Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron #908 may be cleared for take-off soon as it hovers around the number of participants needed to start the program. More than 40 people showed up Wednesday night for registration at the Memorial Sports Centre. The group needs just 30 youths to join to start […]
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Byron Maggrah has issued a pre-season heads-up. The referee-in-chief for the Superior International Junior Hockey League has informed those wearing the striped shirts it is time to get tough on incidents of checking to the head by players when the league’s second season begins this Friday. “There will be growing […]
The eighth-annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival is set for Saturday, Sept. 28 at Hannam Park in Rainy River. Who will go home with the coveted “most attractive pumpkin” prize? Certainly not Alberton reeve and pumpkin aficionado John Milling. “Mine just developed a crack in it,” he said, with […]
A close evaluation of the NorWOSSA junior boys’ volleyball league spotlights one undeniable fact: the margin for error is minimal. “We went from worst to first last year and this year, we could go from first to worst,” said Muskie coach Greg Ste. Croix of his defending NorWOSSA champs. “I’ve […]
“The beginning of this school year offers us a new beginning at OLW. It offers new hope for work well done, new and continued friendships, for fun and learning. “May this year help us to grow in your graces, Lord. May it bring us closer to being the persons you […]
Bodies were hitting the ground everywhere you turned Monday. But don’t panic, it was just the start of another flip-filled season at the Fort Frances Judo Club. Les Wiersema, club president for the last eight years, estimated about 30 judokas came out for the season’s inaugural session. “It’s about the […]
Queen’s Park will see a new face from Fort Frances this fall when Annelise Hawrylak starts the Legislative Assembly page program in November. The Grade 8 student at St. Francis School was selected to serve as a page in Queen’s Park from Nov. 18 to Dec. 13 with fellow pupils […]
Eager young students gathered outside around a circular flower bed Friday morning, singing “It’s a small world after all,” as Huffman School dedicated a statue to former teacher Elaine Maynard, who found out she had cancer while working there and later passed away. “So many people were touched by who […]
After the morning worship service Sunday at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, the congregation gathered in the fellowship hall for a potluck farewell for Pastor John Jongsma and his wife, Marie. On behalf of the congregation, council chairman Peter VanHeyst presented the couple with a treasured gift for their […]
Auto racing has been in Dwayne Pihulak’s blood for 35 years. But the Fort Frances resident isn’t sure what his racing future holds after a controversial finish to the last competitive event of the season at Emo Speedway earlier this month. “It’s very questionable whether I’ll return to racing there,” […]
Once they got hopping, there was just no stopping. Ernie Klyne and Laura Bruyere got the jump on the rest of the field en route to the respective men’s and ladies’ titles in the annual Frog Creek Open Sunday at Kitchen Creek. Klyne was feeling fine after shooting a 79 […]
Everyone is adjusting to being back to school again after the summer break, with staff at Donald Young School in Emo looking forward to working with parents and their children throughout the year. The canteen resumed its service this past Monday (Sept. 16). Take note that DYS has made some […]
