A special coaching clinic—focusing on ways to prevent forms of hockey abuse—will let its voice be heard here next week. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association and Hockey Northwestern Ontario will host “Speak Out” next Tuesday night at the Red Dog Inn. Attendance is mandatory for those looking to coach […]
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Registration is a little low for the annual Memorial golf tournament this Sunday at Kitchen Creek but organizers are hoping it will pick up before Saturday’s entry deadline. As of yesterday, only 30 golfers had registered for the 18-hole event, which can house a maximum of 120. “We usually draw […]
Normally, a change in the playoff schedule is not something wanted by a team on roll, fearing it may kill their momentum. Not the Muskie girls’ soccer team. After securing their fifth-straight NorWOSSA title last Thursday in Kenora, the squad is looking forward to rest—and plenty of it—before the NWOSSAA […]
Some say the best impression you can make is a good first impression. Local first-year pro Rustyn Dolyny did that—and more—two weeks ago as his Muskegon Fury of the United Hockey League captured the Colonial Cup in a six-game series over Elmira—capping it off with a 2-1 overtime victory May […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League began its new season last week by bidding farewell to some old faces and saying hello to some new names and places. Reigning MVP and pitcher-of-the-year John Desaulnier (Pinewood Bears) will not be back. The ace, who also was the RRDFL president, moved to […]
The monkey finally may have been yanked from the back of the Muskie boys’ soccer team last week—but bigger apes await at the NWOSSAA showdown June 1 in Thunder Bay. After delivering strong regular seasons the past two years only to be beaten in the NorWOSSA final and semi-finals, respectively, […]
Fort St. Pierre and the Lookout Tower at Pither’s Point will be closed to the public indefinitely—and perhaps permanently—if the necessary repairs have not been made, according to a report by Community Services manager George Bell at Monday night’s council meeting. The news came after a study was carried out […]
For a second year in a row, no election may be needed at Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc.’s annual general meeting next month as no one has stepped forward to sit on its board of directors. “We’re looking for more people,” board chair Craig Sanders said Tuesday, noting the deadline […]
The “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee remains hopeful the final piece of its funding puzzle—federal dollars—will fall into place by next month. “We’re all anxiously awaiting,” committee member Susan Bodnarchuk said Tuesday. “We did recently have a little meeting with Jennifer Rasmussen [of FedNor] just to be sure things are in […]
More than two weeks after public service employees returned to work, provincial government offices still are trying to cope with the backlog caused by the almost two-month long strike. “We are working our way through the backlog of work accumulated in the duration of the strike,” said probation and parole […]
Arriving in Fort Frances on the heels of his college graduation, a 21-year-old optometrist settled into a clinic on Scott Street. A half-century later, Dr. Robert Lidkea is still caring for the eyes of the community—and has no plans to quit anytime soon. “I was 21 years old when I […]
The 32-annual Manitou fish fry began with the unveiling of a plaque designating heritage status to the mounds and ended with some 1,000 people lining up to devour almost 400 pounds of walleye and 40 pounds of smoked sturgeon. An assembly line of volunteers battered the fish, tossed the salads, […]
