They were coming all afternoon, into the evening and by the time it was all over around 9 p.m., over 1,000 people had the made the trip to Mud Lake City. The seventh-annual Mud Lake City Music Fest turned out to be the biggest ever, even though rain threatened to […]
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Fort Frances residents will be welcoming an old friend on Friday. Dr. Gerald Niznick, son of Ed and Sadie Niznick who owned Niznick’s clothing store on Scott Street, will be in town to attend a dedication ceremony at La Verendrye Hospital. Dr. Niznick donated $100,000 to the “Care Close to […]
Abitibi-Consolidated here is getting tough on dust. No, it isn’t a late spring cleaning. The maintenance department at the mill has embarked on a long-term project to reduce the amount of dust it emits into town. The project began last summer with a trial using four large nets around the […]
Lobbying partners in the forestry sector have pledged to keep their demands in the spotlight even after Premier Dalton McGuinty’s promise two weeks ago to offer help to the industry in crisis. “We’re continuing to apply pressure to make sure it doesn’t lose any of its heightened momentum,” said Michael […]
Women in Fort Frances and the west end of the Rainy River District will soon—and for the first time in about eight years—have easier access to services for victims of domestic abuse. The Atikokan Crisis Centre has announced it will open on Outreach Office here in Fort Frances beginning Friday, […]
Emo Speedway had their season championship on August 27th and the weather didn’t really feel like smiling down once more on the track. Forty-five minutes before race time, large dark clouds began moving its way over the track and the rain started to drizzle down. Luckily, those clouds moved on […]
It came right down to the very last boat to weigh-in to decide the first ever Morson Bass International (MBI) champions on Sunday. In the lead both days one and two, Oliver and Jason Gibbins kept the approximately 225 spectators on the edge of their seats as they showed off […]
They couldn’t help themselves. Like kids on the sandlot, a few Sight & Sound players schemed and giggled when discussing how they would “get” Derek McKinnon and decided the best way would be by pouring a Gatorade jug filled with cold water over their manager. While Harvey Flamand was preparing […]
World class golfers like John Daly, Phil Mickelson, Chris DiMarco, David Toms, Bernhard Langer, and even Tiger Woods, have all teed off from the La Quinta Golf Club, and a local quartet of golfers will do the same. Brian Johnstone, who is the professional out of the Heron Landing Golf […]
It was a game they wish they hadn’t been playing in, but it was a game they had to play in. It’s been almost two weeks since the untimely and unfortunate passing of Struchan Gilson, and his former players couldn’t think of a better way of honouring the coach that […]
This Friday during the high school’s lunch hour is when hopeful players for the Muskie girls’ hockey team will file into a classroom and thus begin the tryout process. “It’s not going to be anything to crazy, but we want them to start thinking about things,” said assistant coach Chris […]
The Muskie train that will be gearing towards OFSAA will be boarding passengers next week—and letting some off the week after—as the team has set the dates for their tryouts. But that train won’t have to travel far to reach the all-Ontarios—in case you’ve had your head stuck in a […]
