Staff The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team is doing its best to set the tone for the coming season. The black-and-gold dominated the competition at their home tournament, winning all four games en route to taking top spot. After dumping Baudette 56-27 in Thursday night’s opener, the Muskies throttled Kenora […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team has seen success in tournament play so far this season—a trend that continued over the weekend in Portage la Prairie, Man. The black-and-gold finished the round-robin portion of the tournament in first place overall, which put them into the final. Once there, however, Fort […]
Peggy Revell Capt. Angel Sandoval of the local Salvation Army and OPP auxiliary officer Don Marquis were busy unloading a police cruiser to make room for more donations after it was filled to the brim at The Place on Saturday during the first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” event held in the […]
Peggy Revell Sean Roosen, president and CEO of Osisko Hammond Reef Gold Ltd., right, along with Seine River First Nation Chief Earl Klyne, Lac Des Milles Lacs First Nation Chief White Cloud Judy Maunula, and other chiefs representing the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat, signed a resource-sharing agreement during a ceremony […]
Peggy Revell Members of the Fort Frances Choraliers belted out the first of many tunes the choir performed during its annual Christmas cantata yesterday afternoon at St. Mary’s Church. A packed house turned out to hear the choir, as well as the Children’s Community Choir under the direction of Diane […]
Peggy Revell Allan Gustafson and Jane Councillor began a hearty turkey and ham meal during the local Salvation Army’s annual community Christmas lunch yesterday at the Citadel on Victoria Avenue.
Dan Falloon Muskie senior hoopster Chris Legg guarded a Baudette Bears’ opponent as the black-and-gold opened their annual home tournament last night. Fort High thumped Baudette 56-27 on the strength of 17 points from Will Anderson, 16 from Josh Strain, and 11 from Justin Anderson. The Muskies were slated to […]
There’s a 20 percent chance of snow tonight, with an overnight low of minus-24 C (11 below zero F) that will feel more like minus-28 to minus-34 (20-30 below) with the wind chill. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and cold, with a high of just minus-16 (three) and low around […]
Staff Looking ahead to the new year, the 15th-annual Bell Business Awards are slated for Thursday, Feb. 10 at La Place Rendez-Vous. But what the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce now needs is nominations for businesses to win those awards. Chamber manager Anthony Mason said he’d like to see plenty […]
Staff Gold exploration in the district marked another milestone this morning as the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat, Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation, and Osisko Hammond Reef Gold Ltd. signed a resource-sharing agreement at a ceremony at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “This is an important and significant next step in […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Nick Beyak will be the new owner of Sunset Country Ford here come January. Beyak, who owns Dryden GM and will continue to operate both businesses, is the son of Lynn Beyak and the late Tony Beyak. He said Thursday morning that he is looking forward to […]
Staff FORT FRANCES—A popular event here since 2005, the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District’s “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” will be back again in the new year. Executive director Lynn Moffatt said Thursday that Sunday, Feb. 6 has been set as the date for the dinner, which once again […]
