Joey Payeur Many coaches would embrace a two-game sweep in which their team outscored its opponent 21-0. But Jamie Davis believes—and expects—his team can do better. The head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team wasn’t overly thrilled with the opening half of its two-game sweep of the Red Lake […]
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Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team suffered its first loss of the NorWOSSA season last week. Then they made the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints suffer their wrath. Annalise Hayes scored four goals as the Muskies cruised to a 7-0 win over the Saints last Wednesday in Kenora. Taylor Croswell, […]
Joey Payeur Cassandra Moffitt’s mood ranked somewhere between exhaustion and dissatisfaction. The former Muskie had to watch the end of the game from the bench after the freshman centre for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs fouled out of the team’s 74-63 overtime home loss to the visiting Minnesota State-Fergus […]
Duane Hicks 2015 has been a busy year for the Town of Fort Frances. In a year-end address at Monday night’s council meeting (the last one of 2015), Mayor Roy Avis noted there’s been many capital improvements throughout the town. These include a new animal shelter, a new salt/sand shed, […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts once again will host a talent show fundraiser, this year called “Show Us Your Talent,” in celebration of its 76th season. And organizers are looking for performers of all ages to take part. “Our first event last year was […]
Heather Latter Despite the above-average temperatures and lack of ice, the Voyageur Lions Club still is moving ahead with plans for its annual “Polar Plunge.” “We’re just worried right now about the lack of ice,” conceded club member Bill Michl, who also is governor of Lions International District 5M-10. In […]
Heather Latter In keeping with its focus on equality and inclusivity, the Rainy River District School Board has included gender-neutral washrooms at the high schools in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan. “It’s modern in terms of reaching for equity and inclusiveness, and it follows along the line of basic […]
Duane Hicks The presents and hospitality that are part of the holiday season also mean the accumulation of more boxes, wrapping paper, and other recyclable materials. Fortunately, the two new stationary compactor units—with properly-sized hoppers and six 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers—now are operational at the Sixth Street West depot and should […]
Duane Hicks The bad news: Fort Frances Power Corp. customers’ electricity bills will be going up in the new year, along with the rest of Ontario residents. The good news: FFPC customers still enjoy the cheapest power in the province. Due to several changes in hydro billing in Ontario, residential […]
Duane Hicks With word that local Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young is retiring soon, the town will advocate loud and clear that Fort Frances and Rainy River District needs a new one immediately to replace him. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig noted there’s been a continued erosion and marginalization of […]
Joey Payeur It’s not the ideal formula for success but the Fort Frances Lakers are getting away with it for now thanks to their goalies. Pierce Dushenko and Brandon Bodnar were the keys as the Lakers extended their winning streak to five games—even though they were outshot in all three […]
Heather Latter Paramedic Robin Pollard helped pack an ambulance full of food donations at Safeway on Saturday during the sixth-annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” event here. Emergency services reps and volunteers also were located outside of Walmart, The Place, Cloverleaf (Emo), and the Beaver Mills Market (Rainy River). Together, the community stuffed 33 […]
