Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service will be at Canadian Tire this Saturday (Oct. 4) to kick-start Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11). Fire safety specialist Wayne Riches said firefighters will be there from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and that the public is encouraged to come out to get […]
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Staff Local residents will have a chance to put their bargain-hunting skills to good use—and for a good cause—at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s garage sale this Saturday (Oct. 4) from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. “There’s going to be bake sale items, five dollars a bag,” noted Debbie Bazylewski of the […]
Duane Hicks After spending the last week conducting a successful phone blitz for its “Drive for 35” fundraising effort, “Building for the Future” campaign volunteers are continuing to accept pledges towards the new Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre. “Building for the Future” campaign chair Mark Kowalchuk said yesterday that […]
Paige Desmond Women in Rainy River District can rest assured local candidates running in the Oct. 14 federal election have a mind for women’s issues—and plans of how to address them. For NDP candidate John Rafferty, the lack of access to shelters in the district is a major setback, which […]
Staff Both the Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball squads dominated the first halves of their respective home-openers last Thursday against the Kenora Broncos and then coasted to lopsided 18-point victories. The juniors improved to 2-0 in NorWOSSA play with a 35-17 win while the seniors evened their record at […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ soon-to-be booster club held its first informal meeting Monday night in the common room at Flinder’s Place, with club member Larry Patrick saying the response from the community was well-received. “We had an enthusiastic group of people out, and each of us is going […]
Staff Although the Muskies didn’t qualify a full team for the NWOSSAA golf tournament in Thunder Bay last week, Alex McDonald and Kevin Jackson both represented Fort High individually at the event—and certainly didn’t look out of place. McDonald shot a 77 while Jackson carded a 78, missing the individual […]
Staff Home court was not friendly for the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams last Thursday. The seniors fell just short against the visiting Kenora Broncos, dropping the first two sets by identical 25-19 scores before roaring back to take the next two 25-21 and 25-17 to force a […]
Mitch Calvert The monkey is off their backs. Ted and Louise Stewner hauled in a bag of 19.50 pounds on the final day of the LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic on Sunday to capture their first title fishing together as a couple. He had won back-to-back crowns with Al […]
Ken Johnston After Day 1 of the 10th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament, it looked as though Team #16 was poised to win it all. But what a difference a day can make! John Blight and Sean Gaudry quit fishing at 11:15 a.m. on Friday after having 16.16 pounds of walleye […]
Press Release You’ve heard it all before–eat well, exercise, don’t smoke. Easier said than done, right? But what if where you worked helped make these healthy habits easy? The Northwestern Health Unit is encouraging local workplaces to take the “Fit @ Work” challenge, which is being held as part of […]
Robin McCormick The annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic took place Saturday and Sunday at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp, with more than 60 teams competing. First place was taken by Ted and Louise Stewner from Winnipeg with 38.18 pounds (down a little from previous years), with Alex and Darrell Keszler […]
