Duane Hicks Council will consider some much-needed repairs and renovations to some town buildings in its 2015 capital budget. During a budget meeting yesterday, council began to discuss what capital budget items are most important this year and which can be cut right off the bat. Fort Frances CAO Mark […]
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Staff Sturgeon Creek School, the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program, and Nestor Falls School will be recognized at the Rainy River District School Board meeting tonight for their joint parent engagement and family math night. Utilizing a $1,000 Parents Reach Out (PRO) grant, the three school councils organized the evening in […]
Heather Latter Erma and Bob Armit got ready to dig into their main course at the local Alzheimer Society’s annual charitable dinner, “Forget Me Not,” at La Place Rendez-Vous here Saturday night. The evening not only featured a tasty meal but also entertainment, a silent auction, and “mystery” prizes.
Joey Payeur Former Muskie Shilo Beck of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs tested Northern Michigan Wildcats’ goalie Jenna Bales on this third-period chance during ACHA Divsion II women’s hockey action aturday at Bronco Arena in International Falls. The Voyageurs took both halves of the two-game series, winning 4-2 on […]
Joey Payeur Racin Witherspoon of the Fort Frances Canadians showed great speed heading up ice against the Dryden Flyers during the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s IP1 Jamboree at the Emo-La Vallee Arena on Saturday. Eight teams, including five from Fort Frances, took part.
Staff Kathie Jackson is on the road again—and she’s pumped to have company along for the ride. The Fort Frances skip and her team of third Teresa McFayden, second Jacquee Loerzel, and lead Leanne Eluik swept a best-of-three series with Kenora’s Lori Hoppe to win the Travelers Curling Club Championship […]
Joey Payeur Some victories are sweeter than others. The Muskie boys’ hockey team got the ultimate revenge by defeating the defending champion St. Paul’s Crusaders #1 (Winnipeg) 7-4 in the final of the annual John Taylor Piper Classic tournament there Saturday. It was the Crusaders, who had won four of […]
Staff Nathaniel Dupuis decided to stick around until the end this time, which was a good thing for the Thunder Bay North Stars. Dupuis made 32 saves to backstop the North Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Fort Frances Lakers yesterday on the final day of the annual SIJHL […]
Staff Dylan Ossachuk was outstanding but didn’t get any help. The Muskie boys’ hockey team fell 1-0 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies (Winnipeg) last night in their first game at the annual John Taylor Piper Classic in Winnipeg. Fort High continued Pool ‘A’ action this morning against the host Pipers […]
Duane Hicks Rob Tovey, left, Joyce McCormick, and Brian Hagarty read through a scene from “Office Hours” during a Fort Frances Little Theatre casting call yesterday evening in the meeting room at Share Bear’s here. Written by Canadian playwright Norm Foster, it is expected to be performed as a dinner […]
Staff A new program, “Let’s Speak Ojibwe,” will start tomorrow morning at the Fort Frances Public Library—and it’s not too late to participate. Library program director Andrea Avis said there’s been quite a bit of interest in the program and she’s expecting at least a dozen people to attend. “We […]
Press Release New Gold Inc. announced today that the company has received the key environmental approvals for its Rainy River project in Chapple. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change separately completed their detailed assessments of the project, and subsequently announced their respective […]
