Staff The Sioux Lookout Flyers continue to be a thorn in the side of the Fort Frances Lakers so far this season. The Flyers snapped the Lakers’ four-game winning streak, and a run of five-straight home victories, with a 4-3 shootout win at the Ice For Kids Arena here Friday […]
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Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team started their season on a winning note at a tournament in Dryden over the weekend. Chris Bobczynski scored a pair of goals to help the black-and-gold to a 7-1 victory over Transcona in the final on Saturday. Fort High finished the round-robin portion of […]
Press Release On behalf of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., the board of directors would like to announce the retirement of president and CEO Wayne Woods, effective March 31, 2012. Upon his departure, Wayne will have dedicated 13 years of service to Riverside. The board has retained the services of […]
Staff With the forest fire season officially ending today (Oct. 31), the numbers show this one has been much busier than recent years. Since April 1, there’s been a total of 908 fires to date in the West Fire Region, having burned 629,391.4 hectares in all. By comparison, the 2010 […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances High School students belted out the lyrics to Bill Withers’ 1972 hit, “Lean on Me,” yesterday during a rehearsal for the upcoming musical revue entitled “Saving Lives.” The show—offering up both serious and light-hearted performances—runs Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 3-5) beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the […]
Duane Hicks Peyton Cousineau, left, Jennifer Horton, and her son, David Morrison, played Bingo during the Hallowe’en party Friday at the Fort Frances Daycare program at Robert Moore School. Costumed kids also enjoyed bashing a pinata full of candy and having snacks.
Heather Latter Emitt McCrory, left, and Emma Bodnarchuk worked on making decorations for the haunted house at the Fort Frances Museum on Saturday afternoon. Children enjoyed crawling through the haunted house, constructed from a variety of large boxes, as well as playing games and eating goodies.
Lucas Punkari Muskies Cassandra Moffitt (#15) and Hannah McLeod stopped a shooting attempt by Emily Whetzel of the Rainy River Owls in a 31-8 victory for the visitors at a junior girls’ basketball tournament here Friday evening. Fort High finished the tournament with a 1-2 record, with their lone win […]
Lucas Punkari The charred remains of a car was part of the severe damage caused by a garage fire on the 800 block of Victoria Street on Friday. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Press Release 2011 marks the 10th year for “Project Safe Hallowe’en!” Family and Children’s Services once again has partnered with Safe Communities Rainy River District, previously known as Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, in the preparation and delivery of the project. A total of 4,000 glow sticks were ordered this […]
Staff It was a successful day in Kenora yesterday afternoon as three of the four Muskie court team came away with victories in their final regular-season contests against the Broncos before the NorWOSSA playoffs. The junior girls’ basketball squad extended their winning streak to six thanks to a 30-20 victory […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis and other regional leaders voiced their opinions on airports and other issues to federal Transport minister Denis Lebel yesterday during the grand-opening of the new Red Lake Airport terminal building. Mayor Avis said this morning that he and mayors from across the Kenora […]
