The Emo chapter of the first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” campaign in Rainy River District, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less-fortunate during the holiday season, was deemed extremely successful. On Saturday (Dec. 11), shoppers and visitors to Emo stuffed the cruiser […]
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Dan Falloon For the first time since 2008, a trio of Muskie rinks will be hitting the ice in the quest for curling glory. Fort High consistently has had both a boys’ and a girls’ rink, but Luke Esselink is skipping a mixed squad for the first time in three […]
Press Release This past weekend, the local PeeWee girls’ team, the Lakewood Tire Eagles, proved too much for anyone to handle at the “Fire on Ice” tournament in Emo. Opening play Friday with a convincing 4-0 win over a much-improved and well-coached Emo Predators team, Rachel Jean opened the scoring […]
Staff There won’t be any local flavour at the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts this year. A trio of locally-connected curlers—each playing on different rinks—were unable to topple Krista McCarville’s crew from Fort William Curling Club at the NOCA provincial playdowns in Nipigon over the weekend. Ashley Kallos’ Fort William […]
Press Release Melanie Scott, who plays defence for the Muskie girls’ hockey team, has signed a letter of intent to suit up for the Rainy River Community College women’s hockey squad for the 2011/12 season. “Melanie brings with her a great work ethic and the desire to continually improve her […]
Staff Anika Alexander and Aaron Bujold brought home hardware from the Copperfin 2010 Fall Smash in Kenora over the weekend. Alexander won the A-side of the tournament, going undefeated in all seven of her matches, while Bujold reeled off six-straight wins after dropping his opening “sorting round” match. The tournament […]
Staff Local Border Skate Club competitors posted some sparkling results at Skate Thunder Bay on Dec. 3-4. MacKenzie Armstrong led the charge, notching first-place finishes in the introductory free skate and introductory spins divisions to go along with a third in introductory elements. The club had a handful of other […]
Chris Mounk The local Boston Pizza PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team travelled to Kenora over the weekend to take part in an eight-team tournament. The Royals opened round-robin play Friday against the Dauphin Kings. Although the Kings came to play, they could not handle the offensive onslaught of the Royals. The […]
Bob Tkachuk An even dozen Sunset Country Squash Club players travelled to Thunder Bay over the weekend for the Northwestern Open. The tournament also included playoffs for juniors hoping to qualify for the Ontario Junior Teams Tourney in Niagara-on-the-Lake from March 3-6. Anniss Seid and Shawn Brady advanced in the […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team got its season off to a solid start at the Westgate tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The black-and-gold won six of 12 sets in preliminary play to finish in the middle of the division—fourth out of the seven teams. Fort High […]
Duane Hicks Assisted living is defined as an alternative means of care for seniors for whom independent living no longer is appropriate but who do not need the 24-hour medical care provided by a nursing home. With the population of Fort Frances and the surrounding district growing older, a group […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy Lake Tribal Development Corp. hit what it hopes will be one of many milestones as it was presented with its very first dividend cheque Friday. “Today we’re here to accept a dividend cheque that’s coming from Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting, one of our first economic development […]
