Muskie fullback Allen “Gus” Hunsperger ran over the Kildonan East Eagle defender last Friday during Fort High’s season opener. The Muskies moved the ball effective on the ground en route to the 24-0 win. —Alex Cruickshank photo
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FORT FRANCES—OPP detachment commander Insp. Dave Lucas delivered a quarterly activity report to town council Monday night, with numbers indicating there’s been fewer calls to police compared to the same point last year. For the period ending June 30, there have been 1,740 calls for service, compared to 1,889 in […]
“Tugnut” is on tour and will be performing one show only here in town tonight at the UMAYC (corner of Mowat Avenue and First Street East). Featuring Rainy River District natives Steve Vargas and Joe Egan, along with their bassist from Mississauga, the band currently is on its “Ode to […]
By yesterday evening, the forest fire management program in Northwestern Ontario had responded to 54 new blazes—bringing the number of active fires in the region to 242. The massive firefighting effort being carried out by FireRanger crews, air attack, and service and support personnel is making some headway, with multiple […]
Students performed a skit for their peers at the boys’ literacy camp at Kiwanis Sunny Cove yesterday. The two-day camp provided Grade 5 boys from across the district with an opportunity to participate in literacy-based workshops lead by local volunteers. —Melanie Béchard photo
FORT FRANCES—A landing pad for helicopters to transport people for emergency purposes will be the topic of one of the presentations on the agenda at Monday night’s town council meeting. Dan McCormick, health services manager with the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, will give an update on the […]
The Muskie football team got its Winnipeg High School Football League season off to a good start here Friday afternoon with a dominating 24-0 win over the Kildonan East Eagles. The black-and-gold ran the ball effectively with Terry Carmody while the defence kept the Eagles off balance with their aggressive […]
FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline in less than three weeks, more nominees for the local municipal and school board elections are coming in. Coun. John Albanese filed his nomination papers Friday, joining the list of those running for seats on town council. That list so far includes Andrew Hallikas, a […]
Ministry of Natural Resources’ FireRanger crews from Fort Frances are having a hard time keeping up with multiple forest fire starts. Ten to 15 small fires were detected each day over the weekend and extinguished. Fire crews, in some cases, no sooner were finished working on one fire when they […]
Mayoral candidate Roy Avis, left, chatted with Albert Weir and Bruce Caldwell during the seventh-annual “Fly-in Drive-in BBQ” on Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Airport. A record crowd of 400 people came out to the airport that day to have breakfast or lunch, check out the garage sale, and […]
FORT FRANCES—After holding its annual general meeting Wednesday night, the “tour de Fort” board of directors is remaining positive about passport sales and plans on going ahead with its 2006-07 concert series as scheduled. “Our tickets sales are over 300 now. We’re looking at about 130 to go,” president Dave […]
FORT FRANCES—Four FireRanger crews were establishing hose lines Friday morning in an effort to suppress a forest fire that ignited Thursday in the Preacher Lake area, just west of Burditt Lake (about 30 km north of Emo), the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. The 26-hectare blaze, which was reported around […]
