Heather Latter Retired physician Dr. Brian Johnstone, the current Fort Frances Citizen of the Year, was pleased to discover his blood pressure was at a normal level yesterday while having it checked at Pharmasave here. With Heart and Stroke Month having wrapped up in February, the local Stroke Prevention Clinic […]
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Ken Johnston Jan Anderson, representing DeGagne’s, left, and R.R. District 4-H Association president Nadine Gerula presented Ashley Croswell with the prestigious DeGagne Award for accumulating the most points in the past three years of beef club work.
Joey Payeur Muskie Janelle Kaemingh (5) didn’t hold back on this third-period slapshot in Fort High’s 5-2 win over the McKinnon Park Blue Devils (Cambridge) on Monday in their opening game at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Kenora.
Staff Winning a regular-season championship is a surefire way to increase one’s possibilities at gaining some major accolades. Five members of the first-place Fort Frances Lakers were announced on Tuesday as finalists for the SIJHL’s annual year-end awards. Forward Lucas DeBenedet will get a second chance at the league’s top […]
Staff Amy Penner had her regular line back together and she couldn’t have been happier. The captain of the Muskie girls’ hockey team notched a hat trick to lead third-seeded Fort High to a 5-2 win over the 14th-ranked McKinnon Park Blue Devils (Caledonia) in their first game at the […]
Joey Payeur Muskie captain Amy Penner (13) jumped all over this rebound ahead of McKinnon Park Blue Devils’ goalie Megan Hassock and defender Amber Lemos to give Fort High a 2-1 lead in the first period yesterday. The black-and-gold went on to a 5-2 victory in their opening game of […]
Heather Latter Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty checked his blood pressure Friday afternoon at Shoppers Drug Mart here. With Heart and Stroke Month having wrapped up in February, the local Stroke Prevention Clinic is encouraging all adults to utilize in-store blood pressure monitors, which also are located at Safeway, […]
Staff Town council will receive a presentation about a local tennis court project at tonight’s regular meeting. Former councillor Rick Wiedenhoeft, who was an advocate for fitness during his 11 years on council, not to mention his years as a Fort High phys. ed. teacher and athletic director, will make […]
the OPP On Friday around 3:30 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP was dispatched to a motor-vehicle collision involving a school bus and passenger vehicle near the intersection of Thompson Street and Keating Avenue South. The bus was carrying five students at the time but no injuries were reported. Both […]
Staff Out-shoppers are reminded to not try to bring chicken or other poultry products across the border into Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is implementing measures to protect Canada’s poultry resources from an outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza reported in poultry in the states of Minnesota, California, Idaho, Oregon, […]
Staff Thirty shots, three goalposts, no luck. A storybook season for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team came to a painful end Saturday in a 1-0 loss to the West Chester University of Pennsylvania Golden Rams in the semi-finals of the ACHA Division II national championship in […]
Duane Hicks Everett Freeman, left, and Cathy DeGagne of Knox United Church swept away Saturday morning during the 48th-annual Church Bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club. At the end of the day, the two teams representing Zion Lutheran Church took the top honours. Finishing in first place was the […]
