Lousy weather and an ill-timed turnover left the Muskie ‘A’ football team unable to break into the win column for another week. A valiant defensive effort by the black-and-gold went unrewarded by their still-struggling offence as the Muskies (0-3) fell 12-2 to the Churchill Bulldogs in Winnipeg High School Football […]
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Canadian country music legends “Prairie Oyster” will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre here tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.—and only those who act fast will be able to get tickets for the show. “Prairie Oyster” is performing as part of the tour de Fort’s additional concert series, which is […]
Water worries at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton, and possible changes to the education funding formula, were debated at the regular monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board on Saturday. “The board is doing everything they possibly can and this week [coming] the work will […]
Mike Vacura and Mami Korpi have 15,000 reasons to be glad they decided to bait their hooks north of the border. The Roseau, Mn. duo blew away the 80-team field to win the Rainy River Live Release Walleye Tournament over the weekend—netting the $15,000 first prize. Vacura and Korpi, who […]
Most teams are refined in the art of playing with the lead. It’s the better clubs that know how to come from behind. The Borderland Thunder fought back from a 4-1 second-period deficit Saturday night to salvage a 5-5 tie with the Nipigon Feathermen Hawks at the Ice for Kids […]
Whether it’s figuring out ways to dispose of oil or getting funding for a “super dump,” requests of support from both the townships of Chapple and Emo are on the agenda for tonight’s council meeting here. Chapple is asking the town to appoint a representative on a new committee being […]
The scoreboard wasn’t blazing, but the result brought about plenty of shining smiles. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team’s ferocious defence overshadowed its new pedal-to-the-metal style of offence as they opened the NorWOSSA campaign with a 26-19 win over the defending champion Dryden Eagles there yesterday. While their high-powered attack […]
FORT FRANCES—Just as the Business Improvement Area was about to announce it was going ahead with its second-annual “Harvest Festival” next Saturday, the event was cancelled again due to the repair work Scott Street. It initially had been scheduled for Sept. 14. “It’s a safety issue,” said BIA co-ordinator Laurie […]
FORT FRANCES—Water quality at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton will top discussions when the Northwest Catholic District School Board meets there Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The board will hear an update on water quality at Our Lady of the Way, which had been under a boil-water advisory […]
FORT FRANCES—The Riverside Foundation for Health Care board of directors won’t see any new faces on it in the next year as no election has been slated for its annual meeting this coming Tuesday. “Our board is staying the same,” Foundation director Teresa Hazel said. “We have four members whose […]
After fighting raging forest fires in Oregon since Aug. 7, including the “Sour Biscuit” blaze which at one point covered 157,000 hectares, the last of local MNR FireRanger crews returned home over the weekend. Harrold Boven, fire operations supervisor here, was among the last of the local firefighters to return […]
Registration on Monday night for the upcoming curling season yielded 99 teams and roughly 400 curlers—down from the estimated 450 who came out of the hack last season. “Some people change their interests and want a break from curling,” Kathie Jackson, chair of the Fort Frances Curling Committee, speculated late […]
