Head coach Dan Bird is hoping his junior girls’ basketball team has played their worst game of the season. The Muskies’ bench boss was less than impressed with the black-and-gold’s performance against the Dryden Eagles here last Thursday despite coming out on the winning end of the 34-23 score. “I […]
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She always had liked children and knew she wanted to spend her career working with them. After studying early childhood education at Red River College in Winnipeg, Rainy River native Kelly Berg accepted the position of program co-ordinator at the Emo Ontario Early Years Centre (toy library) back in August. […]
At the end of the season, the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team may well point to an abysmal set versus the Dryden Eagles as the turning point. The black-and-gold were awful during the opening set of their best-of-five match against the visiting Eagles last Thursday afternoon—losing by a score of […]
It’s the most dangerous game on any team’s schedule—the game a team is supposed to win. Coaches dread them because their team has very little to gain and everything to lose. A win is almost anti-climatic while a loss can destroy a team’s confidence—and send the season into a tailspin. […]
In an unprecedented step, all three living former Fort Frances mayors have come together to endorse Roy Avis for the job in the Nov. 13 election. “Roy served as member of my municipal council for six years. He will be an excellent mayor and move Fort Frances in the right […]
FORT FRANCES—With mill closures continuing to make the headlines, town council supported a resolution from the Communications Energy and Paperworkers union to call for an all-party committee of the Ontario legislature to immediately conduct hearings throughout the province to address the forestry crisis. CEP national rep René Lindquist was on […]
FORT FRANCES—Experiencing financial burdens and unable to pay its realty taxes since mid-2004, the Fort Frances Curling Club is asking the Town of Fort Frances to write-off all its taxes owing to date. In a report to council, Treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said the curling club, as of Oct. 5, 2006, […]
FORT FRANCES—While Canada’s role in Afghanistan has been the subject of debate lately, students at J.W. Walker School here are learning about the war there—and the men and women serving in that country. “What we’re trying to do is get the kids connected to what’s going on in the world,” […]
FORT FRANCES—Lorie Kane, Dawn Coe-Jones, Gail Graham, Nancy Harvey, A.J. Eathorne, and Alena Sharp. The above names represent some of the top Canadian golfers currently playing on the LPGA Tour—the biggest stage for women’s golf. And soon another name may be joining their ranks, that of Fort Frances native Christin […]
FORT FRANCES—Starting this week, all of the traffic lights in Fort Frances will be switched over to more energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) versions, Fort Frances Power Corp. CEO Jim Kibiuk said Thursday. He noted the FFPC hopes to convert all of the lights at all the intersections in town […]
FORT FRANCES—Ministry of Natural Resources fire personnel are busy fighting a peat fire burning about 10 km northwest of Fort Frances. The fire, which was reported Sunday morning burning in the harvesting area of Sun Gro (formerly Normiska) property in Miscampbell, is about two hectares in size, local MNR fire […]
FORT FRANCES—As part of its long-term plan for the outdoor rinks in Fort Frances, the town will be holding a public meeting later this month to get input on what local residents would like to see. The meeting is slated for Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Civic […]
