Captains Quinn Amiel, left, and Brad Pawlowski, right, battled for the puck at centre ice Saturday night in the first of a pair of games between the Sabres and Thunder Bay Bearcats. While each notched a goal during that game, Amiel proved the better of the two yesterday, netting two […]
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Honourary chef Jennie Condon of B93•FM, right, served up cream of broccoli and cheese soup to Ted and Annie Fitzgerald during the local Alzheimer Society’s “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” last night at the Adventure Inn. Some 73 people came out for the third-annual event, which featured a variety of […]
Mary Hickling, left, and Linda Reed, part of Dave Hickling’s rink, played against Tom Wherley’s squad Saturday afternoon during the annual “Icebox of the Nation” bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Neither team made it much further, but Bryan Bonot’s rink from Stratton took the ‘A’ final over Tom […]
Both Muskie basketball teams looked as strong as ever yesterday in Dryden while their female volleyball counterparts suffered a pair of tough losses. The senior boys’ basketball team beat the host Eagles 42-37, led by Morgan Anderson and Travis Stromness, who each netted 11 points. The score was a far […]
Cst. Dan Bailey, a K-9 officer with the Rainy River District OPP detachment, was among 14 police officers and eight firefighters to receive a medal of bravery from the province this afternoon. Lt. Gov. David C. Onley invested the recipients with medals at a Queen’s Park ceremony while Safety and […]
Fort Frances Jr. Sabres players took time away from the ice yesterday to visit Rainycrest, where they joined in playing TV Bingo with some of the residents.
While it may have been cold outside, Juno Award-winning singer Connie Kaldor heated up the stage last night at the Townshend Theatre during the first “tour de Fort” concert of 2008. Embracing elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk, bluegrass, and adult contemporary, Kaldor not only entertained the crowd […]
Making a stop on the NDP’s “Stand Up for Northern Ontario” campaign, Sault Ste. Marie MP Tony Martin chatted with curator Pam Hawley and NDP candidate John Rafferty as he toured the Fort Frances Museum yesterday. The NDP critic for federal economic development in Northern Ontario, Martin is gathering input […]
Csts. Pete Drouin, left, and Paul Davis of the OPP Traffic Unit, along with Cst. Anne McCoy and Cst. Greg Johnson, rear, showed off the two brand new sleds—Ski-Doo 550s—they just got last week to supplement the force’s fleet. The traffic unit and other trained officers have been dedicated to […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team came close, but not close enough, in an exhibition tilt with the International Falls Broncos here Tuesday night, falling 68-60 after staging a failed comeback in the fourth quarter. “It was a very good basketball game,” Muskie head coach Paul Noonan said. “The International […]
The director of education with the Rainy River District School Board addressed parents and community members last night at Robert Moore School during an information session regarding construction of a new school there. Jack McMaster explained Robert Moore was declared “Prohibitive to Repair” by the Ministry of Education back in […]
While the weather may be too chilly for some, the winter conditions are just right for snowmobiling right now. As such, the OPP would like to remind local residents about some of the municipal bylaws that govern the use of sleds within town limits. The bylaws state: •No person shall […]
