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FORT FRANCES—Local Canada Safeway employees chose to adopt the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s CT scan drive for its 2006/07 “We Care” campaign. Safeway staff took time this weekend to look over applications from 14 local non-profit organizations and voted in favour of the “Care Close to Home 2” campaign. […]

FORT FRANCES—Acting on behalf of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA), Coun. Tannis Drysdale was to bring forward a resolution on Monday night for council to support the fight against the cancellation of the GST Visitor Rebate Program. The resolution is in support of NWOTA, the Kenora District Camp […]

FORT FRANCES—While a second all-candidates’ forum—sponsored by the Fort Frances Labour Council—is scheduled to take place Wednesday evening, at least eight of the council candidates will not be attending. Rick Wiedenhoeft said late Monday morning that he, Tannis Drysdale, Todd Hamilton, Neil Kabel, Andrew Hallikas, Paul Ryan, and Sharon Tibbs […]

The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team were strong in round-robin play over the weekend in Dryden, but then faltered in the playoffs of a 12-team tourney there. To start, the black-and-gold played their best volleyball of the season in the preliminary round—finishing second in their pool. Fort High played three […]

The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team beat the Westfort Tigers (Thunder Bay) 32-22 here Saturday morning to capture third place at their home tournament. Alyssa Holliday paced the offensive attack with 12 points. The win was a positive ending to what could best be described as an up-and-down weekend. The […]

The four Muskie court teams followed a similar pattern against the host Dryden Eagles yesterday, with only the junior girls’ basketball team coming home with a win. The junior dumped the Eagles 49-23 to improve their NorWOSSA record to 4-1. Kayla Windigo led the way with 15 points. Taylor Meyers […]

The annual Taggs Source for Sports senior girls’ invitational basketball tournament goes today and tomorrow at Fort High. Teams coming here to compete include the Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay), Churchill Trojans (Thunder Bay), Nip-Rock Lakers, Dryden Eagles, Atikokan Voyageurs, and Kenora Broncos. The field originally had been comprised of eight […]

RAINY RIVER—More than 50 people rose early Friday morning in Rainy River to kick off the “Care Close to Home 2” fundraising drive for a CT Scanner at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. The Rainy River Legion prepared and served a pancake-and-sausage breakfast for the crowd at 6:30 a.m. […]

FORT FRANCES—While being a senior may mean retirement from the working world, it doesn’t mean retiring from the rest of what life has to offer. As such, the Fort Frances Seniors’ Coalition wants to show local senior citizens that there’s plenty for them to do. Seniors—and their families—are encouraged to […]

Bill Michl, fourth from right, had lots of support to kick off his “Run for the Scan” this morning in Rainy River, including (front row, from left) Elizabeth Fraser, Emily Fraser, Saragh Fraser, Brig McGreevy, and Zack Tolen. In the back row, from left, are Jow Wilson, Sara Berg, Dr. […]