Jamie Mountain A gold medal just wasn’t in the cards for the Owl court sport teams in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ playoffs last Wednesday in Kenora. All three teams failed to advance past their respective semifinal. The third-ranked senior girls’ basketball team battled the second-place Atikokan Voyageurs tough, but just didn’t […]
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Staff The local Cyclone Swim Club had some stellar results at the annual Dryden Dolphins Splash meet held Saturday and Sunday in Dryden. On the girls’ side, both Paige McFayden and Madison LeBlanc came away with six medals each. Competing in the age 13-and-older division, McFayden snared bronze in the […]
Jamie Mountain There are ups and downs to every season but lately it feels like anything that could go wrong does for the Fort Frances Lakers. The Lakers lost a pair of home games over the weekend, starting with a narrow 2-1 defeat to the rival Dryden GM Ice Dogs […]
Sam Odrowski Members of the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadets braved the cold during a Remembrance Day Ceremony that was held at the cenotaph in Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) yesterday afternoon. Some attendees travelled long distances to pay their respects at the ceremony, including local MPP Greg Rickford and […]
Students from Mrs. Wood’s class recited “In Flanders Fields” by Lt.-Col. John McCrae as a part of St. Michael’s School’s Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday. Students from Mme. Quesnel’s French Immersion class also presented the poem en francais, and Capt. Donald Matheson was invited to speak to those in attendance about […]
Ken Kellar Members of the Legion Colour Guard marched towards the cenotaph at Fort Frances Cemetery ahead of the Remembrance Day ceremony yesterday. Dignitaries, service members and members of the public braved the brutally cold temperature to be present for the ceremony to show their respects to soldiers who gave […]
Ken Kellar Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 president Ann Watson, left, Helen Pohanka and Lindsay Haglund welcomed visitors to the Br. #29 Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary’s Remembrance Day tea here on Sunday. While a frigid wind whipped outside, the Legion building itself was full of friends, hot beverages and tasty baking […]
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The town is hoping to secure funds from the government to assist in capital upgrades at the Memorial Sports Centre. In August, the province announced a new funding program aimed at recreational and cultural facilities within municipalities. The total eligible costs within the grant application can be a maximum of […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Thousands of Canadians braved sub-zero temperatures in the nation’s capital yesterday to honour and remember all those–no matter their background–who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values and its principles. Reminders of that common cause among those who served this country and died for […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Police in Toronto say a cenotaph commemorating war dead has been vandalized. Const. Alex Li said officers were called to the area this morning, less than 24 hours after hundreds gathered nearby for a Remembrance Day ceremony. Li says the words “Ye broke faith” were spray-painted on […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Hundreds of people gathered in steady but gently falling snow at the Ontario legislature to pay tribute to the sacrifices of Canada’s veterans on Remembrance Day. Maj. Paul Comeault, the master of ceremonies, said that by remembering those men and women, Canadians recognize the significant difference they […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Police in Toronto say a two-and-a-half year old girl is dead after she was struck by an air conditioner that fell from an eighth-floor apartment. Const. Caroline de Kloet, a police spokeswoman, said the child died in hospital after she was hit yesterday outside an east-end apartment […]
