The Arctic climate didn’t seem quite appropriate for a Mexican stand-off. Nevertheless, the visiting Muskie boys’ hockey team and the host Red Lake Rams each took a victory by identical scores in NorWOSSA action there last Friday and Saturday. The black-and-gold (12-2-2 in league play) fired the first salvo Friday […]
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The Catholic Women’s League at St. Patrick’s Church in Emo installed and dedicated a new stained glass window there back on Jan. 3. The inscription reads, “Dedicated to St. Patrick’s Women’s League on its 50th Anniversary (1954-2004). Our Lady of Good Counsel, pray for us.” The artwork was done by […]
The latest survey by the Ministry of Natural Resources indicates a decline in the moose population in the eastern end of Rainy River District by roughly 40 percent since the last one in 2000. Between Jan. 3-8, the MNR conducted an aerial survey of Wildlife Management Unit 11A, which extends […]
The men were off the mark so it was up to the ladies to uphold local pride at the Sunset Country Open roll-offs at Plaza Lanes here last weekend. Three of the four ladies representing Plaza Lanes secured berths at the provincial showdown in Sudbury in March. But none of […]
Are you ever really going to roll all those pennies in the change dish on your dresser? Or from that ever-filling jar on top of the fridge? Well, the local Alzheimer Society is hoping families find a better use for those copper coins than just taking up space when its […]
It was goals, goals, and more goals for the Muskie girls’ hockey team, who bombed Red Lake 10-0 on Friday night in Ear Falls and then 7-1 on Saturday afternoon in Cochenour. Goal scorers in both games were unavailable by press time. But it also was more bad luck for […]
Dear sir: In the Jan. 14 issue of the Fort Frances Times, an article reported that Larry R. Richardson had stated that “he has garnered the support of longtime NDP’er, Owen Lindsay” for his bid to be the NDP candidate in the upcoming federal election. This statement by Mr. Richardson […]
Pilots of Mesaba Airlines will begin voting this Friday on the tentative contract agreement they reached with their employers earlier this moth, with the final results expected at the end of the month. “It is an informational period right now,” said Kris Pierson, spokesperson for the Air Line Pilots Association […]
Everything they’ve touched has turned to gold, but the Fort Frances K of C Knights PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team will treasure this victory more than most. Matt DePiero’s empty-net goal with 50 seconds to play Sunday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena went from being an afterthought to a […]
Marjory Boileau considers herself very lucky. The Fort Frances resident was diagnosed with a brain tumour back in September, but she was to undergo a procedure Wednesday that should get rid of the tumour without doctors having to make a single incision. “I’m excited because it’s new, and I’m very, […]
A report to the Northwestern Health Unit on compliance rates for ’flu shots among staff and residents at area rest homes and hospitals showed a wide gap of participation across the Kenora-Rainy River districts. For instance, as of Dec. 23, 86.4 percent of staff and 97.8 percent of residents at […]
Youth was served at the annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” during “Icebox Days” in International Falls on Saturday morning. Emo’s Andrew Friesen and fellow 13-year-old Timo Brielmann from Pinewood posted the best results of any local runners with their showings in the five-km event. Friesen covered the distances in […]
