Staff Local runners cracked the top 10 at the 39th-annual Mid-Canada Elementary School Run in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Leading the charge in the roughly three-km run was Jennifer Hammond of Sturgeon Creek, who finished fourth in the girls’ division with a time of 12:34.90. Hammond beat last year’s seventh-place […]
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Press Release Anishinaabe victims of violence in Fort Frances have improved access to programming to help them through the healing process and promote cultural identity. Sponsored in part by the Aboriginal Victims Support Grant Program, Weechi-it-te-win Family Services here is pleased to be hosting “We are all Leaders”—a conference on […]
Dave Ogilvie The Northwestern Health Unit will be holding ’flu shot clinics in the district in the coming weeks. Walk-in clinics will be open in the Barwick Hall on Thursday, Nov. 4 from 3-7 p.m. and at Donald Young School in Emo on Monday, Nov. 8 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. • […]
Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton on Monday asked the minister of health and long-term care how much longer the seniors who currently are at Lake of the Woods Hospital will have to wait for long-term care beds. “Twenty-seven alternate level of care patients in medical surgical beds are […]
Staff With one novel already under her belt, district resident Crystal Gallinger now has a second one available for readers. “I appreciate all the support that the Rainy River District has given me,” Gallinger said of the response she’s seen since her first novel, “Justified,” was published this past spring. […]
Staff Tuesday nights are all right for booting at Fort High. The school is hosting a mixed indoor soccer league from now until April each Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. in the large gym. Organizer Claude Gagnon invites high school students, as well as men and women from across the district […]
Dan Falloon Adrian Huntley admitted it was a little bizarre being back at Muskie Field, especially considering he no longer was a member of the black-and-gold. Instead of hauling in passes, Huntley, a former Muskie and University of Manitoba Bison receiver, was at the helm this time, guiding the visiting […]
The Fort Frances Lakers are fresh off a big weekend that saw us win a pair of hard-fought battles. The SIJHL’s first-annual “Showcase” tournament has come and gone, and the players should be proud of themselves. We put in two solid games as a team down in Spooner, Wis. We […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team was able to handle its Friday opponents fairly easily, but couldn’t carry that same success over to Saturday. The black-and-gold romped to a 49-5 win over St. Pat’s in the opener of their home tournament on Friday afternoon, then steamrolled Westgate in […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team will see its first game action of the season this weekend in Dryden. The black-and-gold are eager to get back into their first game situation since the all-Ontarios this spring, and head coach Shawn Jourdain is excited to get his first look at the […]
Dan Falloon It wasn’t quite the colour they were hoping for going in, but the Muskie girls’ hockey team certainly isn’t going to say no to a medal at its season-opening tournament. The black-and-gold earned bronze with a 4-1 defeat of the Dryden Eagles at Ice For Kids Arena on […]
Dan Falloon Gord Watson only took over as chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship at an emergency meeting Thursday night, but in that span he already has begun a lot of groundwork for the 2011 tournament next July. Watson said he couldn’t get into many specifics for the […]
