The Muskie golf team is on a roll. The black-and-gold continued their string of top three finishes yesterday by taking second place at a NorWOSSA tournament in Red Lake. Andrew Easton, Jordan Sinclair, Alex McDonald, Kevin Jackson, and Ben Bruyere shot a combined 338 to take runner-up honours. Easton was […]
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Valerie Martindale of the Voyageur Lions Club helped pass out coffee, muffins, and goodie bags at the Lions Drive-Thru Breakfast at Time Hortons this morning. The bags were filled with more than $10 worth of donated items from local businesses. Some bags contained special prizes. The event is a fundraiser […]
FORT FRANCES—The extensive renovations at the Fort Frances Museum are well underway, with the project still on line to be completed before the new year. Museum curator Pam Hawley and interpretive development intern Emily Carr did a walk-through of the building on Friday and noted the entire building—from the basement […]
FORT FRANCES—Each year, the Rainy River First Nations Watershed program hosts a shoreline clean-up throughout the district. But this year, the area might make it on the map, with Devlin’s clean-up on Sept. 27 being listed nationally alongside communities like Ottawa, Hamilton, and Toronto. “We got contacted by the people […]
The Muskie football team earned a big road win yesterday afternoon, defeating the host Dryden Eagles 16-13 in Winnipeg High School Football action. Running back Terry Carmody led the Muskie offensive attack-carrying the ball 31 times for 193 yards and a touchdown. Carmody also had roughly 30 yards in receptions, […]
While finding out the results of the municipal election here has sped up since the town switched to mail-in ballots in 2000, it’s expected the candidates will find out how they did even faster this time around. Fort Frances Clerk Glenn Treftlin said in an interview last week that for […]
FORT FRANCES—Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff abstained from voting on the Conservative party’s controversial softwood lumber deal, which passed its first parliamentary vote on Tuesday. “I abstained for very particular reasons,” Boshcoff said Tuesday afternoon after the vote. Earlier this month, Boshcoff had announced he would vote in favour […]
FORT FRANCES—Late last month, the federal government announced it would be arming 4,400 border officers with side-arms over the next 10 years, but when local officers will be armed remains to be determined. “The timetable hasn’t been determined,” explained Derek Mellon, a spokesperson for the Canadian Border Services Agency. “The […]
It’s only September but the Emo Centennial Choir is ready to start gearing up for its eighth-annual Christmas concert, with rehearsals beginning this Monday (Sept. 25) at the Christian Reformed Church. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the first rehearsal at 7 p.m. There is a fee of $35 […]
FORT FRANCES—Having to deal with one of the busiest fire seasons in recent years, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Forest Fire Management Centre here in Fort Frances has seen 187 fires since April 1—more than double the average number of 83. And while there’s been a temporary lull in the […]
With just over a week until the deadline, several people across the district have filed their nomination papers to run for either the local public or separate school boards. In Fort Frances, Dan Belluz has filed to run once again for the Rainy River District School Board. Belluz, who has […]
FORT FRANCES—Alberton council is examining the issue of fire response outside of township limits after the Alberton fire department responded to three fires in Miscampbell in the last 18 months. At council’s regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, Fire Chief Cory Jewell noted while the department wants to respond to fire […]
