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The Muskie Senior Girls volleyball team put in a solid weekend’s work but had to settle for silver in the end. While they kept many of the six sets close against the Westgate Tigers out of Thunder Bay, they lost the best of three series in two matches. Congrats on […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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Council for the Township of Emo was found to have not contravened the Municipal Act, 2001 or its own procedure by-law when it held an education and training session, said Paul Dubé from Ombudsman of Ontario in his report released January this year. The training session was related to its […]
Area performers can sing a happy tune; the deadline to apply for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts has been extended. But time is still short – hopeful entrants need to submit their paperwork by March 3 – this Friday. Applications are available for download on the […]
Spring training was once where baseball players went to get the old body in shape for the 162 games that abuse it. Major leaguer players — much like Canadian football players — had winter jobs to subsidize the family budget, or at least pay the green fees in Florida or […]
Who is taking up the tourism development leadership in Fort Frances and across the district? Over a period of more than eight decades, various groups have organized to attract tourists to our side of Borderland. Reaching back to the late 1930’s the Fort Frances Jaycee began attending sport shows in […]
I survived my trip to Toronto and thankfully so did all my helpers and my animals. The first day away was by far the worst. As I left that morning I had a cow calving but she did very little all day so we thought it was a false alarm. […]
Sturgeon Creek School hosted three schools for an archery competition, including Mine Centre, Crossroads and Donald Young Saturday February 24. Mr. Robert Kinsman was the teacher in charge of the competition and those competing. There were shots at a distance of 8 m for a total of 30 arrows. The […]
The West Rainy River Lions Club is helping out at the Rainy River Winter Carnival March 4. The Carnival has been on hold for a few years and we are assisting Mandy Blake – The RR Rec. Director and Rec. Club – to start it up again. The Lions will […]
Waawaatay/Waabanokwe (woman of dawn/sunrise) Michelle loved being called “grandma” by her grandchildren. Michelle was born in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, on March 21, 1975, to Kelvin and Judy Morrison. Michelle lived on her community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning F.N. with her husband Terry Allan. Together they raised three children: Keira Leigh […]
The family of Rodney Cyril Carpenter sadly announces his passing on February 25, 2023, at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances. Rodney was born in Baudette, Minn., on September 16, 1961, to parents Obie and Annalou (Kreger) Carpenter. As a young boy he would cut grass and as an adult […]
