Town council on Monday night agreed to pledge up to $25,000 towards a feasibility study requested by the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee. While the group originally requested $50,000 from the town, one-third of the potential cost of hiring a consultant, council only agreed to put up a maximum of $25,000 […]
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The local Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team took top honours at the annual Lake of the Woods tournament in Baudette, Mn. over the weekend. Josh Sigurdson and Paul Dobransky scored in a 2-1 win over the Roseau Rams in the final. Wade Friesen earned the win in goal. […]
Sarah Barton tripled the Red Lake Rams’ total offence over the weekend here, scoring six times in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 7-1 win Friday and 8-1 on Saturday. The wins boosted the Muskies to 2-2 in NorWOSSA play while Red Lake dropped to 0-3. But it […]
The fate of a feasibility study for the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is on the line Monday night as council is expected to announce whether it will provide $50,000 to help pay for it. Susan Bodnarchuk, a member of the “Re-Inventing” committee, said the group is keeping their fingers crossed. […]
As of Friday morning, Fort Frances has a new avenue thanks to the re-routing of traffic necessary to accommodate the new Canada Customs facility under construction here. Veteran Avenue—located between the 200 blocks of Nelson and Church Streets—saw its first traffic just before 8 a.m. when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, CAO […]
The Education Quality and Accountability Office report on inaugural grade nine math test results was released yesterday, showing mixed results for students in the academic and applied streams. The report showed high school students in the academic stream are doing well, with 49 percent scoring a mark of 70 percent […]
An eight-team junior girls’ volleyball tournament today and tomorrow at Fort High is intended to give Muskie head coach Struchan Gilson a first look at his roster as they begin defence of their NorWOSSA title next week. Gilson is stressing the tourney as a way to get his team’s feet […]
Those wanting to get rid of their garbage at the Fort Frances landfill will have to pay more come Jan. 1. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said this morning the minimum charge will jump to $8 from $7 while the charge per tonne will go from $29 to $33. […]
The Borderland Thunder’s showdown in Dryden last night was postponed due to poor road conditions—the second time in a week the team has had to miss a road game. Team officials and their bus service decided it wouldn’t be a good idea to attempt the drive up Highway 502 based […]
Provincial berths have been far and few between for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball program over the years. But after qualifying for OFSAA last season, the players have developed a taste for it. “Since we went to provincials last year, you just can’t shoot [to win] NorWOSSA,” said third-year senior […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will elect its chair and vice-chair for 2002 at its regular monthly meeting Saturday morning in Dryden. “I’ve expressed a willingness to serve as chair or vice-chair again,” current board chair Gerry Rousseau said this morning. Any of the other trustees, including current vice-chair […]
Provincial berths have been far and few between for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball program over the years. But after qualifying for OFSAA last season, the players have developed a taste for it. “Since we went to provincials last year, you just can’t shoot [to win] NorWOSSA,” said third-year senior […]
