Playing in her first national tournament, local golfer Carol Livingston admitted to battling a case of nerves at last week’s Canadian senior ladies’ golf championship in Calgary. Those nerves prompted the Kitchen Creek member to open the tournament Tuesday with five straight sixes en route to a first-round score of […]
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The International Falls Broncos went into last Friday’s exhibition game against the visiting Muskies with one simple strategy on offence–make the Fort High crew stop their running attack. And for the most part, the black-and-gold defence did a reasonable job stopping the Broncos on the ground. But in the end, […]
The Fort Frances Selects were eliminated from further contention at the Thunder Bay invitational soccer tournament Sunday with a 3-0 loss to Thunder Bay Polonia. Polonia had a steady offensive attack in the quarter-final match-up, scoring a goal in the first half, then adding another early in the second half […]
Although the Muskie ‘B’ football team went winless last year, co-coach Bob Fryer, in his first season at the helm, remains optimistic of the campaign ahead. Fryer, who took over the junior program along with Don Canfield, replaces his son, Ron, who was the team’s head coach last season. The […]
You can’t blame people living in Northwestern Ontario for being just a little unsympathetic towards last week’s uproar in the centre of the known universe–Toronto–that was sparked by the big jump in gasoline prices. The masses in southern Ontario suddenly were paying about the same price we face at the […]
Dear editor: New curriculum guidelines for math and language are being implemented in elementary classrooms across the province this September. Teachers are not opposed to these new guidelines. Teachers have been asking for new curriculum for many years. However, they are upset with the lack of homework and long-range planning […]
Want to shake off the blues by taking a cruise this winter–but can’t afford it? Well, maybe Fort Frances Little Theatre could help out. The troupe is planning to take its audiences on an interactive cruise as their January/February production, with Joyce McCormick and Brian Hagarty still scripting the piece. […]
The Tower, “Hallett” and Fort St. Pierre sites at Pither’s Point closed their doors for the summer Aug. 24 after attracting about 2,000 visitors–up nearly 200 over last year. “Attendance was up a little bit, and the Tower is still our most popular spot,” museum curator Pam Hawley noted last […]
Local cellular phone service from Rainy River to Bear’s Pass could soon be a reality–and one which could reap a large amount of revenue for Fort Frances. For the last six months, the local Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has looked into the feasibility of bringing cellular service to the area. […]
With the approach of fall, area residents can probably expect to see bears nosing around their backyards. But just how many bruins pay a visit depends largely on the precautions taken by homeowners. An increase in bear sightings have been reported in the McIrvine Road and Eighth Street areas of […]
Area municipalities should be able to start accurate “number-crunching” Monday as to what the provincial downloading of services will mean to local taxpayers next year. Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said about a dozen municipal treasurers from across the province are slated to meet with the province Friday in Toronto […]
The McGuinty Task Force on Children came to Fort Frances last Friday morning but some here were left wondering what will stem from its findings–at least in the short term. “We’ve been through so many of these things. In terms of anything coming from this whole thing, I’m pretty skeptical,” […]
