the F.F. Sportsmen’s Club The shooting events held May 10, sponsored by the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club, ran smoothly thanks to the great work done by the organizing committee. Three shooting sports were showcased—archery, skeet, and rifle. Qualified instructors showed those who had limited or no involvement previously how to […]
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Staff The fourth-annual Tim Perreault Memorial golf tournament at Heron Landing (Couchiching) was a huge hit on Saturday—with 118 golfers taking part and helping raise more than double from a year ago with $15,699 going to the charity in Perreault’s name. Pauline Perreault started the charitable foundation in her son’s […]
Mitch Calvert Just don’t beat yourselves. That was the message being sent to the Muskie boys’ soccer team from coach Shane Beckett heading into their NorWOSSA semi-final game against the Dryden Eagles today (9:30 a.m.). “The game against Dryden [a 1-1 tie last Wednesday in Kenora], we had another own […]
Mitch Calvert The goal of every NorWOSSA soccer season is to win enough games to claim top spot and that all-important bye to the league final. The Muskie girls’ squad did just that last Wednesday after blanking the Dryden Eagles 3-0 up in Kenora in the final week of regular-season […]
Peggy Revell Frustration, outrage, and a call for government action rang out as more than 40 people attended an emergency “town hall” meeting on the forestry crisis and AbitibiBowater bankruptcy hosted by local MP John Rafferty last Thursday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “We’d like to hear stories, but […]
Elisabeth Heslop What’s expected to be the biggest forestry expo ever seen in Rainy River District is right on track for the second weekend in June here, said Glenn Dredhart, president of Canadian Trade Ex. The 2009 Saw Tech Log and Rural Northwest Expo, slated to run June 12-13 at […]
Elisabeth Heslop Step closer to dream of priesthood When he was a kid, Victor DeGagné wanted to be an architect. Now, after 10 years away, the farm kid from Crozier has returned to his home town for “the biggest moment of my life so far.” This past Sunday (May 24), […]
Mitch Calvert Josh Strain will be making his second-straight appearance at the all-Ontarios early next month. The Grade 11 student at Fort High cleared 1.80 metres to capture the senior boys’ high jump crown at the NWOSSAA track and field championships in Thunder Bay last week. “I can definitely shoot […]
Staff Art-lovers will have another place to visit around here now that Fort Frances native Cherie Serrano (nee Taylor) is set to open her very own gallery across the river in Ranier, Mn. An open house is planned for this Friday (May 29) from 4-7 p.m. to launch the venture. […]
Duane Hicks Sixth Street East residents Marie and Lynwood Anderson are asking the town that they be able to keep up a deer fence in their front yard because they say the ban on feeding deer is too late to keep the opportunistic animals away. Earlier this spring, the Andersons […]
Duane Hicks Looking ahead to the future of the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service, Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong on Monday night presented town council with a comprehensive master plan for its consideration. “The intent of the master plan is to fit hand-in-hand with whatever the corporate strategic plan might […]
Elisabeth Heslop An evening at the movies or dinner across the border still might be an option after Monday (June 1), even if you don’t have the proper travel documents—but only for a short period of time. On Monday, the United States is implementing the land and sea phase of […]
