Press Release When the Johnsons retired to Rainy River a couple of years back following their careers—Nancy as a teacher and George as a pastor in the Lutheran Evangelical Church—there were a number of reasons. Outdoor enthusiasts, they consider themselves to be very fortunate to be able to live on […]
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Press Release Voyageur Lions’ “Drive-Thru Breakfast” is set to go for Thursday, Sept. 27 at Tim Hortons. Starting at 6:30 a.m., 200 bonus breakfast bags will be offered along with coffee and a muffin. Only 200 bags are available this year—in the past 250 bags were available—which means that there […]
Staff The Rainy River District OPP is encouraging local residents to purchase a “Smile Cookie” during Tim Hortons’ annual fundraiser running this week. The chocolate chunk cookies decorated with blue eyes and smiles cost $1, with all proceeds from sales here going to help support the OPP Respect Technology program. […]
the OPP Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are advising the public to be aware of “Secret Shopper” scam. Victims of this scam within the Rainy River District have received an envelope in the mail from the Mississauga, Ont. area, with directions on how to become […]
Lucas Punkari Although it was just a pre-season tournament, the smiles were easy to see on the members of the Muskie junior boys volleyball team on Monday at the Fort High gym, as they continued to hoist up the consolation side trophy that they earned over the weekend at a […]
Staff The Clearwater tandem of Wayne and Dean Howard outlasted 19 other boats over the weekend as they took home the 2012 Crow Lake Classic crown. The Howards’ two-day weight of 30.92 pounds was enough to take this year’s title, as they had a cushion of 3.46 pounds over the […]
Lucas Punkari While the record for a team during the pre-season means nothing once the years comes to an end, the Fort Frances Lakers will have to wait until the regular season to get their first taste of victory. After coming out on the losing end of a pair of […]
Staff An important three days for both local hockey players and coaches is set to take place here this weekend as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is set to it’s development weekend starting on Friday. The weekend’s events will kick off at the Adventure Inn at 6 p.m. with […]
Lucas Punkari After letting a chance at a victory slip away during the regular season opener at home against the Elmwood Giants the week prior, the Fort High Muskies football team made sure that same fate didn’t happen a second time around. The black-and-gold proved to be the far stronger […]
Lucas Punkari It had been an 11 year gap between titles, but the wait was worth it for local golfer Brian Beers on Sunday afternoon, as he captured the 2012 Kitchen Greek Golf Club’s club championship with a two-day score of 157. “It’s a little bit of a different feeling […]
Lucas Punkari A squad of 20 players have been chosen to defend the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey title for Fort High this winter, as the 2012/13 Muskies roster was decided on Thursday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena following four days of tryouts. “The week of practice was pretty good and […]
Lucas Punkari After finishing up a pre-season tournament in Thunder Bay with a 2-2 record, Muskie senior girls’ head coach Dan Bird was pleased with the overall play of his team, but felt that some valuable lessons were gained by his troops heading into the NorWOSSA campaign. “We played four […]
