FORT FRANCES—They were looking for one thing—and found another. MetalCORP geologists working on the North Rock property, located in Watten and Halkirk townships, were trying to uncover copper when they discovered a significant high-grade platinum mineralized zone on the property’s east zone. What made the discovery even more astonishing is […]
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FORT FRANCES—Rainy River District School Board trustees heard updates on various programs aimed at student success at its regular meeting here Tuesday night, including the Learning to 18 Lighthouse Projects at three board schools. At Fort Frances High School, the board built a commercial-quality kitchen last year to offer students […]
FORT FRANCES—After having been involved in promoting safety across the district for a number of years, Hugh Dennis recently was named new co-ordinator for the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team. “I applied for the job because I’ve been a part of the community for years and I want […]
It’s their fourth-annual production and has been deemed “the funniest” play students at Donald Young School in Emo have ever staged. “It’s got a lot of old Hollywood humour—a lot of clichés,” explained director Katherine Williams of “Bugsy Malone,” a children’s gangster musical loosely based on events in Chicago during […]
With a “telephone blitz” on the go to garner participation for next week’s public consultation on agriculture, it’s expected there will be a good turnout. The consultation on the “Next Generation of Agriculture and Agri-Food Policy,” sponsored by the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, will be held this Monday (Feb. […]
The upcoming Borderland Soccer Association’s season could be cancelled if the club doesn’t find several volunteers to fill positions on its executive committee soon. The association currently is without a president after Shane Beckett resigned earlier this month. To make matters worse, the women’s division vice-president and secretary positions, which […]
Local curler Raymond Roy took the lessons he learned during last year’s senior men’s provincial playdowns in New Liskeard to heart. The Fort Frances skip struggled in the early going of the provincials a year ago and finished with a 2-3 record. Roy said the team’s lack of consistency was […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team finished second at a tournament hosted by St. Patrick’s (Thunder Bay) over the weekend. The black-and-gold battled a familiar opponent in the final, with predictable results. The NorWOSSA-leading Dryden Eagles continued their mastery of the Muskies by sweeping the best-of-three final by scores of […]
Lorne Jackson’s Fort Frances rink fell to 1-1 after losing 9-6 to Al Harnden (Sault Ste. Marie) last night at the Northern Ontario men’s curling championships in Sudbury. Harnden took a commanding 4-0 lead through three ends before Jackson cut the deficit in half thanks to a deuce in the […]
The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ DPMG.com 99ers hockey team hosted its annual tournament over the weekend. After playing two games on Friday and two more on Saturday, the 99ers earned an undefeated record and the number-one seed in the ‘A’-side final on Sunday. To open the tournament Friday morning, the […]
The reigning Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League champions are not about to relinquish their title without a fight. Vianets (9-1) made a strong statement concerning their intentions to repeat as league champs with a 84-65 blowout over second-place La Place Rendez-Vous (7-2) on Monday night at Fort High. For the […]
The Muskies are bound for the NorWOSSA championship game. Both the junior and senior teams clinched first place in their respective divisions courtesy of wins over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday. The top-ranked team during the regular season is rewarded with an automatic bye into the three-team league’s final—which will […]
