Glynne Edward Martin passed away peacefully, at the age of 73, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 at the Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden, Ont. Glynne was born on May 4, 1945 in St. Austell, Cornwall, England to John and Joan Martin (née McTurk). Together as a family, they moved […]
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With great sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of Sydney Darrah, 77, of La Vallee Township, Ont. at his residence on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. As per Sydney’s wishes, a private family service and interment will take place at a later date. A complete obituary will follow.
Will we make the selling of cannabis (a.k.a. marijuana or pot) legal in Fort Frances? Beginning on Oct. 17, Ontario residents aged 19 and over will be able to purchase cannabis online across the province and then in retail outlets beginning in April. Municipalities have until Jan. 22, 2019 to […]
Well, Oct. 1 is here but I think it feels more like Nov. 1. We really need some sunshine–like a whole month or two of it. I just can’t believe how quickly things went to heck. I think we all were expecting the miserable weather to come and go but […]
Loraine and I have decided to paddle to Finland. Now, we aren’t just willy-nilly with our plans–coming up with some hair-brained idea without careful planning. We want to see Finland’s outdoor glass sculptures that look like they are living beings; flames of glass seemingly growing out of the marsh and […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers have started the season strong in winning three of their first four games, but playing a more physical brand of hockey is something head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is hoping his squad will adapt to. Fort Frances (3-1-0-0) won its home-opener 6-5 […]
Jamie Mountain It was monkey see, monkey do last week for both the Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior girls’ basketball teams. Both squads defeated the host Pelican Falls Timberwolves and Sioux Lookout Warriors to start the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular season with identical 2-0 records. The senior hoopsters opened play […]
Jamie Mountain Nick Hahkala of the Fort Frances Lakers looked to motor his way toward the net around his Minnesota Iron Rangers’ opponents during the first period of his squad’s 6-5 win in their home-opener Friday night. The Lakers then fell 5-3 to the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars the […]
Staff The best and brightest that the local fastball leagues had to offer this season were celebrated Saturday night as the men’s and women’s leagues held their combined awards banquet at the Stratton Recreation Centre. Travis Tom, with the back-to-back Rainy River District Fastball League champion Fort Frances Braves, was […]
Jamie Mountain Losing is tough and no team ever wants to go through the range of emotions after suffering a defeat. It’s even tougher when you’re a basketball team and lose on a buzzer-beater after fighting back from a late seven-point deficit. But such was the case for the Muskie […]
Staff Steve Arpin capped the inaugural Americas Rallycross (ARX) season by placing third in the World Rallycross USA held over the weekend at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Tex. Scott Speed of Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross claimed the title while teammate Tanner Foust did all he could in the last […]
Jamie Mountain It is one day to rule them all. That was the mindset of the Muskie golf team ahead of the NWOSSAA championships yesterday at Kitchen Creek here (outcomes weren’t known as of press time). No previous season scores count at NWOSSAA, meaning anything can happen if you get […]
