Joey Payeur Muskie captain Amy Penner’s leadership was a main ingredient for their march to the silver medal at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Kenora last week. Penner led the team in goals and points at the tournament as Fort High captured its first-ever OFSAA medal in the program’s 15-year […]
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Heather Latter Sophie Calder, left, Jesse Homer, and Maddisyn Smith were getting into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by decorating shamrocks at the Fort Frances Day Care this morning. In addition to crafts and wearing green, the children also enjoyed listening to Irish music and dancing.
Duane Hicks Town council is close to finalizing its 2015 budget, with a possible residential tax increase of less than two percent. As of yesterday’s meeting, the combined operating and capital budgets requires a levy increase of $195,078. A significant part of this amount—$71,482—is due to the five percent levy […]
the OPP The Rainy River District detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have positively identified a body that had been located Saturday at a boat launch on McIrvine Road as that of 58 year-old Linda Kozik. Kozik had been last seen the afternoon of Jan. 15, 2015 leaving a […]
Joey Payeur Wyatt Cota was a natural choice to pave the way to one final Fort Frances Lakers’ regular-season victory. Cota scored a natural hat trick in the third period to help the Lakers to a 4-0 win over the English River Miners here Friday night. It was the last […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances’ Peyton Avis (left), playing for the Northwestern Ontario Ice Bulls, motored past the fast-closing defence provided by Curtis Giguere of the Northern Selects during Saturday’s round-robin finale in the HNO PeeWee ‘AAA’ branch championship here. The Bulls pulled out a 4-2 win to advance to yesterday’s […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances native Ian Tookenay (right), playing for the Northwestern Ontario North Stars, matched skills with Jesse Tucker of the Thunder Bay Happy Time Tours Kings in the first period of Game 2 of the HNO Bantam ‘AAA’ branch championship here Saturday. The Kings skated away with a […]
Duane Hicks Canada geese returned to Borderland over the weekend. These fine-feathered friends were spotted at the Point yesterday, along with a couple of trumpeter swans. Seagulls also are back while two robins were seen yesterday afternoon in a front-yard tree on Victoria Avenue North.
the OPP On Saturday afternoon, the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a body that had been located at a boat launch on McIrvine Road in Fort Frances. Officers attended the scene and determined that the body of a female had been pulled […]
Joey Payeur It was black-and-gold with plenty of blue mixed in, plus one sparkling silver lining. The third-ranked Muskie girls’ hockey team ran into a buzzsaw in the form of the top-seeded St. Michael Warriors (Stratford), who captured the gold medal at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championship in Kenora with a […]
Heather Latter Lucas Berry, a Grade 1 student at Robert Moore School, enjoyed tasting a maple syrup taffy pop this morning during the winter carnival there. With some of the activities modified due to the recent mild weather and melting snow, students still took part in smoosh races, an obstacle […]
Duane Hicks A team including Danette McIntyre, left, Darryl Allan, Marie Allan, Greg Thorstad, Paul Pirie, and others were prompted by host Al Pitch during a round of “Fabulous Feud” last night at La Place Rendez-Vous. The popular game was provided by Superb Entertainment of Winnipeg.
