Both St. Ignatius soccer teams took home gold medals from the all-Ontario championships Saturday. The fourth-seeded Lady Falcons, whose silver medal at last year’s OFSAA allowed the Muskies to attend the all-Ontarios this year, edged St. Thomas 2-1 in the final game in Sudbury. Meanwhile, the boys’ team, who were […]
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International Falls city council has approved placing three councillors on a committee to work with city and county arts and recreation organizations to locate sources of funding. Couns. Gail Rognerud, Terry Carrew, and Shawn Mason were appointed to the committee at last week’s city council meeting. City officials said the […]
After just one week of “bag tags” on garbage, it looks like the town already may be seeing increased recycling among residents. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said this morning that he’s compared the weights of total loads from “blue box” pickups last Monday and Tuesday with the pickup […]
A new and exciting event is coming to Clover Valley Farmers’ Market tomorrow (June 5)! For the first time, the market will be hosting an auction. Starting at 10 a.m., a consignment auction will be launched by Karl VanHeyst Auctions. Nearly 300 items are consigned, most by members of the […]
With Canada Day not too far off, the Fun in the Sun committee is looking to match the spectacular fireworks display residents and tourists alike got to see last year. But that will take money, and FITS committee member Dawn Booth said this morning that organizers have set up a […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team failed to advance to the quarter-finals at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury after tying 14th-seeded Timmins High and Vocational School 1-1 in their final round-robin game this morning. Hillary Morgan scored for the black-and-gold. Fort High—seeded 11th—finished in third place in Pool ‘C’ with two points […]
Only 10 days after the election call, candidates from the three major parties vying for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River seat were at the Civic Centre last night to debate some local issues. Despite the small turnout of only 20 people in the gallery, the three made every effort to […]
After deciding last week to extend the entry deadline for this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant until tomorrow, organizers still are looking for more contestants to vie for the crown. Dawn Booth, a Fun in the Sun committee member, who has teamed up with Sherri Puddicombe and Cheryl […]
The Muskies lost 6-0 to third-ranked St. Mary’s (Woodstock) this morning in their first game at the OFSAA girls’ ‘A’/‘AA’ soccer championship. The Muskies—ranked 11th—were to play again this afternoon at 3 p.m. (EST) against Jean Vanier Catholic High School, who beat Timmins High and Vocational School 5-0 this morning. […]
A timber company that harvested part of a provincial park has been ordered to restore the area, including planting 1,000-1,500 trees. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. pleaded guilty to harvesting one hectare of Eagle Dogtooth Provincial Park, a new park east of Rushing River Provincial Park, about 25 km southeast of Kenora. Instead […]
When Prime Minister Paul Martin dropped the writ May 23 for a federal election June 28, a well-organized machine leapt into motion. All across the country, Elections Canada offices sprang into life almost immediately, including the one here in Fort Frances. “We were ready to go at 2 p.m. on […]
The district W.I. museum in Emo held its opening back on Saturday, May 1 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Quite a few W.I. ladies were on hand to assist in purchasing home-baked goodies and there was plenty to go around. There also were crafts, a yard sale, and a great lunch. […]
