The Muskie varsity ‘A’ football team ended its season Friday in Winnipeg with a 28-1 loss to the Churchill Bulldogs in the quarter-finals of the WHSFL’s ‘AA’ conference. The seventh-ranked Muskies (1-6), having allowed the most points over the regular season, were the definite underdogs against the second-seeded Bulldogs (6-1)—the […]
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The Borderland Thunder did something here Saturday that they haven’t done all season—they lost. The Thunder showed why they are the top team in the SIJHL with a convincing 7-1 win over the K&A Variety Golden Hawks on Friday night to extend their league unbeaten string to 12. But Saturday […]
The town’s new recycling contracts with Asselin Transportation and Metro Materials Recovery Inc. in Winnipeg kicked in Monday, meaning paper products and other recyclables no longer have to be sorted by residents. While the town had announced a few weeks ago that it would be switching to a “co-mingled” stream, […]
Rainy River District saw an unusual amount of rainfall over the Hallowe’en weekend, but not enough to break the record. Environment Canada said Fort Frances received 49 mm of rain from Friday evening through Sunday. Atikokan received slightly more with 55.6 mm, but Devlin topped both with 68 mm—the most […]
The Fort Frances OPP once again will be conducting “Operation Pumpkin” tomorrow night. This community policing initiative was developed in an effort to curb acts of mischief associated with “Gate Night.” It is a concentrated effort by police and various community partners, including the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, North Air […]
“Snowbank,” the four-part radio drama mini-series from Icbox Radio Theater, will continue tomorrow (Oct. 30) at 7:30 p.m. on local radio station 91.9FM The Edge. It will present subsequent chapters over the next two Saturdays at the same time and station. Each Saturday’s live broadcast will be followed by a […]
The Borderland Thunder will be looking to improve their best start in franchise history when the host the K&A Variety Golden Hawks tonight and tomorrow at the Ice for Kids Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. “I thought we could do this, but we still […]
The town’s involvement in the River Walk Condominium project looks to be nearing an end as more and more of the 32 units are getting bought up. “We’re pretty sure we sold one the other day, and there’s another one in serious consideration right now,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig […]
If a group of football players come knocking at your door tonight wearing their jerseys, it’s not because they’re getting an early jump on Hallowe’en trick-or-treating. Rather, the Muskie Touchdown Booster Club is conducting a second “blitz” night to sell its discount cards. The cards, which cost $30 each, feature […]
The new Canadian Tire store here was the place to be this morning as it marked its official grand opening with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony, bargains galore, and lots of free stuff. Every customer who came through the door was given a tape measure, a sample of laundry detergent, a […]
After having its sights set for a few years on a cement “bowl” design for a skate park here, the local Kiwanis skate park committee is tired of waiting and so will be scrapping the idea to go for something that can be built as soon as possible. “We want […]
Time is running out to nominate someone as the town’s 2004 “Citizen of the Year”—the selection committee is asking the public to get those names submitted by 4 p.m. this Friday (Oct. 29). “I’ve only got four or five as of today. Not a lot,” town administrative assistant Loreen Holt […]
