The number of teams involved in the random draw to enter the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next July is growing—along with the excitement of those taking part in Wednesday night’s lottery. Bud Edwards, media relations director for the FFCBC, said Tuesday morning that 123 teams had been confirmed as […]
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The Muskie offence found its pulse here Friday afternoon but they couldn’t keep the beat down the stretch. The black-and-gold scored two touchdowns for the first time this season, but that still wasn’t enough to snap their losing streak as the River East Kodiaks won 22-12 win in Winnipeg High […]
Once they hooked the lead, they weren’t about to throw it back. Ted Stewner of Winnipeg and Kenora’s Al Carlson built enough of a first-day lead Saturday to hold off a Sunday surge by district pair Bill Godin and Karl Howells to collect top honours and the $5,000 first prize […]
A benefit dinner is slated next Tuesday (Oct. 8) to help out a Couchiching First Nation family after their house burned down Friday afternoon. The event is being organized by Denise Audette to benefit Amanda and Ian Perreault and their two children. “The home’s pretty much destroyed,” said Audette, who […]
While the final numbers still were being crunched Monday, it looks like local Safeway employees managed to raise more money than ever for their chosen charity for this year. Store manager Mike Scott said it’s clear the employees have raised a total exceeding $50,000 following the final fundraising event Friday—the […]
New week, same result. Fresh off a win and a tie against the Nipigon Feathermen Hawks to open the SIJHL season, the Borderland Thunder repeated the feat over the weekend on the road against the Fort William Wolves. Matt Johnson’s power-play goal with 5:19 left in the third period lifted […]
Mildred “Bubs” Treftlin, 82, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Friday, Sept. 27, 2002. She was born June 5, 1920 in Fort Frances to the late Charles and Rebecca Payne. In earlier years, Mildred worked at the Electric Bakery for a […]
The two-day blood donor clinic that wrapped up here Thursday fell well short of its goal yet again. “We had a total of 321 donors and that’s 115 short of our quota of 436,” said Marnee Miller of the La Verendrye hospital auxiliary, which helped organize the clinic locally. “We […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will have to fill two vacancies on its board of directors after a second member stepped down. Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said Friday morning that Tammy Hayward, formerly of the Red Dog Inn, announced she was leaving the board earlier this week. Wayne Sabanski […]
A lack of money and men in stripes are issues of concern for the athletic department at Fort High. An OFSAA fundraising meeting was held at the school Monday night to talk about available options which will ensure any Muskie teams that qualify for provincial championships won’t be hamstrung by […]
Susan Bodnarchuk is the new chair of the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee following a meeting earlier this week to choose a replacement for former chair Janis Lesko. “I accepted the position,” Bodnarchuk said Thursday. “We went through the nomination process but no one else stepped up. “I’m definitely looking to […]
Just hours after the Northwestern Health Unit here said there’s been no more cases of the West Nile virus in the area, another crow was confirmed to have the disease late Thursday afternoon. The bird was collected by environmental staff in Dryden and submitted for laboratory analysis on Sept. 12. […]
