Rick Neilson Competition amongst local buyers kept calf prices strong at the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association’s final sale on Saturday in Stratton. “All the calves sold well. They looked good,” enthused RRCA president Ken McKinnon. Calf prices were running five to 10 cents higher than other sales in the west, […]
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Rick Neilson As it turns out, last Saturday’s sale won’t be the final one at the Stratton sales barn in 2008. The Rainy River Hereford Association is presenting the “Golden Opportunity ’O8 Sale” this coming Saturday (Nov 1). The barn will open at 11 a.m., with the sale starting at […]
Duane Hicks X-ray technologist Mark Addison explained how the new Toshiba Aquilion 64-slice CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital works during one of the many tours that went through the diagnostic imaging department last Thursday.
Peggy Revell Brianna Eldridge, left, and her sister, Alina, were two of the many Brownies busy selling Girl Guide cookies Saturday at Wal-Mart. Sales of the chocolate mint cookies go towards funding the various activities for the local units.
Rick Neilson Stratton sales barn manager Clayton Teeple, left, and Mcsherry livestock hauler Shane Grover completed the paperwork on one of the last loads of cattle to leave the Stratton yards this year. This load of cows was headed to Inwood, Man. Almost 5,000 head moved through the sales barn […]
Duane Hicks Encouraging them to get rid of the worrisome thoughts that roll around in their heads like Bingo numbers in a cage, Thunder Bay comedienne “Ivanka” (Jo-Ann Waytowich) told the audience to “Let Your Balls Fly” as part of her “10-Point Personal Tune-Up” on Saturday afternoon at the Townshend […]
Mitch Calvert Muskie Miranda Kellar made a nifty move around Dryden Eagles’ defender Molly Dorfmann during the final of the black-and-gold’s home tournament on Sunday. Fort High won the game 3-0 to secure first place with a perfect 5-0 record.
Duane Hicks With plans for Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Plan in the town’s future, resident Bill Martin told council last night that he opposes the proposed relocation of the Hallett and lookout tower to the riverfront near the Sorting Gap Marina. Martin, who lives on the 800 block […]
Paige Desmond Faye Boshkaykin, left, and Macy Anderson showed off some of the decorations they made during the Hallowe’en camp held yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum due to the P.A. Day off school. Ghoulish participants made crafts and enjoyed other frightful activities.
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team is left to ponder what could have been after a 38-5 loss to the Garden City Fighting Gophers on Friday in the opening round of the WHSFL playoffs. The black-and-gold held the Gophers’ high-risk, high-reward offence in check during a scoreless first quarter, then […]
Duane Hicks Town council will receive a written request from Dr. Lorena Jenks at tonight’s meeting to have a bylaw banning smoking outside both main entrances to the Memorial Sports Centre. “My understanding of the current provincial law is that there is to be no smoking nine metres from the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres are left to lick their wounds after salvaging just one point on their three-games-in-three-nights road trip with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs on Friday night. “We didn’t achieve the points we wanted to,” Sabres’ head coach Wayne Strachan said of […]
