As work on rebuilding the system at Shaw Cable here is wrapping up, subscribers can look forward to having digital cable service early next year. “We’re in the process of getting the programming lined up, and then file that with the CRTC,” said David Inglis, Shaw’s regional system manager. “You […]
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The Nova Scotia man charged with causing a fatal bus crash nearly a year ago will spend another Christmas in custody. But he now knows when he’ll have his day in court. Lawyer Chris Watkins said yesterday the trial of Shaun Davis has been scheduled for three weeks beginning Feb. […]
Music lovers who’ve been counting down the days to the annual Christmas cantata haven’t long to wait now. The 11th-annual event goes this Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. This year, the Choraliers will present the tale of Jesus’ birth, entitled “Hope Was Born,” which once again will […]
The first of two NorWOSSA qualifier bonspiels was held at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Tuesday, with both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ rinks taking first place. Kelly Nielson’s rink, including third Amber Sheloff, second Amy Nielson, lead Giselle Bonot, and alternate Katie Bondett, dumped the Rainy River Owls […]
It took one bounce in the last minute of the third period to turn a would-be Borderland Thunder comeback road victory into a 5-5 tie against the first-place Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night. After pulling their goalie, Dryden’s Mike English capped a natural hat trick by banking the puck […]
Rainy River native and former world champ Diane Adams still remembers her first bonspiel win. It was 1977. She was in grade seven and helped her rink take top honours at a junior bonspiel at the Rainy River Curling Club. “That was years ago,” recalled Adams (nee Wolanicki), 36, from […]
The so-called “practice firm” project at Confederation College here, which will see local participants running a virtual company, got off to a slow start Monday night as a dozen people came out for a presentation about the program. “We have to do a little bit better job at getting the […]
Former Fort Frances residents Jon and James Rousseau came upon a very unusual sight late last month while driving through Barwick. They spotted a piebald deer. “We thought it was a goat out in the field until it poked its head up in the air and we saw it was […]
Things will come full circle for the fourth-place Muskie boys’ hockey team tonight when they host the front-running Kenora Broncos. A season-opening 4-1 loss in Kenora on Nov. 20 tripped the Muskies out of the gate—and they’ve struggled since en route to a 1-5 record, including a pair of losses […]
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 […]
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 […]
