It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Keith Strachan at the Atikokan General Hospital Extended Care wing with his loving family by his side. Keith was born in Winnipeg on May 18, 1930 and was raised in the Rainy River District by his parents Bill […]
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Jean Melba Heard of Halifax, N.S. and formerly of Rainy River, Ont., passed away on Monday, Jan. 6 in the Abbie J Lane Hospital, QEII in Halifax. Jean was born on June 15, 1924 in Port Arthur, Ont. to Robert Louis Srigley and Ethel Cooke Srigley. The Srigley family were […]
Sadly the family announces the sudden passing of Norma Blight, 65, of Rainy River on Monday, Jan 13, 2020. A service of celebration and remembrance will be held on Saturda,y, Jan. 18, 2020 at 2 p.m. at the Rainy River Royal Canadian Legion. Complete funeral announcement to follow.
It is with great sadness and sorrow we announce the sudden loss of our Mother Jean Elizabeth Steele (Jewell) on Jan. 7, 2020. She was born on Feb. 25, 1935, in Devlin, Ont. to the late Wellington and Blanche Jewell. Jean will be greatly missed by her children Vernon (Doreen), […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Delores Eyolfson announces her sudden passing on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 at the LaVerendrye General Hospital. Delores was born on Jan. 3, 1934 at Couchiching First Nation to Arthur Sr. and Matilda (Morrisseau) Lee, and was raised at Bear’s Pass. She […]
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians were unable to advance to the championship game of their annual home tournament and the Warroad Warriors took full advantage of it. Damon Skappel and Devin McCormick both netted hat tricks to pace the Warriors to a 9-1 rout of the International Falls […]
Jamie Mountain Nixon Norman of the Warroad Warriors cleared the puck out of his own zone during the first period of his squad’s 9-1 romp over the International Falls Broncos in the Gold-Medal Game of the Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians’ annual home tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Ice […]
Jamie Mountain It was a great weekend for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team as they finished with a silver medal at the annual Falcon Invitational Tournament held in Thunder Bay on Friday and Saturday. The black-and-gold opened play on Friday with a 57-47 win over the Hammarskjold Vikings. The […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ and Rainy River Owls’ boys’ curling rinks passed their first tests of the season with flying colours this week. Both squads put in an excellent two days of curling and topped their respective divisions at the NorWOSSA qualifier held on Sunday and Monday at the […]
Muskie Ray Calder was all smiles despite the chilly weather as he set out down the course of the senior boys’ 7.8-K race at the NorWOSSA Nordic skiing season-opener held at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails on Rocky Inlet on Friday. Calder was the lone representative for Fort […]
Rainy River Owls’ girls’ skip Kirsten Armstrong looked on as she released her shot and watched as her Owl teammates got ready to sweep it during their squad’s 6-3 loss to the Muskies at the NorWOSSA curling qualifier on Monday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
Jamie Mountain With both an SIJHL championship and a Dudley-Hewitt Cup title on their minds, the Fort Frances Lakers have made some moves to bolster the team for the stretch run of the season. In the first of three transactions on Friday, which also was the CJHL’s annual trade deadline, […]
