Joey Payeur The arrow is pointing up in all areas for the Fort Frances Lakers these days. The Lakers moved closer to clinching top spot in the SIJHL after a weekend home-and-home sweep of the Minnesota Iron Rangers, winning 6-2 here Friday night before squeezing out a 3-2 victory Saturday […]
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Heather Latter Three-year-old Jaana Fournier was one of the children from the Fort Frances Nursery School who mailed a Valentine yesterday at the local post office. The youngsters then headed back to the Knox United Church for a Valentine’s Day party, where they eat pizza, decorated heart-shaped cookies, and exchanged […]
Staff Local property owners are urged to run a tap in their homes if they have any indication their waterline might freeze. As of press time today, the town had received a total of 91 reports of frozen water lines in the past month, including 28 since Monday. Public Works […]
Staff Nobody has come up with the formula for stopping La Place Rendez-Vous yet, which puts them in the high-rent district of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League. Josh Mastin had a game-high 41 points as the Vous beat Taggs 84-76 on Monday nght at Fort High. Jacob McIntosh replied […]
Staff Attention all book-lovers! In a continuation of its fundraising efforts, the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada is holding its always-popular book sale Feb. 20-22 at Revco Carpet here. People who want to donate books can drop them off at Revco (950 Fifth St. W.) during […]
Duane Hicks Gary Simmer, left, of AV Terrace Bay talked with Greg Shaw yesterday during a career fair in the NCDS conference room. The company is looking for skilled employees for its pulp mill, which is being converted to make dissolvable grade pulp. The fair, which continued today until noon, […]
Staff It was an early Valentine’s Day present for the Muskie boys’ hockey team, courtesy of themselves. The black-and-gold wrapped up first place in the NorWOSSA standings with a 5-3 victory over the host Dryden Eagles last night. Fort High led 3-2 after the first and 4-3 after the second […]
Joey Payeur Jacob Empey threw a block party yesterday and the Kenora Broncos were the unfortunate guests of honour. The Muskies’ starting centre was a game-changer on defence and added 11 points to power the black-and-gold to a 63-34 victory in the NorWOSSA junior boys’ basketball final at Fort High. […]
the OPP The Rainy River OPP is cautioning the public to be aware of a new online trend called “Neknomination.” The concept involves a drinking game where a person quickly will consume a large quantity of alcohol by “necking” the bottle while participating in some type of extremely risky activity. […]
Duane Hicks BP staffers Zach Lambert, Alberto Valenzuela, Martine Calomino, Dale Fortes, Randi Yuill, Tara Gustafson, and Kathy Lampi showed off a heart-shaped pizza yesterday—an example of the kind to be sold all day tomorrow as a fundraiser in conjunction with Valentine’s Day.
Heather Latter Mikala Matias, left, Taylor Hazel, and Lena Morelli were busy yesterday beading designs on deer hide mitts they are making in their fashion class at Fort High. The special workshop was being headed by Nancy Jones of Mine Centre. According to teacher Shannon Westover, the students have gained […]
Staff Boston Pizza once again is offering heart-shaped pizzas tomorrow as a Valentine’s Day fundraiser. The local restaurant will have the special pizzas available for dine-in, take-out, or delivery beginning at 11 a.m. and throughout the day. They are available in individual, small, and medium sizes, on classic or multi-grain […]
