The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team squandered a 10-point second-quarter lead and never recovered en route to a 68-64 loss to the St. Ignatius Falcons yesterday at the Tiger Tip-Off Tournament in Thunder Bay. Head coach Paul Noonan cited the black-and-gold’s lack of rebounding as a major factor in the […]
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The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team is hosting a two-day tournament beginning this afternoon at Fort High. Seven teams are scheduled to compete, including a split Muskie squad, a split Dryden Eagles team, the Kenora Broncos, Atikokan Voyageurs, and Whitefish Bay. The Muskies open action at 2:30 p.m. with the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team cruised to a 7-1 win over Transcona in their opening game of the Genesis Hospitality tournament in Brandon, Man. last night. The black-and-gold are in Pool 1 with Transcona and Birtle, who they were scheduled to play at 4 p.m. today. The top two teams […]
The Prince’s valet, played by Michael Brady, expressed disgust at the smell of one of Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters’ feet during the opening night of the Muskie Theatre presentation of “Cinderella” at the Townshend Theatre last night. The stepsisters were played by Sierra Spicer, Dana Elders, and Andrea Nelson. The one-hour […]
Although the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s 19th-annual community Christmas dinner is still more than three weeks away, local donors already have started to get into the holiday spirit. “Donations are starting to come in,” executive director Denise Audette said yesterday shortly after a meeting of the Christmas dinner committee. “We’ve […]
Christine Denby (Gillons’ Insurance Brokers) was elected president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce at its annual general membership meeting late Tuesday afternoon at The Harbourage. Taking Denby’s place as first vice-president will be Cathy Emes (Edwards Jones). Gary Rogozinski (Abitibi-Consolidated) will assume the role of past president while […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team fell 76-48 to the Churchill Trojans yesterday in their opening game of the Tiger Tip-Off Tournament at Westgate High School in Thunder Bay. The black-and-gold got off to a strong start paced by Travis Stromness’ 11 first-half points. However, the Muskies still found themselves […]
Christine Denby was elected the new president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night. Denby, who served as first vice-president for the past two years, will assume the role Jan. 1, 2007. —Melanie Béchard photo
Following a successful videoconference with a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan earlier this month as an educational tool, the Rainy River District School Board is offering the use of its equipment to the community as a Christmas gift. Anyone in the district with family serving in the Canadian Armed Forces in […]
Three beef carcasses at Greensides General Store in Devlin, which were condemned by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs earlier this month, were picked up and rendered last week. Owner Murnie Allen noted OMAFRA officials were at his store at 6:10 a.m. last Wednesday and he loaded […]
Hockey Northwestern Ontario (HNO) is excited to announce the first of six minor hockey summits throughout the region will be held Saturday, Dec. 2 in Fort Frances. The summit is an initiative driven by Hockey Canada to take place nationwide in all 13 participating member branches. Two Thunder Bay dates […]
FORT FRANCES—Although officially opened to the public back in July by the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists, the first phase of the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretive Trail’s boardwalk finally was completed last week. The 1, 032-foot trail, located in Alberton Township, gained an additional 112 feet of boardwalk thanks to funding […]
