Staff While their fans still are coming down from the dramatic high of Tuesday night’s overtime win in Game 7 of the semi-finals, the Fort Frances Lakers now know what lies ahead of them in their quest to capture their first Bill Salonen Cup in franchise history. Though it originally […]
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Submitted Hilda Hoffman, who turned 98 years young on March 26, celebrated with her duplicate bridge friends at the Sister Kennedy Centre last Thursday evening. All enjoyed birthday cake and ice cream provided by her card partner, Walter Horban.
Staff Local businesses, schools, organizations, and individuals will be participating in the annual “Day of Pink” next Wednesday (April 10)—the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, Homophobia, and Transphobia in schools and communities. “We invite everyone to celebrate diversity by wearing a pink shirt and by organizing activities in their workplaces, […]
Lucas Punkari Jordan Christianson fired the puck past Dryden Ice Dogs’ goalie Eric Szymczyk here Tuesday night to give the Fort Frances Lakers’ a dramatic 3-2 overtime victory in Game 7 of their semi-final showdown and a berth in the league final against the Minnesota Wilderness.
Riverside A report in the April 3 edition of the Toronto Star identified that the wrong chemotherapy dose was given to nearly 1,000 cancer patients in Ontario. The report stated the dosing error allegedly occurred at Marchese Hospital Solutions in Mississauga. The cancer drugs mentioned in the article are cyclophosphamide […]
Duane Hicks In contrast to last year, the Ministry of Natural Resources fire season officially began April 1 with no active fires to report. “I think it’s significant that we’re starting the fire season with no active fires,” said Northwest Region fire information officer Deb MacLean. “In 2012, we already […]
Staff Muskie Taylor Whitehead turned in an impressive performance at the NorWOSSA badminton playoffs yesterday in Kenora, capturing the gold medal in the senior boys’ singles competition. Whitehead, who only is in Grade 9 at Fort High, went undefeated to earn a berth at the NWOSSAA championships set for April […]
Duane Hicks A sure sign of spring, trumpeter swans recently returned to Borderland, including this trio seen on the choppy waters of the Rainy River yesterday. Geese and seagulls also are becoming more common sights here, although with the amount of ice and snow around, one has to wonder if […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie boys’ hockey captain Nick Kaun was all smiles at the Adventure Inn on Tuesday night as head coach Ed Vold handed him the Danny Johnson Memorial Award for the player who best displayed his love of the game during the team’s annual awards banquet. Kaun also took […]
Staff Ontario’s “sunshine list” was released last Thursday and once again, it appears education and health care salaries comprise the bulk of those earning $100,000-plus in the region. For the fourth consecutive year, the average salary on the list has declined. For 2012, the average salary over $100,000 across all […]
Ken Johnston The Emo Walleye Classic has two big changes in store this year. “We would like to attract more anglers from the Rainy River-Baudette area,” explained EWC co-chair Lincoln Dunn. To do that, the committee has decided to expand the western boundary for the competition. In the previous 11 […]
Lucas Punkari While Fort Frances native Jordan Larson is happy to be back in his hometown, he would rather be out on the ice with the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the CCHL playoffs. Instead, he and the rest of his team have hung up their skates for another season after […]
