How could one day mean so much? For many, New Year’s is an event that gives people a second chance. An opportunity to do things differently. To look at themselves in the mirror and pick out their flaws—and make promises on how to improve on them. The Muskie hockey program […]
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Like a well-delivered vodka martini, the Muskie girls’ hockey team is a balanced blend of new and veteran players that has been shaken (not stirred) to create a team that has been steadily improving since the season began. The squad remains winless in NorWOSSA play—their latest loss coming here last […]
What’s the attitude you are going to take? How will you conduct yourself? Will you turn complacent, or reach another level? All of these, and many other questions, will be answered by the Borderland Thunder when they return to the ice here this Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is having no trouble outshooting their opponents. The problem is getting those shots into the net. The black-and-gold had the edge in shots on goal against Dryden here last night but it was the Eagles who skated away with a 4-0 victory—solidifying their lead atop […]
Welcome back. That’s pretty much the mentality for those involved with organizing the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns, which starts tomorrow at the Fort Frances Curling Club. It’s been 18 years since the NWOLCA last was held here. “You’re going to get an opportunity to see ladies’ curling played at its […]
“Fort Frances: A Story of a Town and its People,” written by Neil McQuarrie in conjunction with the town’s centennial in 2003, has won an award. McQuarrie’s work captured the Gertrude H. Dyke Award for best popular, full-length publication, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society announced during a reception Sunday […]
“Danae’s Song” is a 90-minute long tribute to the life and death of 16-year-old Danae Ashton Grace Dupuis, who was a front-seat passenger killed in a drunk-driving collision on Oct. 3, 2000. “Danae’s Song” is unlike anything you’ve seen before. It presents a new perspective to impaired driving issues facing […]
With a rash of armed robberies in town over the past month, the Fort Frances OPP is working to educate local store owners as to what they can do to avoid being targeted for theft—and how to cope if they are. “Basically, what we’re doing is going businesses to business […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will be pursuing a higher profile in 2005, its president vowed yesterday. “We’re going to be more visible,” said Gary Rogozinski. “It’s a pretty ambitious goal for 2005, but that’s the direction the Chamber has to go. “The Chamber has to be the voice […]
A combination of deep snow, sub-zero temperatures, and a bitter wind meant the annual Christmas bird count was an abbreviated affair this year. The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists participates in the annual survey and submits its findings to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, where they are included in the […]
Like the first pale streaks of dawn in the eastern sky after a long, sleepless night, news last week that the United States will begin accepting imports of some live Canadian cattle came as tremendous relief to district beef farmers. Last week, the U.S. government announced it would allow the […]
Fourteen Fort Frances women voluntarily have taken on new identities and new looks—all for a good cause. They’re called the Vala Follies, Northwestern Ontario’s answer to the Rockettes, and will be starring in The Vala Variety Show. The curtain rises Feb. 12 to raise literacy awareness and funds for the […]
