Lucas Punkari The discussion about concussions had been growing louder and louder of late as more and more injuries from head shots occurred in hockey, football, and a variety of other sports. But all it took was an head injury to Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby back in January to […]
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Heather Latter It’s unlikely the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium will get underway before the snow flies as more pre-sales of units still are needed before construction can begin. “It’s one of those situations where we take two steps forward and one step back,” said Kathy Judson of Re/Max, […]
Duane Hicks Having voted in favour of removing the sidewalk on the east side of Armit Avenue, between Church Street and Front Street, at its Sept. 12 meeting, town council decided last night to stand by its decision. Council had received a letter from Dr. Cam Moorhouse asking it to […]
Duane Hicks Love him or hate him, Don Cherry is a familiar face to Canadian hockey fans. And in a few weeks, a display of one of his suits will be put up at the Memorial Sports Centre here. At the Sept. 26 council meeting, Coun. Sharon Tibbs said while […]
Heather Latter Now raising funds for trip to Europe The newly-formed “Travel Club” at Fort Frances High School will see about 20 students heading to England and France over the March Break. But they already are beginning their fundraising efforts to help lower the cost. “It’s for students who aren’t […]
Peggy Revell They won’t be heading to Queen’s Park but the four candidates who weren’t elected as MPP for Kenora-Rainy River are tempering the disappointment with plans to lay the groundwork for success in the next campaign. “I guess I was a little bit disappointed,” Progressive Conservative candidate Rod McKay […]
Lucas Punkari When district residents opened up their mailbox early last week, they may have been stunned to receive a letter stating that Skates & Blades was going to be holding a liquidation sale before closing its doors for good. While many may have thought it was a sudden decision […]
Lucas Punkari While they’ve yet to have that full 60-minute performance head coach Wayne Strachan wants to see, the Fort Frances Lakers are becoming experts in the art of late-game heroics. Five of the Lakers’ six wins have been in come-from-behind fashion, with the two latest being a 3-2 overtime […]
Lucas Punkari For the third week in a row, the Muskie football found out the hard way why the top three teams in the WHSFL’s Currie Division are far and away the ones to beat this season. After falling to the 5-0 Sisler ‘A’ Spartans 23-7 here on Sept. 23, […]
Peggy Revell Aiden Wielinga, Wyatt McLeod, Jesse Quesnell, and Davis Wielinga had a blast with the gigantic pile of leaves they gathered and put on a backyard trampoline yesterday sfternoon. Alas, the glorious fall weather Borderland has been seeing over the past few weeks is set to end, with rain […]
Peggy Revell Taylor Whitehead and Nolan Spuzak hunted for garbage by the Sorting Gap Marina as Grade 7-8 students from J.W. Walker participated in last Wednesday’s “Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up.” The annual event saw the students clean up and write down every piece of litter they could find along the […]
Heather Latter Aiden Morrisseau, left, and Sheldon Kelly had a lesson on dancing the wild rice last Wednesday morning outside the Nanicost building as part of the “Fall Harvest” hosted by the Seven Generations Education Institute here. Students from across the district came out for the annual three-day event, learning […]
