Duane Hicks If tired feet are a sign of success, then a trip to Alabama last week by a trio of local delegates was a blockbuster. Doug Cain and Jim Cumming of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, along with local Chamber of Commerce manager Anthony Mason, who also is […]
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Peggy Revell The Emo spray park committee has reached its fundraising goal of $150,000 thanks to a $20,000 donation from former district residents Rob and Liana (nee Hyatt) Frenette. “We’re ecstatic about this,” said spray park committee chair Lincoln Dunn. “Obviously for us, this is fabulous,” he enthused. “It gets […]
It was a penalty the Fort Frances Lakers would have liked to have declined. In Saturday night’s 3-2 loss here to the K&A Wolverines, the Lakers turned a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit with Wolverine Dustin Roy sitting in the box—and helped turn the game in the visitors’ favour. […]
Peggy Revell Faced with million-dollar deficits, Children’s Aid Societies across the province have welcomed the Ontario government’s one-time mitigation funding of $26.9 million—but now are left wondering about the state of their budget next year. “We were quite pleased,” Debbie Leonard, director of administration for Weechi-it-te-win Family Services here, said […]
Duane Hicks In an effort to get more people participating on town boards and committees without having to commit too long, council has reduced the length of terms from four to two years. Council made the decision at its meeting Monday night upon the recommendation of the Administration and Finance […]
Duane Hicks Ideas wanted Organizers are hoping to get local people of all ages “hooked” on a new community art project which is coming together in Fort Frances. A collaborative rug-hooking project based on the theme “What Hooks You Here,” which has received funding from the Community Arts and Heritage […]
Peggy Revell The proposed hydroelectric development on the Namakan River means economic and social hope for Lac La Croix First Nation, Chief Leon Jourdain said as the public review period of the project’s draft environmental report wraps up by the end of this week. “It’s been challenging, it’s definitely been […]
Dan Falloon Ryan Faragher received a rude welcome to the NAHL. The former Fort Frances Jr. Sabre lost his first three games as his Bismarck Bobcats, the defending Central Division champs, sputtered out to an 0-5-2 start. “It started out kind of rough, just trying to feel out the league, […]
Dan Falloon Cody Mosbeck knew he was going to need to help his Gustavus Adolphus “Golden Gusties” rebound after the highs and lows of a surprise playoff run last season. The Gusties—ranked 15th entering the NCAA Division III playoffs—saw their Cinderella playoff run fall just short when they were beaten […]
Dan Falloon It’s just one of those things about volleyball. The Muskie junior girls came as close as possible to winning a set without actually doing so in the first two sets against the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final Friday in Dryden. “The first two sets were definitely very […]
Dan Falloon Attaining perfection is much easier said than done. After Muskie senior girls’ volleyball coach Duane Roen acknowledged his team was going to have to play the matches of their lives to capture NorWOSSA gold last Friday in Dryden, it’s fair to say the uphill climb stalled in the […]
Dan Falloon Set to host NWOSSAA showdown The Kenora Broncos had provided some late-season headaches for the Muskie seniors boys’ basketball team. Kenora upset the Muskies 49-41 back on Feb. 4, and nearly repeated the feat the following week before falling 49-46. But with NorWOSSA gold and a trip to […]
