Knowledge is power. Napoleon knew it. Genghis Kahn knew it. Alexander the Great knew it. And so do members of the local North Western Ontario Tourism Association. NWOTA held its annual fall meeting at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Friday. Its focus was to educate local tourist outfitters by […]
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A few weeks ago, it was just a slab on concrete with so much potential. The surface at the Fort Frances Curling Club still is a long piece of concrete, but another curling season is now upon us and the ice is in. That isn’t really breaking news, but what […]
They’re fighting for their playoff lives. After a frustrating 7-0 loss to the Maples Marauders here Friday afternoon, the Muskie football team finds itself in this position—either win this Thursday’s game against Tec Voc in Winnipeg or begin preparing themselves for a short season. Friday’s game was frustrating for the […]
Tomorrow’s football game against the visiting Maples Marauders will show if the Muskies are lovers of the kind of drama soap operas garner. If they win, they essentially are ensured a playoff spot at 2-3. But if they lose and fall to 1-4 on the season, that’s when things get […]
On Thanksgiving weekend, not only is the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market a great place to find the best foods for your special meal, but look for seasonal decorations and take the opportunity to meet and visit with friends. The Rainy River District Agri-Food Education group will be joining the crew […]
Dale LaBelle and his helpers are all smiles as the fourth-annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic held Saturday and Sunday was another great success. Also smiling perhaps even a little wider are Dean and Wayne Howard, who pocketed the first-place prize of $5,000 for their two-day catch of 41.91 pounds. […]
After 371 days, you can stop counting. The Muskie football team won their first game in more than a year here Friday afternoon with an 11-0 win over the Dryden Eagles in the annual Homecoming showdown. Yep, you read that right—they won. Cue the violins! Cue the fat lady! Cue […]
They were feeling the pressure, there was no doubt to that, and anyone who thought otherwise didn’t appreciate the magnitude of Friday afternoon’s game between the Muskies and visiting Dryden Eagles. It was Homecoming—and the last time the Muskies won the big game was five years ago. There also were […]
Like a 65-year-old man who has smoked since he was 13, the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team coughed up the ball an excruciatingly number of times yesterday afternoon against the visiting Kenora Broncos. The Broncos implemented a full court press after the Muskies went on an 8-0 scoring run in […]
The Muskies will be gunning for their first win of the Winnipeg High School Football League season tomorrow when they host the 0-3 Dryden Eagles in the annual Homecoming game. Kick-off is slated for 1:30 p.m. Blake Wepruk, the black-and-gold’s 14-year-old quarterback, guaranteed a Muskie victory after last Friday’s 19-4 […]
“As luck would have it . . . we didn’t have much.” That’s how John Gibson described the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s showing in their semi-final match at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend. They lost two close sets by scores of 26-24 and 25-23 to St. […]
An ad for a job opening in this week’s Classifieds section of the Fort Frances Times is sure to raise some eyebrows. The position is for facility manager and the employer is the Kitchen Creek Golf Club, which means one of two things—either they are hiring another manager at the […]
