Talks between local secondary school occasional teachers and the public school board broke off when they rejected the board’s latest contract offer of wage parity with their elementary counterparts. Union members provide qualified teachers to replace absent teachers on both a daily and long-term occasional basis in Fort Frances High […]
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The OPP has suspended the search for 41-year-old Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain at the site where his truck was first located on Saturday. Since that time, an air, ground, and vessel search of the English River area, 13 km southwest of Ear Falls, has turned up nothing. OPP divers […]
The Muskie girls’ curling rink, skipped by Jenna Enge. finished in first place at 4-0 in the NorWOSSA bonspiel held Tuesday in Dryden, outscoring their opponents 47-8. The Enge rink now advances to the NWOSSAA playdowns slated March 6-7 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Kenora Broncos earned the […]
Cole Derkson, left, and Steve Boileau, who teamed up to win the ‘C’ doubles crown at the Manitoba Open Pro-Am squash championship over the weekend in Winnipeg, were practising Monday for the Ontario Winter Games coming up March 10-12 in Barrie. Two other Fort Frances residents, Kimika Alexander and Anniss […]
OFSAA committee member Dale Cooper was selling passes to the OFSAA boys’ hockey tournament last night during the Muskies’ game at the Memorial Sports Centre. OFSAA 2006 will take place here and in Emo from March 22-26. Prices range from $35 for a package deal, which gets you into every […]
Richard Dubuc looked over the rows and rows of books for sale last Thursday during the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual book sale at Revco Carpet. The book sale, which ran Thursday through Saturday, brought in $2,332.09, including a generous donation of $1,000 from one local individual. Proceeds from the book […]
Tyler Friesen, right, and Phoebe-Ann Firth, second from right, loaded up a plateful of food at a fish fry Saturday at the Emo Legion. They were among the steady stream of people who dropped by the annual fish feast, which ran from 4-7 p.m. —Heather Ogilvie photo
This westbound empty pulp truck went off Highway 11/71 shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday and hit a pole near Highway 611 North. Police said the accident occurred when two tires weighing about 100 pounds each came off a loaded eastbound pulp truck, causing the driver of the westbound one to […]
Krista Scharf, right, celebrated with her rink, including third Tara George (hidden), second Tiffany Stubbings (background), and lead Lorraine Lang after capturing the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts here Saturday night with a 7-6 win over Janet McGhee. The Scharf rink now advances to the Scott Tournament of Hearts […]
Dear sir: The Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts hosted by the Fort Frances Curling Club last week certainly proved that fans do spell success, as seen by the numbers who packed the club throughout the round-robin and then during the playoff matches. Dedicated volunteers pulled in much-needed revenue by selling […]
Is it any wonder that voters are so cynical these days? “Vote for change” was the central message of Stephen Harper’s campaign leading up to the Jan. 23 election—and enough voters heeded it to hand the Conservatives a minority government. Yet in one of his first actions as Prime Minister, […]
