Now, traditionally I’m still a Liberal, as were my parents, and I don’t see any reason to change at this late stage. The Liberals have run the government mostly to my satisfaction for most of the past century—and looked after us very well since the Second World War ended and […]
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Catherine Elizabeth Cain passed away tragically in her home on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 at the age of 55. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her mother, Mary; her brother, Peter (Vicky), and her nephews, Matthew and Travis; her son, Kyle (Shannon) and her grandchildren, Avery, Tiernan, and Rhianna; […]
Muskie junior basketball player, David Donaldson, above, looked to pass to a teammate during Friday afternoon’s tournament game against the St. Thomas Acquinas Saints, where the boys lost the hard-fought battle 40-20. However, the Muskies captured the consolation final after winning their next two games of the tournament 100-30 against […]
Karriagan Johnson, left, Giselle Smith and Ali Jackson, with their Donald Young School senior kindergarten class, had some fun swimming at the Fort Frances Sportsplex Thursday afternoon on their last day of weekly swimming lessons. As a treat, the class ate lunch at McDonald’s and baked cookies with a Grade […]
“The Grinch” rode through “Whoville” on his sleigh Monday afternoon as the Grade 8 class at Crossroads School performed their rendition of Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The concert was held last night in the school’s gymnasium. –Heather Ogilvie photo
Gabrielle Peters got an early gift from Santa Claus yesterday at the Fort Frances Day Care Centre. Hey, kids, it’s only three more sleeps until Christmas Eve so you’d better be good for goodness sake. —Duane Hicks photo
Gemma Lamonato, left, Nadia Felix, and Barb Cousineau lifted their voices in song along with their fellow Choraliers during the annual Christmas cantata at St. Mary’s Church on Sunday afteroon. The 50 singers performed for a packed house for about an hour, giving renditions of some classic carols like “Joy […]
Glenn Witherspoon and wife, Judy Witherspoon, accepted an award from the MNR on Monday for 39 years of dedicated service to the anglers and hunters in the province of Ontario. The Witherspoons Service Centre has been issuing licenses longer than any other establishment in the Fort Frances district. Josephine Becker […]
Town council passed a bylaw Monday night to repeal the Rainy Lake Hotel’s designation as a “heritage building.” Council had decided last month to move ahead with the process of repealing the bylaw and a request for objections was advertised to the public, clerk Glenn Treftlin noted at Monday night’s […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team came out on top in their exhibition game against host Rainy River High School last night, skating away with a 5-4 victory. Kailey Curtis put the black-and-gold on the scoreboard first when she hit the twine at 9:17 of the opening period. Taylor Meyers then […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team showed no mercy against the Red Lake Rams here over the weekend—sweeping the visitors by scores of 8-0 and 13-0. “Hopefully we didn’t use up all of our goals,” Muskie head coach Shane Bliss joked afterwards. “They have a good team and they played well, […]
It was a two-game showdown that went from no competition to close competition when the Muskie girls’ hockey team faced off against the Red Lake Rams here over the weekend. The girls romped to an 8-0 victory on Friday night, but the Rams put up a better fight Saturday afternoon. […]
