Joey Payeur With a new year just around the corner, it’s intriguing to look back at the old year and see just how many new additions there were to the sporting landscape in Rainy River District. From the first-time champions of Fort Frances’ premiere summertime event to the rebirth of […]
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Bob Tkachuk Once again the 26th-annual Boxing Day Squash Tournament was full with 24 players. For the first time a female played in the tourney with great results. Sunset Country Squash Clubs ex-junior, 16-year-old Anika Alexander, now training in Winnipeg, made it to the semis, defeating Jeff Gustafson 2-1, her […]
Sarah Pruys District municipal leaders took a little time last week to look back at 2013, as well as focus on upcoming topics including rural schools, mining, official town plans and bylaws, and the municipal elections that will take place in October. “We had a good year. We certainly had […]
Sarah Pruys Niko Ruppenstein, five, was all set to slide down the overpass hill on Friday afternoon. Many families spent the afternoon going up and down the hill, taking advantage of the nice weather before it turned bitterly cold.
Sarah Pruys Jesse Jourdain, 11, stole the puck from his friend, Taylor Dixon, 19, on Friday afternoon at the Sixth Street rink. Outdoor rinks across town were filled with people skating and playing hockey on one of the nicest days December has had.
Sarah Pruys The presents have now been opened and the new has replaced the old. But what to do with the old? There are a number of organizations around the district in need of donations to redistribute to people in need, but a problem all of them seem to face […]
Sarah Pruys Shae Sinclair, seven, held her three-year-old brother, Chase, as they pushed off from the top of the overpass sliding hill on Friday afternoon. The warmer temperatures drew people out for an afternoon of fun, but now that it is below minus-30 again the hill is barren.
Joey Payeur Muskies alumni team member Jillian Langtry, right, wasn’t letting current Muskie Jessica Coran slow her progress during Friday’s exhibition game between the two squads at the Ice for Kids Arena. Amy Penner scored twice and added an assist to lead this year’s Muskies to a 5-3 win over […]
Tonight temperatures will drop to minus-36 C (33 below zero F) under patchy clouds. Light west winds around five-10 km/h will be felt. Tomorrow will be just as cold, and while there will be some sun, the high will only reach minus-25 (13 below), with the low dropping to a […]
the OPP The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind motorists of the importance of activating your vehicle’s headlights and tail lights during winter conditions. As you are likely aware, most new model vehicles are equipped with daytime running lights that are always on. As it gets darker outside, […]
Joey Payeur One of the DLM Line’s mainstays was the main man in the SIJHL just before the holiday break. Fort Frances Lakers forward Lyndon Lipinski earned the final Pizza Hut player of the week award for 2013 after racking up 11 points in three Laker wins before league action […]
Staff Nearly 200 Hydro One customers north of Emo were without power this morning. A spokesperson for the company noted crews had been dispatched “to patrol the line to see what the cause of the outage is.” The estimated time for restoration was 10:45 a.m. The “Storm Centre” page was […]
