Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is anticipating higher traffic volumes at the Fort Frances port of entry this Thanksgiving long weekend and would like to remind travellers to plan ahead to avoid delays. Travellers are advised to plan their border crossing outside of peak traffic periods if possible, […]
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Joey Payeur Two teams, different approaches, same result. The Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball squads each improved to 4-0 in NorWOSSA play records after convincing victories over the visiting Kenora Broncos on Tuesday afternoon. The seniors cruised to a 31-15 win over the Broncos (1-2) while the juniors doubled […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers left the ice Tuesday night serenading their guests with the visitors’ own song of celebration. It was sweet music to the ears of the home crowd. Lucas DeBenedet scored the only goal in the shootout as the Lakers (5-1-0-1) earned their fourth-straight win with […]
Joey Payeur The Muskies looked like a team desperately in need of their scheduled bye week during a 41-14 defeat at the hands of the host Kenora Broncos last Friday afternoon. Fort High (3-3) tried to hang tough while playing their fourth game in 14 days but ultimately let the […]
Joey Payeur A 30-second outburst equalled a third-straight win for the Fort Frances Lakers. Mason Meyer and Hunter Leishman scored in lightning succession early in the third period Friday night to break open a close game and help send the Lakers to a 5-3 win over the visiting Minnesota Iron […]
Joey Payeur Circumstances out of their control prevented the Muskie girls’ hockey team from having a shot at provincial glory last season. With the extra-curricular world of high school sports back to spinning on its proper axis, that quest becomes a legitimate reality for this one. “Our ultimate goal is […]
Heather Latter Three years ago while spending the winter in Texas, local retired letter carrier Ken Noble was introduced to the art of segmented wood-turning by a friend from Bemidji, Mn.—and he’s never looked back. “It’s relaxing but challenging,” Noble said of his hobby. “You start with an idea but […]
Duane Hicks District resident Mike Kemper, writing under the pseudonym “S. Wampman,” has just released a new book, “Reflections And A Slasher”—and it just might earn him a ninth fan. The new book is comprised of two halves. The first half is a collection of 14 short stories about Kemper’s […]
Heather Latter After attending a two-day conference in Seattle, Wash. in August, four teachers from St. Michael’s are leading the local school in a new program called “The Daily 5,” which is a structure for fostering literacy independence at the elementary school level. “The way we go about teaching literacy […]
Staff While staffing levels don’t always allow on-duty OPP officers to take part in community events like parades, off-duty ones can volunteer to participate and use police vehicles. Local detachment commander Insp. Steve Shouldice told the Police Services Board on Friday that it is hard to commit on-duty officers to […]
Heather Latter The local Canadian Mental Health Association’s 1K and 5K walk/run, entitled “Steps Against Stigma,” was deemed a success despite the cold, windy, and rainy conditions Saturday. “Everyone was really motivated and good-spirited, and I think overall it was a really good event,” said CMHA rehab program assistant Kristi […]
Duane Hicks The Ontario government soon will be engaging communities to share its proposed new model for billing municipalities for OPP policing services, as well as get feedback on how this should be implemented. “It’s really early in the process,” noted John McTaggart, chair of the local Police Services Board. […]
