Joey Payeur Maggie Jean was at the eye of a storm of jubilation and barely realized it. The low-key Grade 10 striker converted a redirection from Jessica Baxter at the 20-minute mark for the only goal of the game as the Muskie girls’ soccer team earned a 1-0 victory Friday […]
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Duane Hicks It all started with a 1936 Ford half-ton pickup back in 1976. Nearly 40 years later, Wayne Salchert’s collection of restored classic cars, trucks, motorcycles, jeeps, and tractors has grown to the point where they have their own town built up around them: “Mud Lake City.” The Devlin […]
Haley Anderson After nearly seven years in the works, a cross-border tourism initiative between northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Ontario is expected to launch this fall. The Heart of the Continent Partnership signed a contract with National Geographic earlier this spring in hopes of increasing tourism here. Committee members are asking […]
Duane Hicks Have you got a film in you? Aboriginal youth will get the opportunity this summer to explore stop-motion animation and video art while making their own one-minute films based on the Seven Sacred Teachings. Award-winning local filmmaker Terril Calder will be at the United Native Friendship Centre here […]
Duane Hicks Former municipal planner Ted Berry is recommending town council hold off on re-zoning property because it is on the portion of the “two-chain” shore allowance which remains in litigation. Resident Al Boivin had applied to the town to re-zone his property, located near the Five-Mile Dock Road, from […]
Duane Hicks The shuttered tourism information centre at the border crossing here hopefully will be open soon as the town works to finalize an agreement with the province to lease the building. Three summer students—Caitlin Hogan, David Loney, and Kaitlyn Chiasson—have been hired to work at the centre to provide […]
Heather Latter It won’t recoup the ones lost when Resolute Forest Products Inc. permanently closed its mill here last month but Angela Ferguson and Brad Olson are hoping to add more than a dozen jobs to the district economy with a medical cannabis production facility they’re in the process of […]
Duane Hicks With the first season of “Fool’s Gold,” the locally-made Discovery Canada series, having wrapped up last week, the Shotgun Exploration crew is hopeful it gets the go-ahead for a second season. The audience reaction to the show has been “unreal,” said Todd Ryznar, owner of the Straw Lake […]
Joey Payeur Marie-Mai Langevin is ready to take on the world. The Fort Frances resident was unstoppable at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby national qualifier in Valley City, N.D. this past weekend, going undefeated in 14 races Friday to outdo a field of 26 other cars to win the […]
Heather Latter Doug MacDonald showed off the engine of his Zenith CH701 plane to a few of those who turned out for the 15th-annual “Fly-In, Drive-In BBQ” held Sunday at the Fort Frances Airport. Besides planes, there were about 10 antique cars on display while the local air cadets’ squadron […]
Duane Hicks International Falls Couns. Gail Rognerud, left, and Cynthia Jacksa were decked out in stars and stripes when they dropped by Monday night’s council meeting here to challenge the Town of Fort Frances in upcoming summer events. Both the Fort and Falls will be squaring off in the Boundary […]
Joey Payeur Alyssa Windigo of the Redgut Babes had to duck while scoring on a passed ball in front of Fort Frances Juniors’ pitcher Sara Jackson during the Babes’ 29-1 win here last Wednesday in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action. Redgut and the Fort Frances Herricanes were scheduled […]
