Joey Payeur Diamond stars of both local fastball galaxies were shining bright in Stratton on Saturday. The Rainy River District Fastball League and Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League held their joint year-end awards banquet to pay tribute to their top performers of this past season. For representatives of the […]
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Joey Payeur Chewing on a loss for three days left the Fort Frances Lakers hungry for redemption. Nick Minerva ended his early-season points drought with a critical third-period goal, along with two earlier assists, as the Lakers beat the visiting Minnesota Iron Rangers 5-2 on Saturday night. Lakers’ head coach […]
Joey Payeur Mike Cuzzolino berated his team for trying to give him a Gatorade bucket shower on the sidelines and also told them to ease up on their extended post-game photo sessions. It may have seemed to be a curious reaction from the Muskie football head coach after watching his […]
Heather Latter Sue Korosec has two beverages of choice—wine and tea—but she’s been focusing more on tea for the past year since taking over the local business, “Smashing Tea.” “People frown on me drinking wine for breakfast,” Korosec chuckled, noting she took over the business last October from Nicke Baird, […]
Heather Latter She attended the Miss North Ontario regional pageant in May, then she competed nationally at the Miss Teenage Canada pageant in August—with top 10 finishes in both. Now Alyssa Chiasson is heading off to the beautiful Caribbean island of Curaçao, where she’ll be representing Canada in the H2O […]
Heather Latter With its largest turnout to date, the third-annual “Steps Against Stigma” here did what it set out to do—help to break down barriers and reduce the stigma around mental illness. “This is the biggest year so far,” co-organizer Christina Hahkala of the local Canadian Mental Health Association enthused […]
Duane Hicks After 39 years of working for the town in various capacities, Mark McCaig is retiring as its Chief Administrative Officer, effective Nov. 15. McCaig, who turns 55 on Oct. 20, has served as CAO since September, 2003. “I thought about this for a long time, and talked about […]
Duane Hicks The Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s 17th-annual fundraiser dinner, once again organized by its special events committee, was a high-flying success—raking in big bucks for district health care. The amount not only far exceeded the committee’s goal of $25,000 but outdid the fundraising totals of any of the […]
Duane Hicks Lunch is served. Wasaw Enterprises of Couchiching First Nation has partnered with Big Grassy First Nation to provide lunch services at New Gold’s mine construction sites. Starting this past Monday, Wasaw Food Services began serving up hot lunch to workers at the “Mars” site out of a new, […]
Joey Payeur The stormy mixture of emotions was plain on the face of Tyson Morrisseau. A loss on the second playoff hole to Cameron Baird of the Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay) meant Morrisseau had to settle for the silver medal for both himself, and as part of the Muskie boys’ […]
Heather Latter Muskie boys’ hockey players Jake Clendenning, left, Cam Gushulak, and Kendyn Faragher were triumphant in their finish of the “Steps Against Stigma” 5K run here Saturday.
Duane Hicks Terry Chambers got a closer look Tuesday evening at just a few of the more than 60 pieces of hooked art on display as part of the new exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum. A grand-opening and reception for “The Artistry of Hooked Rugs” was held that evening, […]
