Peggy Revell The toll booth initiative undertaken by Couchiching First Nation is drawing support from beyond its immediate community, including a visit from Grand Council Treaty #3 Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly yesterday. “I’m here to support Couchiching First Nation,” said Kelly, who took a turn in the booth collecting tolls from […]
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Duane Hicks Next week is “Physician Appreciation Week” in the Town of Fort Frances and residents are invited to take part in the celebration by attending a community appreciation banquet on Thursday, June 3 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. “We are encouraging everyone to come out. It is an […]
Peggy Revell A visit by the Camp Quality Puppet Program to local schools last week aimed to teach youths compassion and caring towards peers who are living with cancer. “The message to the children is to be compassionate when a child that’s had cancer or any serious illness has come […]
Staff North-end residents should be relieved to know the underpass is expected to re-open by this Saturday. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told council last night the special storm sewer fittings that were ordered last week arrived at the site today, as scheduled. As previously reported, town records had […]
Staff As part of a national fundraising campaign, the Voyageur Lions and the Fort High Leo Club are planning their fifth “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” here this Sunday (May 30) at Pither’s Point Park. Intended to raise money for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility in […]
Bryce Forbes It’s a concert a decade in the making. Since starting out as a simple newspaper ad 10 years ago, the Borderland Community Orchestra has wowed audience on both sides of the border as they’ve progressed from 33 members up to the current 54. And now they are about […]
Bryce Forbes Looking back at it, Judy Johanson admits it should have dawned on her that she had won the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop 2010 Writing Contest for her children’s story, “Picker’s Kid.” “I should have had a clue because I received a phone call from the NOWW to see […]
Dan Falloon It only takes two wins to make a NorWOSSA champion. That’s the mantra the Muskie girls’ soccer team is repeating after posting an 0-4-2 record during the regular season. The black-and-gold took on the host Dryden Eagles in semi-final action this morning to determine which team advanced to […]
Dan Falloon It was just a year ago that the Muskie boys’ soccer team came through with an upset win over the Kenora Broncos to earn a trip to the all-Ontarios. The black-and-gold shocked the favoured Broncos on Mitch Cain’s overtime goal to steal a 1-0 victory. Fast forward 12 […]
Dan Falloon We all know the old expression that too many cooks in the kitchen can spoil the broth. But how about too many skips in the curling rings? Former Muskie skip Jenna Enge, who hails from Devlin, doesn’t anticipate the dynamic will be an issue with her new team, […]
Dan Falloon Attending OFSAA is old hat for Josh Strain. Making some noise at the all-Ontarios has been a little more elusive. “Going into it, last year, I kind of had an off-year,” Strain acknowledged. “This was my redemption year.” If the 2010 NWOSSAA meet, held last Wednesday and Thursday […]
Peggy Revell Local trucker Scott Stafford stopped to speak with Holly Cogger, who was among the first to work at the Couchiching toll booth once it was set up late Friday afternoon on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway. Some motorists, like Stafford, have been refusing to pay […]
