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 […]
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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 […]
Tickets are still available for the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s summer raffle, featuring a grand prize of $5,000, which will be drawn on Nov. 10. They are available at the Volunteer Bureau (located in the old CN station) as well as various locations around town. The September early-bird winner was […]
Ethan Lengyel, left, and and Kaymen Brenna of the Fort Frances Day Care’s preschool class enjoyed a morning snack of cinnamon buns and milk there on Friday. —Heather Ogilvie photo
FORT FRANCES—The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is on the lookout for people to give the “gift of life” at its fall donor clinic coming up Sept. 25-26 at Fort Frances High School. Spokesperson Harvey Heather said Thursday morning that people should note this is a change from past years. The […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources declared a Restricted Fire Zone yesterday afternoon, banning all outdoor fires across Northwestern Ontario. The fire ban—the second the MNR has issued here this summer—came into effect at midnight last night and will remain in place until further notice. The ban, which encompasses the districts […]
The Muskie golf team finished third at the first NorWOSSA tournament of the season yesterday. Andrew Easton, Jordan Sinclair, Ben Bruyere, and Alex McDonald shot a combined score of 320. Easton led the black-and-gold with a four-over par 76—placing him fifth overall out of the 72 golfers who competed. Eleven […]
Charmaine Herbert was passing out information pamphlets regarding the Restricted Fire Zone to people coming into the region at the border here this morning. The RFZ, which came into effect as of midnight and will remain so until further notice, covers all of Northwestern Ontario. —Melanie Béchard photo
