Project chairman Rick Wiedenhoeft, left, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell, and Mayor Roy Avis officially opened the Fort Frances Multi-Use Courts with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Aug. 18.
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Julianna Indian of Big Island, 15, competed at “The Vegas Shoot” World Archery Festival in Las Vegas back in February. Meanwhile, above, Hailey Bombay of the Crossroads Tornadoes, left, and Gregory Peters from the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program Knights went stride for stride down the homestretch of the Grade 6 […]
Press Release Ontario is protecting consumers from losing reward points based only on the amount of time passed since they were earned. Beginning Jan. 1, consumers will be protected against losing reward points they have been saving up for larger purchases, and the change will be retroactive to Oct. 1, […]
Press Release The FFGWHA Novice Ice Devils and Novice Heat, along with the host Emo Express, all went 2-1 in the round-robin portion of a recent tournament there. A tie-breaker put the Ice Devils in the gold-medal final against Emo while the Heat dropped down to the bronze-final versus Kenora. […]
Staff The Muskies overcame a slow start to grab a commanding lead in their NorWOSSA showdown last Thursday afternoon against the host Dryden Eagles. Then everything fell apart. Trailing 19-9 in the first set, the Muskies stormed back to win it 26-24. The black-and-gold then carried that momentum into the […]
Staff A three-goal outburst early in the second period sparked the Warroad Warriors to a 7-1 exhibition win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team here last night. Warroad netted the lone goal of the first, then jumped ahead 4-0 early in the second. The score was 5-0 in the third […]
Staff It was a tough day for the four Muskie court teams yesterday in Dryden. Only the junior boys’ basketball team came home victorious–earning a 61-42 win over the Eagles to improve to 3-1 in NorWOSSA play. The Muskie senior boys fell 82-64 to drop to 2-2 on the season. […]
The Associated PressMike Cranston PHILADELPHIA–With DeMar DeRozan knocking down three-pointers early, Toronto Raptors’ coach Dwane Casey thought he was back in Seattle. Down the stretch, Casey watched DeRozan do what’s made him a three-time all-star: get to the foul line. DeRozan combined the two to score a career-high 45 points […]
The Associated PressGethin Coolbaugh BOSTON–Tuukka Rask’s wire-to-wire dominance helped to ensure Charlie McAvoy’s 20th birthday had a happy ending. Rask was nearly impenetrable over 65 minutes before McAvoy scored the decisive goal in the shootout as the Bruins edged the Jets 2-1 last night. “A cherry on top of a […]
Nicholas Donaldson Members of Mrs. VonNiebelschutz’s Grade 7/8 choir entertained students this morning with a few holiday songs during the Fort Frances High School Christmas assembly at the Townshend Theatre. Today is the last day of school before the Christmas break for students across the district, with classes set to […]
of Fort Frances Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Claus made a very special visit to “Baby Time” yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library. This will be most of the kids’ first Christmas.
The Canadian Press NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.–A First Nations’ elder says he was humiliated when an employee searched him at a Canadian Tire store in Saskatchewan earlier this week. “They really, really embarrassed us,” Gordon Albert, 78, of the Sweetgrass First Nation said yesterday. “They thought that since we’re native, we’d […]
