Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team opened their home tournament with a sound 30-19 win over St. Patrick’s (Thunder Bay) last night. The black-and-gold held a commanding 15-4 lead at the half before a 13-point run by the visitors made things interesting in the third quarter. But Fort High […]
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Press Release Ontario’s ban on texting, e-mailing, and using hand-held cellphones and other devices while driving takes effect next Monday (Oct. 26). It will mark the beginning of a three-month period that will focus on educating drivers about Ontario’s new road rules for hand-held wireless communication and entertainment devices. Following […]
Heather Latter Solange Busch’s Grade 4/5 French Immersion class at St. Francis School checked out moldings of bear paws yesterday while visiting the town’s bylaw department at the Civic Centre. The students also stopped by the museum and courthouse as they learned about local government in conjunction with “Local Government […]
Submitted Members of the Muskie boys’ hockey team helped construct the haunted backyard behind Tess’ Kitchen this past Sunday and Monday. All trick-or-treaters are welcome to drop by on Halllowe’en starting at dusk.
Submitted Grade 3 students at St. Michael’s School were honoured to have Mr. and Mrs. Yerxa, elders from Couchiching First Nation, give them a talk about the culture and life of the early First Nations people. The students currently are studying the native people as part of the Grade 3 […]
Duane Hicks The new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre is taking shape, with all of the steel up and now the roof being built so work can continue inside the structure through the winter. The new parking lot, located to the south of the building, was paved earlier […]
Peggy Revell Lauryn Marchant, Isabelle Taylor, Maggie LeMesurier, and Joelle Tibbs sang their hearts out yesterday evening as local Girl Guide units came together for an indoor “campfire” to help kick off Guiding’s 100th anniversary celebrations for 2010. Local members joined thousands of others in more than 100 locations across […]
Heather Latter Susan Bodnarchuk and Bruce Holmlund of Holmlund Financial offered up samples of “Holmlund’s Hot and Wild Chili” yesterday during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Great Canadian Chili Cook-off at the local Legion. The pair captured first place while culinary students from Seven Generations earned the People’s Choice […]
Staff Sandra McNay, left, Brenda Elias, and Holly Penney chatted laugh yesterday evening at the local Business Women’s Network’s mix-’n-mingle at the Adventure Inn. Local Special Olympics volunteer Gaby Hanzuk was the guest speaker.
Staff The Muskie court teams took three of four matches from the host Kenora Broncos on Tuesday. The junior boys’ volleyball team continued their NorWOSSA dominance with a four-set victory by scores of 25-10, 12-25, 25-17 and 25-16 to improve to 6-0 on the season. The senior boys saw their […]
Staff Rainy River Future Development Corporation is set to celebrate Small Business Week by hosting an open house tomorrow (Oct. 23) from 1-3 p.m. at its office at 608 Scott St. “Our open house/meet-and-greet is for people to stop in, see who we are, find out a bit about what […]
Press Release Press release The Rainy River District Breast Health Network is pleased to be partnering with the Muskie girls’ hockey team this year to promote breast cancer awareness. The players will be wearing their “think pink” attitudes during their home hockey tournament this weekend (Oct. 23-25). “We’re encouraging everyone […]
