Dan Falloon The Muskie track team has boosted its numbers once again—jumping from a dozen athletes in 2009 to 15 this year. The extra competitors aren’t the result of an unusually large influx of juniors, but actually senior students who decided to give track and field a shot. “I would […]
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Dan Falloon Last year’s trip to the all-Ontarios opened the eyes of the Muskie girls’ soccer team. The black-and-gold—gunning to make their third-straight OFSAA appearance—are looking to improve on last year’s showing in Kenora, where they were hit hard by injuries and lost all three games. “We played well at […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ soccer website posed a question to all of the returning players over the winter. The page asked players what they were doing that day to help the team defend its NorWOSSA crown. Talk about driven. The black-and-gold, coached by Shane Beckett, are confident about a […]
Dan Falloon There’s a new standard for local squash players on the national level. Angel McCormack bookended three wins at the Canadian Junior Squash Championships in Calgary last week with losses to Hannah Treleaven, including a tight 3-1 setback in the best-of-five girls’ under-13 consolation final. All three set losses […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are in the red after their first season of operation in the SIJHL, but team brass is confident the club will be in a better financial position at this time next year. At the team’s annual general meeting Monday night at the Memorial Sports Centre, […]
Peggy Revell For his hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm, a local Confederation College paramedic student has been recognized with an award given in memory of a fallen Canadian soldier. Dave Egan, who will be graduating this year, was presented with the 2010 Josh Klukie Memorial Award—created in honour of Pte. […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its 22nd-annual Home and Leisure Show this Friday and Saturday (April 30-May 1) at the Memorial Sports Centre. This year’s event, which is sponsored mainly by TBayTel and the Chamber, follows the theme “Embracing the Green Revolution—Think Globally, […]
Peggy Revell There will be one less trustee seat for Fort Frances on the Northwest Catholic District School Board starting this fall. The change follows a vote by the board at its monthly meeting last Tuesday evening on the determination and distribution of its eight trustees for the upcoming four-year […]
Duane Hicks It’s never too late to turn the clock back on your health. That’s the message Dr. Dimitrios Vergidis told the crowd of about 150 guests Friday evening during “Dinner with Dr. Vergidis & Friends,” an educational fundraiser for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. “I want to inspire […]
Dan Falloon The rookie came through. The local Ducks Unlimited chapter, spearheaded by first-year chairperson Kevin Begin, hosted yet another successful banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous on Friday night. The 27th-annual edition of the dinner raised approximately $21,000 for the national DU organization—up from $20,140 last year. “Some of the […]
Dan Falloon Steve Arpin had to be a gamblin’ man at Talladega over the weekend. The Fort Frances native channelled thoughts from a fellow driver as he took to the superspeedway in Alabama for a pair of races this past weekend, including his debut in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. “Kevin Harvick […]
Duane Hicks Following up on discussions from earlier this spring, economic development advisor Geoff Gillon of the Rainy River Future Development Corp. made a presentation to town council Monday evening regarding an enhanced economic development services proposal and economic development advisory committee restructuring. In his report, Gillon said the proposed […]
