Staff With conditions leaning towards the miserable side, the Muskie golf team got its first competitive swings of the season yesterday in Dryden. Tyson-Skylar Morrisseau topped the locals with an eighth-place finish in the field of 31. He carded a round of 89 in the first NorWOSSA event of the […]
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Duane Hicks OPSEU member Darrell Armstrong manned the grill yesterday during the Fort Frances Jail, Fort Frances Courthouse, and OPSEU fall charity barbecue here. The event was a fundraiser for the Fort Frances “Community Chest.” OPSEU raised $1,000 over two charity barbecues held this summer.
Press Release Knox United Church here will host the first Canadian organ recital for Leo Ravesnbergen on Monday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. This will be the start of a nine-recital tour that includes such churches as Westminister United (Winnipeg), St. Paul’s United (Thunder Bay), St. Peter’s Lutheran (Kitchener), and […]
Staff Better late than never, the 2014 mini-royalty contest will take place Saturday, Sept. 27. But parents can start signing up their youngsters today. Organizer Melissa Gushulak said all of the contest sponsors are in place, and she’s glad to get the community support to go ahead with the event […]
Staff Summer construction work around town should be wrapped up by mid-October. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told town council Monday night that work is moving along on the sewer and water infrastructure replacement job on Third Street East between Crowe Avenue and Frenette. All of the sanitary sewer […]
Joey Payeur Amy Wilson-Hands isn’t about to let the icy grip of winter stop her ambitions to help create a rock-solid grassroots foundation for soccer here. Those in Grades 6-9, looking for more opportunity to develop their skills, will get the chance to do so Sundays from 6-9 p.m. starting […]
Joey Payeur Just having enough players to make the road trip to Brandon last Thursday had to be considered a victory for the Muskie football program considering the shorthanded situation it faced only days earlier. A victory on the scoreboard, however, will have to wait for another day. The black-and-gold […]
Heather Latter If Raymond Calder lived in Toronto, you can bet Rob Ford would have his vote in the upcoming municipal election. The 11-year-old has followed the Toronto mayor through his political career—and controversial antics—for the past few years. “He’s on the news a lot and he’s a big-city mayor,” […]
Heather Latter After almost 15 months on the transplant list, Nathan DeGagne finally got the call that would give him a new heart. “We got our phone call on Aug. 27 at 10:30 a.m.,” his wife, Sarah, said Friday from Ottawa, where the surgery was performed. “It was really overwhelming,” […]
Heather Latter With another school year underway at the local Confederation College campus, enrolment remains similar to that of last year. “It’s holding steady, about 100 full-time post-secondary students,” noted campus director Anne Renaud. She feels enrolment is remaining strong due to the Bachelor of Science and Nursing program, which […]
Duane Hicks With the deadline to file to run in the Oct. 27 municipal election set for Friday, the field of candidates running for council here has grown to 15 as of press time today—drawing incumbents and newcomers alike. Among the more recent nominees are Wendy Brunetta, June Caul, Eric […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. team continues change to meet the needs of the community, with one of the newer additions being forest tenure consultant Mike Willick, a former deputy assistant to the minister of natural resources. RRFDC consultant Tannis Drysdale told town council Monday night that […]
