You’ve got to be lucky to be good. Well, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling teams will need to be good and lucky—and fast. Some first-day struggles yesterday at the NWOSSAA championships in Red Lake will force both Muskie squads to get hot in a hurry today—and also get some […]
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Three local men were arrested at Canada Customs here Sunday when it was found they possessed a quantity of marijuana. The suspects, two of whom were 23 while the other was 20, were charged with importing/exporting a scheduled substance. They will appear in court at a later date. In other […]
In light of the centennial celebration this year, the town is looking to do a little more spring cleaning than usual as a participant in the nation-wide “Pitch-In Canada Week” this April 21-27. The decision came at Monday night’s council meeting as councillors approved a report from Operations and Facilities […]
With a summer of movie sequels on the horizon, the Dryden Eagles beat Hollywood to the punch and released their own follow-up. In a rerun of last year’s NorWOSSA playoffs, both the Eagles boys’ and girls’ hockey teams brought a sudden end to the Muskies’ seasons with semi-final sweeps. After […]
Local high school teachers started phase one of their job action today after contract talks with the Rainy River District School Board broke down last Thursday. But Brian Church, president of the bargaining unit for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B, remains optimistic a settlement eventually will be released. […]
One of the final stops in Borderland for motivational speaker Daniel Heidt will be at Rainy River Community College in International Falls tomorrow night. Heidt, a former bodyguard for Hollywood stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, now speaks to kids and adults alike about preventing bullying in schools and the workplace. […]
The Borderland Thunder went from fight night to fright night, but still came away with a valuable four points over the weekend in their quest to clinch first place in the SIJHL. A 6-1 victory here Friday night over the Feathermen Hawks featured an eight-player brawl at the 12:02 mark […]
Athletes sometimes are described as being in the groove. If so, Alex Parent carved a whole valley out of the flatlands of Saskatchewan last week. The Fort Frances Aquanaut was unstoppable in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division of the junior national swimming championships in Regina, piling up six […]
With the final report of a feasibility study by consultants Hilderman, Thomas, Frank and Cram being officially released Monday evening, just what will happen with the plan to “Re-Invent Fort Frances” is now in town council’s hands. “With the final report now complete, our role as a ‘Re-Inventing’ committee has […]
The public is invited to an open house Tuesday in Emo to see the results of five years of stewardship of the Rainy River watershed. Hosted by Rainy River First Nations, the open house will run from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. The format […]
On an undeniably memorable day at the “Fish Tank,” the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball squad will look back at yesterday with the fondest of recollections. The black-and-gold completed their remarkable turnaround this season with a 3-1 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the best-of-five NorWOSSA final in front of a […]
The playoffs are about clutch play, hustle, and intelligence. Last night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team was none of the above. The Dryden Eagles scored on back-to-back power plays in the first period en route to an 8-3 thrashing of the host Muskies in game one of their best-of-three NorWOSSA […]
