Harry Houdini would have been proud of this escape act. With elimination staring them straight in the face all day, the Muskie boys’ curling squad pieced together four-straight wins, including a 6-3 victory over the Dryden Eagles in the final, to capture the NWOSSAA crown yesterday in Red Lake. “I […]
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The great ones make it look easy, but are never satisfied. Fort Frances Aquanauts member Alex Parent took the junior national swimming championships in Regina last week by storm, tearing up the pool for six gold medals in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division—and winning every event he competed […]
The Emo-La Vallee Community Centre was the site of considerable discussion and an exchange of ideas yesterday at an open house on a Resource Stewardship Framework (RSF) for the fisheries of the Rainy River watershed. The presentation showed what the RSF is about, what it’s trying to do, and what […]
You’ve got to be lucky to be good. Well, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling teams will need to be good and lucky—and fast. Some first-day struggles yesterday at the NWOSSAA championships in Red Lake will force both Muskie squads to get hot in a hurry today—and also get some […]
Three local men were arrested at Canada Customs here Sunday when it was found they possessed a quantity of marijuana. The suspects, two of whom were 23 while the other was 20, were charged with importing/exporting a scheduled substance. They will appear in court at a later date. In other […]
In light of the centennial celebration this year, the town is looking to do a little more spring cleaning than usual as a participant in the nation-wide “Pitch-In Canada Week” this April 21-27. The decision came at Monday night’s council meeting as councillors approved a report from Operations and Facilities […]
Local high school teachers started phase one of their job action today after contract talks with the Rainy River District School Board broke down last Thursday. But Brian Church, president of the bargaining unit for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B, remains optimistic a settlement eventually will be released. […]
One of the final stops in Borderland for motivational speaker Daniel Heidt will be at Rainy River Community College in International Falls tomorrow night. Heidt, a former bodyguard for Hollywood stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, now speaks to kids and adults alike about preventing bullying in schools and the workplace. […]
With the final report of a feasibility study by consultants Hilderman, Thomas, Frank and Cram being officially released Monday evening, just what will happen with the plan to “Re-Invent Fort Frances” is now in town council’s hands. “With the final report now complete, our role as a ‘Re-Inventing’ committee has […]
With a summer of movie sequels on the horizon, the Dryden Eagles beat Hollywood to the punch and released their own follow-up. In a rerun of last year’s NorWOSSA playoffs, both the Eagles boys’ and girls’ hockey teams brought a sudden end to the Muskies’ seasons with semi-final sweeps. After […]
The Borderland Thunder went from fight night to fright night, but still came away with a valuable four points over the weekend in their quest to clinch first place in the SIJHL. A 6-1 victory here Friday night over the Feathermen Hawks featured an eight-player brawl at the 12:02 mark […]
Athletes sometimes are described as being in the groove. If so, Alex Parent carved a whole valley out of the flatlands of Saskatchewan last week. The Fort Frances Aquanaut was unstoppable in the Swimmers With Athletic Disabilities (SWAD) division of the junior national swimming championships in Regina, piling up six […]
