BARWICK—About 60 farmers braved a cold night to attend the first annual meeting of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. in Barwick on Monday night. RRDRAI president Steve Loshaw expressed his appreciation to the members for coming out. “We are trying to keep everyone informed,” he said. He thanked […]
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FORT FRANCES—Although just three community members attended Tuesday night’s third public consultation meeting regarding the possible closure of F.H. Huffman, they certainly made it clear they’d like the small east-end school to remain open. Besides the nostalgia of the school, they feel a smaller school is more beneficial to young […]
FORT FRANCES—Although the specific date has yet to be confirmed, this year’s “Relay for Life” is set to be held in June at Pither’s Point Park and the Canadian Cancer Society is looking for committee members and volunteers to help out. “We’re in the midst of forming a new committee,” […]
When Brian White and Tyler Miller stepped off the ice after a tough quarter-final loss at the 2006 all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship held in Fort Frances and Emo, it was unknown what uniform the pair would wear the following season. The lifelong friends spent three seasons wearing the Muskie black-and-gold, […]
It might be 20 degrees below zero outside, and high school football has been over for at least three months, but the Muskie Touchdown Club held its annual awards night last Wednesday. Many players and their parents gathered at the Little Beaver Snow Park for a spaghetti supper and an […]
A family fun day, organized and planned by the Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Healthy Living Coalition, was held this past weekend in Nestor Falls, with about 30 people participating in the ball hockey tournament, snow sculptures, and a “Survivor” contest. The ball hockey tournament featured two teams, who played a best-of-three […]
Muskie goalie Justin Pryde got ready for a face-off in the home team’s end Friday night during a game against the Red Lake Rams. The black-and-gold earned a 5-1 victory, then dumped the visitors 11-2 on Saturday afternoon to clinch first place in NorWOSSA.
Steve Hanson, left, battled the opposing team of Erin Tomalty, Melissa Hammond, Susan Tomalty, and Ed Hammond (all at right) in a ball hockey tournament Saturday during the Family Fun Day in Nestor Falls.
Rachel Maxton and her three-year-old son, Javyn, took a good look at the stacks upon stacks of books at the local Alzheimer Society’s annual book sale fundraiser last Thursday at Revco Carpet here. It raised $1,860 for the charity
Lee Oelke hung an impressive photo of a bald eagle, taken at Swell Bay on Rainy Lake, on the wall at the Fine Line Art Gallery here. The newest member of the Fine Line Art Gallery co-op, the prolific photographer’s body of work focuses mainly on wildlife found in Rainy […]
Kerry Zucchiatti sold Bill Gushulak a ticket for the “Building for the Future” elminiation raffle at Fort Frances General Supply yesterday morning. The tickets, which cost $50 each, are on sale there, as well as at the Fort Frances Public Library and the Memorial Sports Centre. A maximum of 1,000 […]
Town council received an annual report on the Fort Frances Wastewater Treatment Facility last night and the results show it had another problem-free year. Jeff Trudeau, project manager for Ontario Regional Projects-American Water Canada Corp., told council the plant was “operated well and achieved excellent results” in 2007. The facility […]
