Who says the Muskies can’t beat American teams? For the second time in five days, the black-and-gold showed they can skate with–and beat–a team from south of the border after edging the Baudette Bears 2-1 there last night. Ross Anderson, NorWOSSA’s leading scorer, tallied the game-winner midway through the third […]
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The Emo Novice Rockets edged visiting West End Motors (Fort Frances) 3-1 on goals by Luke Judson (two) and Derek Sigurdson in recent minor hockey action. The Rockets had been working on a shutout when Curtis Watkins flashed the light for West End Motors with less than a minute left […]
The Emo Bandits (Tweens) ringette team captured the gold medal at a four-team tournament in Atikokan over the weekend, doubling Dryden #2 4-2 in the championship game. Sarah Barton led the Bandits with two goals while Jayme Strachan and Stephanie Strachan netted one apiece. Emo opened the tournament with a […]
Nothing beats a fast start. When the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team gets off to one, which they’ve done in their past few league games, they’re to be tough to beat. Just ask the Dryden Eagles. The black-and-gold roared out to a commanding 15-2 lead after the first quarter, and […]
Dear sir: The Lake of the Woods Millennium Committee is meeting on a regular basis to continue with the planning for the Homecoming to be held Aug. 4-7. With the year 2000 finally here, details of the event are rapidly taking shape to make this a weekend for all to […]
Old Fort Frances High School on First Street East has yet to attract a new owner after being on the open market since early December. “We’ve had a number of people interested, and they toured through the building, but we haven’t had an offer on it yet,” said Warren Hoshizaki, […]
Seven graduates of the Aboriginal Early Childhood Education program at Confederation College had the honour of being the first class to have their ceremony at the Townshend Theatre. “It was wonderful. It was nice for the graduates to have it in such a great place,” campus manager Don Lovisa said […]
The committee of the whole of council last night recommended the town stick with services offered by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. rather than forming its own economic development office. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said this morning council and the RRFDC board will meet in the near future to work […]
The Wyrd Sisters, who will perform here Friday night as part of the “tour de Fort” concert series, probably are one of the few groups to have chosen their name by looking through a dictionary. Nancy Reinhold of Winnipeg, who founded the trio with Kim Baryluk back in 1991 (Lianne […]
Rainycrest Home for the Aged here is open to the public again after being closed to all visitors for about two weeks as the Northwestern Health Unit fought to control the spread of the Influenza ‘A’ virus. “We’re very happy with the outcome of measures taken to control the ’flu,” […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board had a good year, Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale told trustees in her annual report at last night’s regular meeting. “It’s been a busy year–very exciting and a very good one overall,” remarked Oldale, who will submit her four-page report to the ministry before month’s […]
After a two-year hiatus, some members of the Fort Frances Highlanders plan to revive the memory of renowned poet Robert Burns with an evening of Scottish culture and music here next month. The Robbie Burns supper is slated Saturday, Feb. 5 at La Place Rendez-Vous starting with a cocktail hour […]
