Taking to the field as a special teams player takes a lot of heart and courage, not to mention physical ability. It also takes a whole different mentality. With players running down the field at full speed, hitting absolutely anything and everything that comes their way, it’s not only a […]
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Playing what head coach Adrian Chapman called “their best volleyball of the season,” the Muskies spiked their way to a trip to the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay this weekend after a dramatic comeback over Kenora in the NorWOSSA final last Friday in Dryden. Chapman said his team hit with […]
The old adage, “It’s not how you start but how you finish,” is one that is haunting the Muskie girls’ basketball program this week. That’s because both squads lost their respective NorWOSSA finals last Friday in Dryden after dominating league play during the regular season, each finishing atop the standings […]
By now, most of you know about the walkout that occurred at the high school last Friday. The walkout was planned by three students who had some legitimate concerns about things which were happening within the school. Those three, in turn, were backed by a number of other students who […]
Dear sir: I would like to express my thanks to the businesses, taxpayers, and residents of Emo for their overwhelming support following our letter to the editor last week, which directed the township to find a solution to the drainage ditch problem. A representative from the Ministry of Housing and […]
Dear sir: Just a quick thank you note to the Town of Fort Frances for a wonderful Nov. 12 weekend. The dedication ceremony for the new mural was enlightening, educational, and filled with civic pride. Personally, I was glad to see no students were released to attend–we wouldn’t want to […]
Dear Mr. Behan: I am wondering if I could take advantage of your Letters to the Editor column to seek the assistance of your readers. I am in the process of writing a book about the exploits of the Fort Frances Canadians and their seven-year quest for the Allan Cup. […]
Dear sir: Well another Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day) has gone by. If memory serves me right, this day was set aside to remember the people who died in the first and second world wars plus other wars, too. When I went to school, it was a holiday for us kids […]
Before coming to Fort Frances last Friday, all Carol Pirie of North Carolina knew about her great-grandfather, Edward Wellington Backus, was that she had “missed out.” “My sister had told me he was a lumber baron,” Pirie said, adding her sibling then would go on and tell her about the […]
It may have been finished just the day before, and it still needed some touch-ups afterwards, but that didn’t take anything away from the eagerly-anticipated unveiling of the town’s first heritage mural Friday morning. Residents from both sides of the border crowded on Mowat Avenue as they waited for the […]
While Remembrance Day ceremonies can be solemn events as people recall veterans who served in past wars, Dick Bird was all smiles Sunday when he spoke at the blessing and dedication of the new War Veterans and Peacetime Armed Forces Memorial Site at Couchiching. “I couldn’t be happier. The turnout, […]
Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray got a chance to see firsthand what $100,000 in Canadian Millennium Partnership Program funding has done for the Lions Park here, taking part in the official dedication ceremony Friday morning. The area in front of the podium was packed with children from Robert Moore and […]
