Duane Hicks Rainycrest residents were treated to a sneak preview of this year’s Christmas cantata—“Mary, Did You Know?”—yesterday evening at Raniycrest Long-term Care. The cantata, once again being directed by Diane Maxey, will be held this Sunday (Dec. 11) at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. Admission is free but […]
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Staff After allowing two-goal leads to slip away here against the Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night and then the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness on Friday, the Fort Frances Lakers made sure that situation didn’t repeat itself yesterday afternoon. The Lakers jumped in front early and never looked back as they […]
Staff Due to zoning restrictions, the local Salvation Army has been forced to remove its donations shed at the back of their building, and regrets to inform the public that those wanting to donate items only can do so when the Thrift Store is open. “We ask that all donations […]
Staff A pair of rinks with local ties have punched their tickets to the Northern Ontario junior provincial playdowns next month in Sioux Lookout. Jessica Haw of Stratton advanced after finishing in a tie for first place with a 4-1 record at the Region 1 playdowns at the Keewatin Curling […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team ran into a hot goalie at the most inopportune time yesterday. The black-and-gold were blanked 3-0 by Selkirk in the ‘B’-side final of the Victoria Inn tournament in Brandon, Man. Despite peppering the net with shot after shot, Selkirk goalie Travis Schalk stymied every […]
Peggy Revell “Magistrates” (Mallory Duffy and Katja Sutherland) and policeman (Calvin Allan) presided over the trials of “Rita Joe” (Sophie Potvin-Begin) during Muskie Theatre’s performance of “The Ecstasy of Rita Joe” on Friday and Saturday nights at the Townshend Theatre. Fort High students and community members joined together to put […]
Heather Latter Oscar LaBelle, left, and Roman Beaulieu enjoyed some sandwiches during the Christmas tea and bake sale Saturday at the Church of the Holy Spirit here.
Lucas Punkari Muskie Cole Edwards was kept in check by Mathew Kelly of the Dryden Eagles on Saturday afternoon during a junior boys’ basketball tournament here. The Muskies won the game 40-26, which gave them an overall record of 1-3 for the weekend.
Lucas Punkari Georgina Connor, left, and Gladys Martin shared a laugh at the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s annual Christmas tea, bake sale, and penny table Saturday afternoon at the Fort High cafeteria.
Lucas Punkari Despite pressure from a Wayzata Jr. Gold defender, Fort Frances Canadians’ forward Cameron Gobeil made a nifty back-handed pass to a teammate in the third period of the visitors’ 7-4 win yesterday morning at the Ice For Kids Arena during the fifth-annual Gus Lindberg Memorial Midget ‘AA’ tournament. […]
Peggy Revell Natalie DeGagne, with the special events committee for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, showed off some of the gorgeous wreathes that were up for grabs in the annual “Wreaths ‘n Things” raffle held at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here on Dec. 1-3.
Staff Northwest Catholic District School Board trustees will be electing a new chair and vice-chair at tomorrow’s meeting. Set to begin at 9:30 a.m. at the board office in Dryden, trustees also will be looking at the 2010-11 audited financial statements for the board, as well as confirming the make-up […]
