Heading into Sunday’s championship final against the previously unbeaten Causeway team, the make-shift squad of MEC/Merchants knew they would have to play well defensively to pull off the upset and shutdown Causeway’s high-powered offensive. In fact, while Causeway breezed through the round-robin trouncing the Dryden Selects 4-0 in their opening […]
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Although Gareth Payne will be back looking to win his fourth-straight Kitchen Creek Classic title, club pro Gord Workum felt this year’s field is a talented one that could see a new champion. With several low handicap players making the trip here from areas such as Kenora and Thunder Bay, […]
For the second consecutive year, Tagg’s met the Dryden Heat in the final of the men’s “Borderland Ball Blast” soccer tournament. And for the second year in a row, Tagg’s was crowned tournament champs. Tagg’s dominated the Dryden squad from the opening whistle, controlling the ball throughout the first half […]
Dear editor: The Conservative government’s document, “Lands for Life,” is a proposal that intends to affect vast changes to many of our interests. Almost every outdoor activity we as residents of Northwestern Ontario relish and consider sacred could be affected. It is our belief this government will destroy a system […]
Dear editor: I am 88 years old and my wife is 81. I have looked after my wife, who has severe Alzheimer’s disease, at home for the last nine years with the help of Home Care and occasional respite care in hospital. Two weeks ago my wife and I went […]
Dear editor, As Fire Marshal of Ontario, I deal with the impact and tragedy of fire on a daily basis. The fact is, approximately 70 percent of fire deaths occur in homes that are not protected by working smoke alarms. It is particularly tragic when fire strikes our most vulnerable […]
It’s an age-old tradition passed through the generations, with youngsters from years gone by taught how to quilt together scraps of fabric to create a work of art that would keep them warm on those cold winter nights. Some are fortunate enough to have a quilt hand-stitched by a grandmother […]
A slow down in donations to area food banks has volunteers worried the demand soon will override their supplies. At the Salvation Army food bank, statistics for July showed an increase in the number of people relying on the service, dwindling down supplies from shelves, said coordinator Marj Atkinson. “We’re […]
Almost all the tenders are out but Fort Frances council still doesn’t have any answers as to why the auditorium is almost $300,000 over-budget so far on its construction budget. Council approved $1.855 million on the construction budget, but as of Monday, the theatre portion of the construction came in […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources declared the Rainy River District, along with a large portion of Northwestern Ontario, a restricted fire zone (RFZ) as of 8 a.m. today. “The RFZ means that all open fires are restricted,” MNR information officer Peter Wilkins explained this morning. “We do allow the use […]
On July 18, six local teens–Ria Cuthbertson, Jennifer Sobkowicz, Adam Jewell, Karl Martinson, Matthew Gustafson, and Chantel Shine– along with two leaders–Carol Gustafson and Kathy Cuthbertson–left Fort Frances to travel to Halifax for the Canadian Lutheran Youth Gathering. The event drew over 1,600 youths from across the country. The local […]
It was a chance to see how far they’ve come on their journey of faith as Our Lady of Lourdes Church wrapped up its 50th-anniversary celebration on the weekend. And as congregation members noted, it allowed them to look back over the rich history of their family and friends who […]
