With Hallowe’en less than a month away, so is a local tradition known as the “Scott Street Scare.” “We’re having it for sure. We’re just kind of getting things underway,” said head organizer Sandra McNay, owner of Masquerade Costume & Novelty here. Costumed kiddies are encouraged to come to Scott […]
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Members of the Fort Frances High School Council will be commended by the Rainy River District School Board tonight for their efforts in bringing internationally-acclaimed author and speaker Barbara Coloroso to town last month. Coloroso presented a keynote address Sept. 16, as well as a day-long workshop for professionals in […]
It looks like the judges will have a hard time picking the winners for the 10th-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce business awards coming up Oct. 29 as a slew of nomination forms were turned by Friday’s deadline. “We have a total of 85 nominations as of right now,” Chamber […]
The Town of Fort Frances lifted the boil-water advisory for all residents living east of Keating Avenue, as well as water customers on Couchiching First Nation, shortly after 9 a.m. today. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig noted the town got word from the health unit this morning that the water […]
They were feeling the pressure, there was no doubt to that, and anyone who thought otherwise didn’t appreciate the magnitude of Friday afternoon’s game between the Muskies and visiting Dryden Eagles. It was Homecoming—and the last time the Muskies won the big game was five years ago. There also were […]
With a two-day haul of 41.94 pounds, Wayne and Dean Howard won the fourth annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic yesterday afternoon at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp and a cheque for $5,000—the duo came in fourth last year. Close to 80 teams partcipated in what is the final local fishing […]
Muskie guard Ashlee Nordstrom tried to find a passing lane while a quartet of Bronco defenders led by Julie Pernsky defended on the play. The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team ended up winning 24-20, to give them a 1-1 record for the season. —Emmanuel Moutsatsos photo
Town bylaw enforcement officers responded to a bear report Thursday evening on the 1000 block of Portage Avenue—their 87th call of the past month. Officers went to the scene around 5:30 p.m. to find a 200-pound female bear in a tree, which they then tranquilized and relocated. “Everything went according […]
Hydro One is planning a power outage tomorrow (Oct. 1) for customers east and west of the Seine River bridge, including Mine Centre, Lac La Croix and Seine River First Nations, and the Perch Lake area. The outage is scheduled to last from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Hydro One said it […]
Like a 65-year-old man who has smoked since he was 13, the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team coughed up the ball an excruciatingly number of times yesterday afternoon against the visiting Kenora Broncos. The Broncos implemented a full court press after the Muskies went on an 8-0 scoring run in […]
The Muskies will be gunning for their first win of the Winnipeg High School Football League season tomorrow when they host the 0-3 Dryden Eagles in the annual Homecoming game. Kick-off is slated for 1:30 p.m. Blake Wepruk, the black-and-gold’s 14-year-old quarterback, guaranteed a Muskie victory after last Friday’s 19-4 […]
All Fort Frances residents living east of Keating Avenue, as well as water customers on Couchiching First Nation, remain under a boil-water advisory that the town declared shortly after noon Wednesday. “We were doing maintenance [at the water tower] and there was a loss of pressure in our system,” Fort […]
