Mitch Calvert Missed it by that much. The Muskie boys’ hockey team returned from the all-Ontarios in North Bay on Saturday without any medals around their necks after finishing the round-robin portion with a 1-2-1 record—good for third place in Pool ‘C’ but one spot shy of advancing to the […]
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Mitch Calvert When the Muskie boys’ hockey team finally arrived in North Bay early last week, there was a Northwestern Ontario face on hand to greet them at the Memorial Gardens for their opening practice. John Wilson, convener and host of this year’s all-Ontarios, moved to North Bay at age […]
Mitch Calvert They were supposed to come dressed in red last weekend at the Ice for Kids Arena. But if last night’s Game 5 in Thunder Bay didn’t go the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ way, their fans will be wearing black today to mourn the end of their team’s playoff […]
Duane Hicks Those looking to sell their homes and retire into a condominium may be in luck as a new development is in the works here. Just prior to press time today, the Town of Fort Frances officially announced interest by a private developer in a condo project. This comes […]
Duane Hicks Representatives of Rainy River First Nations here and the White Earth Band of Ojibwe of northwestern Minnesota are expressing concerns that communities on both sides of the border are bypassing wastewater into the Rainy River and endangering lake sturgeon. They’re calling for the elimination of such bypasses, as […]
Mitch Calvert Missed it by that much. The Muskie boys’ hockey team returned from the all-Ontarios in North Bay on Saturday without any medals around their necks after finishing the round-robin portion with a 1-2-1 record—good for third place in Pool ‘C’ but one spot shy of advancing to the […]
Peggy Revell Electronic devices may cost a little bit more from now on as Phase 1 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) program kicked in across the province today. The program—run by the Ontario Electronic Stewardship—will see “environmental handling fees” placed on certain electronic products. In return, 100 […]
Peggy Revell First Nations’ languages were celebrated and promoted locally yesterday in conjunction with National Aboriginal Languages Day. “It is very important because the language is our identity,” stressed Brian Smith, the Anishinaabe language co-ordinator for the Seven Generations Educatio n Institute here. The Assembly of First Nations declared March […]
Mitch Calvert That’s all she wrote, folks. In another down-to-the-wire finish, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres fell 3-1 in Game 5 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series last night to be eliminated by the host Thunder Bay Bearcats. Colin Moberly opened the scoring just 2:13 into the game to put […]
Ken Johnston Richards must pay legal costs Just seven days after holding their annual meeting back in January, the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association breathed a sigh of relief when word came that a lawsuit against them was thrown out of court. RRCA president Ken McKinnon said they are relieved the […]
Joey Payeur Coaches’ clinic set All good things come to those who wait. Such is the fate of Fort Frances and area under-12 and under-13 soccer players, who appeared ready to take part in the inaugural season of the Soccer Northwestern Ontario Developmental Youth League this summer. But now they’ll […]
Joey Payeur The number of teams may have been as low as anyone can remember, but spirits were high for Devlin skip Mike Badiuk by the time all was said and done. His rink downed Thunder Bay’s Doug Skinner 8-5 in the ‘A’ final Sunday to finish his undefeated march […]
