Press Release Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, is scheduled to visit Sioux Lookout on May 12-13. The visit is being hosted by the Sioux Lookout Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation. During his two-day visit, Justice Sinclair will hear stories from former students of […]
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Press Release The 2010 Borderland Racing Association season is quickly approaching. The season will start on Saturday, May 15 (weather permitting) and runs until Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Emo Speedway. Three classes of cars will be competing again in 2010—the WISSOTA Street Stocks, the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and the […]
Staff Thirteen Fort Frances products will be playing in the Northland Hockey Group summer program. Twelve will be donning the colours of the Minnesota Fighting Loons while one, Courtney Bethune, will be pulling on a Great Lakes Gulls jersey for the under-16 squad. Claire Sandelovich cracked one of the Loons’ […]
Staff Local businessman Randy Hogan has been happy to know his cut-resistant hockey gear is on the ice for several different levels of playoff action this spring. Headlining the list are three Vancouver Canucks, including Art Ross Trophy winner Henrik Sedin, his twin brother, Daniel, and defenceman Kevin Bieksa, who […]
Press Release During the 2009-10 school year, St. Francis School had a cheerleading team for the first time in its history. The team is made of mostly Grade 7 and 8 girls who signed up last spring. The cheerleading season began last summer with a week-long clinic at the Seven […]
Dan Bird The Muskie junior girls’ basketball squad captured the ‘B’ Division Provincial Manitoba Club Championship in Winnipeg over the weekend, beating the Dorian Junior Bisons 35-17 for the championship. Alanna Walsh scored 12 points in the final while Adriane Gurski led the team in scoring over the weekend. The […]
Mitch Calvert Wayne Strachan again will head up the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association for the 2010/11 season. Strachan retained the presidency at the FFMHA’s annual general meeting last Tuesday (April 27). Kelly Jolicoeur, meanwhile, takes over the role of vice-president, Todd Hamilton will be the treasurer, Yvonne Noonan will […]
Staff Jon Carlson is heading to the nation’s capital. The local defenceman, who spent last season with the Thunder Bay Kings at the Minor Midget level, was drafted in the eighth round (156th overall) by the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League draft held Saturday. Carlson racked up four […]
Peggy Revell Local federal and provincial politicians say a “serious response” to solving the longstanding issues with Couchiching First Nation is needed from government in the wake of the band’s announcement last week that it plans to put up a toll booth near the west end of the Noden Causeway […]
Dan Falloon The Sunset Country Travel Association is hoping to break in alongside Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. SCTA executive director Gerry Cariou announced at the association’s annual general meeting here last Wednesday night that it is developing a new social media website called My Sunset Country. Cariou hopes the site […]
Duane Hicks The four First Nations involved in the court case over Pither’s Point Park are appealing a judge’s ruling last week that the Town of Fort Frances can continue to maintain it until either ownership finally is determined through the court case or a further order of the court. […]
