Both Muskie soccer teams are preparing to play four games each in Dryden this weekend—the last tournament before the NorWOSSA later this month in Kenora. Both teams will play against Sioux Lookout, Beaver Brae (Kenora), St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora), and host Dryden. “I think they’re ready,” boys’ coach Rick Chambers […]
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The Manitoba Junior Hockey League has expressed interest in having teams from Fort Frances, Dryden, and Kenora join it for the 2005-06 season. “I know our league has had some negotiations, well . . . interested talks,” said Trent Ward, an MJHL governor. “We haven’t seen a formal application, there’s […]
Three Muskies have returned home from the all-Ontario badminton showdown in Ajax after impressing the competition with their skills. Natalie Desjardins and Jason Pattison got as far as the ‘B’ flight quarter-finals in mixed doubles action, falling to Megan Gereghty and Roshabh Mehta (Kapuskasing District High School) on Friday. The […]
After working on it for the past five months, town council on Monday night finally passed the 2004 budget it had approved in principle at its April 26 meeting. As previously reported, the budget passed means a tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along […]
The public is invited to attend the Civic Centre on Monday for a special meeting at 7 p.m., at which time town council will vote on the 2004 budget it approved in principle at its April 26 meeting. At that meeting, council opted for a tax hike of 14.67 percent […]
The Muskie badminton players competing at the all-Ontarios in Ajax last week all saw their action end in the ‘B’ flight. The mixed doubles team of Jason Pattison and Natalie Desjardins lost in the quarter-finals while Simone Desjardins was eliminated one round earlier in senior girls’ singles action. The ‘B’ […]
Muskie girls’ singles competitor Simone Desjardins, along with the mixed doubles duo of Natalie Desjardins and Jason Pattison, both have dropped down to the ‘B’ event at last report from the all-Ontario badminton championship in Ajax. Simone Desjardin won her first two matches yesterday, beating R. Brown (SWOSSAA) 15-11 and […]
A new labour agreement between Abitibi-Consolidated and its unionized employees at 12 of its mills in central and eastern Canada took another step forward this morning as main-table negotiations began in Montreal. “Negotiations are always tough, always a challenge,” Cec Makowski, vice-president (Ontario Region) of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers […]
If you’re planning to do a little spring cleaning around the house and garage, Saturday is a great day to tackle it. District residents can get rid of most everything from old cans of paint to car batteries Saturday when the Rainy River First Nations Watershed Program, in co-operation with […]
The Town of Fort Frances has a message for those who persist in dumping their garbage alongside town streets—smarten up or pay up. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Thursday morning the town has empowered its bylaw enforcement officers to levy $500 fines on the spot should people be […]
The Fort Frances Children’s Complex Advisory Committee will meet with Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton on Saturday to talk about child care. Committee chairperson Linda Wall said Thursday morning the meeting will be “to let him know what is stake for child care in Ontario and in […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club will mark its 40th anniversary on Saturday, with the keynote speaker to be Past International Director Ross L. Thorfinsson Jr. Thorfinsson, a financial planner and business consultant from Eden Prairie, Mn., was elected for a two-year term as International Director at Indianapolis in July, 2001. […]
