Staff The four candidates vying to capture Thunder Bay-Rainy River in the Oct. 14 election will be in town tomorrow night for an all-candidates’ forum hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Because there will be no televised coverage […]
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Peggy Revell Friday was a busy P.D. Day at the Fort Frances Museum, where children’s crafts and activities were held to mark the upcoming exhibit on comic books that opens Oct. 14. Here Jordan Bruyere was busy tracing Batman onto a transparency to make his own larger cutout of the […]
Mitch Calvert Louise and Ted Stewner held up four of the five fish they caught yesterday that propelled them to first place in the annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic. The couple tallied 38.18 pounds over the two-day event held at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp, eclipsing the Winnipeg father/son pair […]
Peggy Revell Local Conservative candidate Richard Neumann, right, standing with Ken Preston, who is managing the local campaign headquarters at 850 Kings’s Highway (across from the McDonalds), had a busy weekend knocking on doors and meeting the people of Fort Frances. The campaign has been going well so far, said […]
Duane Hicks The town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee is asking the public to start thinking about individuals who have made a difference in our community and nominate them for the award, which is being given out for the 21st time this year. Anyone who has done an outstanding […]
Duane Hicks The “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign’s “Drive for 35” phone blitz headed into its final day today with only $9,000 to go after seeing pledges totalling $7,000 yesterday. Campaign chair Mark Kowalchuk said this morning they’ve now reached $741,000—moving ever closer to the campaign goal of $750,000. […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team has its bite back. The black-and-gold dealt a first-half knockout blow to the visiting Maples Marauders in Winnipeg High School Football League action yesterday afternoon at Muskie Field, taking a 15-0 lead into the break before holding on for a 22-14 win to improve […]
Mitch Calvert The senior boys’ volleyball team battled neck-and-neck with the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon but they dropped the fifth and deciding set 15-9 to fall to 0-2 in NorWOSSA play.
Mitch Calvert A school of Muskies closed in on a worried-looking Maples Marauders’ quarterback during the black-and-gold’s 22-14 victory in their annual Homecoming game yesterday afternoon.
Staff Changes in the high school have some students a little confused. The school has went to a “flip” timetable, where classes come in a different order each week. I tracked down five students on their way to lunch and asked their opinion on the new timetable format. Last week […]
Duane Hicks Economic development officer Geoff Gillon encouraged anyone with an interest in a new condo development in Fort Frances to fill out a survey during a meeting at the Civic Centre last night.
Peggy Revell Rachel McEvoy took some time to show off her reading skills to her dad, Steve, during last night’s open house at F.H. Huffman School here.
