Local News from Across the Rainy River District
When they take to the ice on Friday night, the Fort Frances Lakers will hope to improve on a season that saw them finish second from last with a 12 win, 31 loss record with four overtime losses and a pair shootout losses. The staff, consisting of General Manager and […]
The Muskie football team will host the 2024/25 season opener on Friday, in a match against John Taylor Collegiate, from Winnipeg. Kick-off will be at 3 p.m., September 6, at the Fort Frances High School field. The public is welcome and encouraged to come out and cheer! Attendance is free, […]
Last week, the curling team skipped by Trevor Bonot of Stratton announced a full slate of curling events the team will attend this year as they attempt to qualify for the Montana’s Brier in February and March of this year in Kelowna, B.C. Skip Trevor Bonot says the team is […]
The 75th season of Muskie Football kicks off with a home game at 3:00 Friday September 6 vs John Taylor Collegiate from Winnipeg. Prior to kickoff (around 2:50 PM) the Muskies will honour the contributions of long time coach Dave “Monty” Montgomery. Coach Monty’s widow Bonnie and family members will […]
An organization representing Ontario’s recreation facilities is raising concerns that province could be at risk of losing a quarter of its indoor ice rinks in the next two decades. Speaking on behalf of the Ontario Recreational Facilities Association (ORFA) – an organization created in 1947 whose membership includes those who […]
The Fort Frances Sight & Sound Wolves captured the Rainy River District Fastball League Championship over the Frequency Hearing Stratton Eagles in two games with a 5-4 victory last Thursday evening. On a damp, misty evening Sight and Sound jumped out to a lead but Frequency clawed their way back […]
Prior to the RRDFL all-star game (From left) Guy Arpin, Wes Blight, Donnie Gall and Murray Armstrong were inducted into the RRDFL Hall of Fame. The game that followed was entertaining with great plays in the field and some nice hits. After the game each of the new hall of […]
Many local volleyball players had an opportunity to attend the Alberta Indigenous Games (AIG) last week and one team brought home a medal from the stiff competition. Ruthann McGinnis organized the teams from Rainy River First Nations (RRFNs). She says when they held tryouts in the spring they had a […]
Dave Skallet and Jim Merthan were named the 2024 International Falls Bass Champions with a two-day total of 39.54 pounds, and 10 fish. The annual tournament was held August 22-24, with the Champions taking home the grand prize of $10,000.
17 loggers competed in the competition at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society Fall Fair last Friday morning. This was the largest ever competition in recorded memory according to MC Robin McCormick. After the first event the loggers all took a knee for a moment of silence in memory of […]
If you’re a Fort Frances High School student who’s thinking of joining the football team this year, now’s the time to join in. Practices began Monday, and will continue Monday to Friday from 6-8:30 p.m. until August 30. The change room opens each evening at 5 p.m. Once school begins, […]
A group of archers from the area recently competed in the Alberta Indigenous games and in the first year of the local archery program the group brought home some hardware. Haley Broadbent who runsThe National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) in Rainy River First Nations brought 10 young archers from […]
