Staff It was an old-fashioned shootout at the Ice for Kids Arena here Tuesday night—with the Muskie girls’ hockey team still standing at the end. Miranda Kellar scored twice in regulation time, and then added another in the shootout, as the black-and-gold topped the Kenora Broncos 6-5 to improve to […]
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Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With the Operations and Facilities division facing a cash crunch along with the rest of the town departments, the price of bag tags and tipping fees likely will be among the user fees to go up in the 2009 budget. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown informed […]
Staff The Fort Frances Timbits girls’ hockey team claimed the Lake of the Woods tournament title in Kenora over the weekend. The squad went undefeated through the round-robin, then capped off their crown with a thrilling win over Emo in the final. Timbits had tied the score with just three […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team continued their winning ways with a 7-2 thrashing of the Kenora Broncos here Tuesday night. Mike Jourdain scored twice in the first period, with Zach McCool adding two goals and a pair of assists to send the Broncos packing. The Muskies (5-1) improved their […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Along with a property tax hike, Fort Frances residents can expect modest user fee increases in 2009. But non-residents could see even higher fees to use town facilities and services. During a special meeting of the committee of the whole Wednesday, councillors received the 2009 budget summary […]
Paige Desmond For youths who have grown up in the information age, using computers, digital cameras, and other technology comes as naturally as breathing. But the same is not true for previous generations, who were not born into a world where Internet in schools and iPods were the norm. Seniors […]
the OPP Police began their investigation yesterday of a missing 15-year-old female from Fort Frances. Stephanie Robar, a student at Fort Frances High School, was last seen Monday at 2:30 p.m. She is described at 5’4” tall, 120 pounds, with shoulder length straight blonde hair, a piercing on the right […]
Peggy Revell They may not be home for the holidays, but Canadian troops in Afghanistan will be getting a bit of the Christmas spirit from home thanks to care packages being put together by the local Legion ladies’ auxiliary. “It’s just nice to let them know that we’re thinking about […]
Paige Desmond It could be days before the cause is known of the explosion that blew panelling off the outside of the Atikokan generating station on Monday morning. The blast was caused by a fire which started in the coal gallery, at the roof of the building where coal is […]
Peggy Revell With the countdown to Christmas well underway, help still is needed to bring holiday cheer to children across the district through the annual “Adopt an Angel” program run by Family & Children’s Services here. “We’re kind of off to a bit of a slow start,” admitted Jacquee Loerzel […]
Duane Hicks After being in existence for about a decade now, the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition has changed its name to Safe Communities Rainy River District. “It better identifies the scope, and it’s in line with all the other safety movements in Canada,” administrative co-ordinator Grace Silander explained. “We’ve […]
Paige Desmond Coinciding with Louis Riel Day, the Métis Nation of Ontario held its 2008 special presidents’ meeting/annual general assembly Nov. 16-18 in Toronto. The conference brought together more than 250 Métis leaders and members from across the province for meetings, ceremonies, and Métis cultural events, including Clint Calder, president […]
