Staff Making a comparison was easy for Jamie Davis. The Muskie boys’ hockey head coach watched his squad beat the Detroit Lakes Lakers 5-3 in exhibition action Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was a significant turnaround from the 6-2 pasting Fort High took from Detroit Lakes […]
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Staff Muskie curling quickly is becoming synonymous with success. All three squads were undefeated at the NorWOSSA qualifier in Red Lake following this morning’s draw. The girls’ team of skip Hailey Beaudry, third Nicole Hartlin, second Erin Tomalty, and lead Tory Beaudry sat at 3-0 after beating the Atikokan Voyageurs […]
Press Release Due to a number of residents experiencing influenza-like illness at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here, an outbreak was declared late Friday. Visiting residents is permitted but please do not do so if you are experiencing any symptoms of ill health, such as: •cough; •stuffy nose and sore throat; •fever; […]
Look for scattered flurries before midnight, along with an overnight low of minus-seven C (19 F) and east winds at five m.p.h. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-three (26) and low around minus-eight (17). Calm winds will become northwesterly at five m.p.h. There is a 20 […]
Staff Jenna Enge has assured herself a place in Ontario curling history while Tirzah Keffer was left wondering what might have been. Enge, a Devlin native who plays second for Sudbury skip Tracy Horgan, is a provincial champion for a second time after Horgan edged Kendra Lilly 4-3 in the […]
Heather Latter Shelley DeGagne, left, and Phyllis Johnson were just two of the members of the Cabin Country Quilt Guild who gathered at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau on Saturday to help make “touch quilts” for the local Alzheimer Society. The quilts—made of different textures and materials—provide sensory stimulation to […]
Joey Payeur Gabe Gunderson of the Fort Frances Robinson Rush (right) tried to shake off the pressure from Reed McKinnon of the Fort Frances Gillons’ Sharks during the final of the FFMHA’s Atom ‘A’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Sharks won 4-3 after taking the shootout […]
Joey Payeur Former Muskie Katie Sinclair (13) skated into the offensive zone during the first period of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ 2-1 overtime victory in the first of a two-game ACHA Division II home series versus the North Dakota State University Bison on Saturday at Bronco Arena. The […]
Press Release Over the last few days, it has become clear that the ’flu has taken hold in communities throughout Rainy River District. As a result, there has been an increase in the number of patients presenting at Riverside’s emergency departments in Fort Frances and Rainy River, as well as […]
Staff Close finishes, outstanding performances, and a first-time thrill highlighted recent action in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. The Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Leafs mauled the Baudette junior varsity girls’ team 13-2 back on Dec. 20. Danielle Cridland had the memorable moment of the game—scoring her first-ever competitive goal […]
A.L.A.G Members of the Assisted Living Action Group yesterday voted unanimously in favour of working with an experienced seniors’ housing corporation to develop an assisted living/retirement living community in Fort Frances. A.L.A.G. and this corporation extensively have researched one another and mutually agreed they are a good match to move […]
Staff So far, so good. The two district participants in the inaugural provincial women’s curling championship both ended up in the win column as the event kicked off yesterday at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Tracy Horgan of Sudbury, who has Devlin’s Jenna Enge at second, earned […]
