Emo teams played .500 hockey against opponents at the Emo Arena this past week. In Novice action, the Emo Rockets scored in the first period and then netted to more tallies in the third for a 3-0 shutout against visiting Rainy River. Brady Baker, Ryan Witherspoon, and Charlie DeBungie scored […]
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“How high do you put your treestand in the tree” is one of the most asked questions of professionals in the hunting industry. It’s like someone’s waiting to hear that there’s a “special height,” and the reason they haven’t harvested a good buck is because they’ve been two feet off […]
Raymond Roy’s rink downed Lorne Jackson 8-3 in the final of the Zone 7 mixed curling playdowns in Rainy River on Sunday to earn a berth at the six-team district playdowns starting tomorrow in Kenora. Roy jumped out to an early lead with a pair in the first end and […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts were led by some of their younger swimmers last weekend at the annual Kenora Invitational, with Meghan Hebert and Karli McKinnon both achieving best times in seven out of their eight races. Head coach Debbie Murray noted several other Aquanauts also nailed down personal bests at […]
Heading into last night’s home opener against the Kenora Broncos, the Muskies wanted to send a message to the rest of the league. It was a message well received. The black-and-gold outplayed the Broncos in nearly every aspect of the game en route to a 10-3 romp before an appreciative […]
Dear sir: I have been told our local snowmobile club has purchased a new groomer. Now I wonder how many businessmen would put a bunch of inexperienced operators on this machine if it was their own piece of machinery, or even a few different operators–not qualified–to run it? Some of […]
Dear sir: I would like to thank some good Samaritans. My daughter, Amy, and I were in an accident on our way to Thunder Bay during the snowstorm on Nov. 10. We slid off the road and hit a rock cut. Thank you, Gar Faragher and Hugh Dennis, for getting […]
Voting by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers is expected to finish by 11 a.m. (CST) tomorrow, at which time it will be known if the union accepted the latest contract offer from Abitibi-Consolidated. The two sides reached a tentative agreement just after midnight Saturday in Montreal. Members of CEP Local […]
Dear editor, This past week, I had the privilege of attending the Premier’s Conference on the Economy: Jobs and Prosperity Ontario in the New Millennium, which brought together individuals from business, labour, Métis and First Nations communities, municipal and provincial government, and non-government organizations from all sectors of our region. […]
Atikokan may have landed the new Community Care Access Centre’s 310-INFO call centre but that, in turn, may help Fort Frances in its bid for a cell phone project for Northwestern Ontario. As first reported in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Atikokan will became the base of operation for the 310-INFO […]
Christmas Day can be a lonely time for some but it doesn’t have to be–especially when there’s a whole community gathered together to dine and enjoy the holiday in one place. A tradition in Fort Frances for more than 10 years, the annual community Christmas dinner once again is slated […]
Friends of Fort Frances resident Christina Stoessinger are urging the community to show its support for her fight against cancer at a benefit dinner/dance this Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. Billed as “That’s what friends are for,” the evening will get underway with a social hour from 6-7 p.m., followed […]
