 races. “Everybody brought […]
Staff Taggs beat a deflated Muskie team 72-42 in the early game of the local men’s basketball league Monday night, led by 21 points from Morgan Anderson. Travis Stromness and Justin Anderson each netted eight points for Fort High, which was coming off a disappointing weekend sweep at the NWOSSAA […]
Staff Green’s Countrywide Predators made a statement over the weekend. The local PeeWee hockey squad posted five-straight wins en route to a tournament win in Emo, capping their impressive run with an 8-0 shutout over the Fort Frances Lions in Sunday’s final. Jarred Taylor tallied a hat trick while Thomas […]
