The Emo Christian Reformed Church Y.P.S. hosted its annual Valentine’s supper at the fellowship hall last Thursday evening, with 34 couples in attendance. Fantastic decorations enhanced the facility, including an archway of white and pink balloons that welcomed all the sweethearts. Alicia Boven and Leah Veldhuisen greeted the guests at […]
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Tonight’s regular-season finale between the Muskie boys’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles at the ’52 Canadians Arena may be a NorWOSSA playoff preview. First and foremost, the Muskies (3-10-2) need a win or a tie tonight to clinch the fourth-and-final playoff spot over the Sioux Lookout Warriors, who trail […]
A $1 million budget surplus is expected to lead discussion at the regular monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board here Tuesday night. Superintendent of Business Chris Howarth will present the board with the 2000-01 audited financial statements. In his report, he will outline a $1,133,748 surplus from […]
Armed with a violin, guitar, banjo, and mandolin, folk artist J.P. Cormier will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre tonight as part of the “tour de Fort” concert series. A reminder the 7:30 p.m. show is sold out to passport holders. “J.P. Cormier is a master of all […]
After years of forming committees to handle initiatives on an event-by-event basis, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has struck a new events committee, which will meet for the first time Monday night. “We decided one committee would plan the whole year out,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said Monday morning. […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon has been appointed chair of the Northwestern zone “Smart Growth” panel, Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Chris Hodgson announced today. “I welcome this government’s leadership and effort to work collaboratively on issues unique to the north,” said Mayor Witherspoon. “I’m also looking forward to working with this […]
The Muskie cheerleaders finished sixth overall out of nine schools at the Ontario Cheer-leading Federation “North” regional showdown Sunday afternoon in Thunder Bay. The black-and-gold earned 262.5 points for their presentation—80 points behind Port Arthur Collegiate Institute (Thunder Bay), which won the competition with 328.8 points. But every squad will […]
The Borderland Thunder used strong defence against the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs’ top guns to earn 3-2 and 5-3 wins in Superior International Junior Hockey League action here over the weekend. The Bulldogs’ top line of Tyler Bruno, Brian Dzijak, and Trevor Karasiewicz combined for only four points against the […]
An injured ankle wasn’t going to keep Jordan Shannon from saving the day for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. The rookie forward netted his second goal of the game with 90 seconds left to give the black-and-gold a 5-4 win over the host Red Lake Rams on Saturday afternoon. More […]
Lorne Jackson’s outside chance of earning a playoff berth at the Northern Ontario men’s playdowns at Kapuskasing were dashed yesterday afternoon with a 7-5 loss to Tom Armstrong (Kirkland Lake). But the Fort Frances rink salvaged the day with a 8-7 win over Rob Gordon (Cobalt-Haileybury) in the evening draw […]
The Fort Frances Girls’/Wom-en’s Minor Hockey Association is expecting its biggest turnout yet for its fourth-annual tournament, which kicked off Friday at 12:30 p.m. Some 20 teams are competing in the Novice, Atom, PeeWee, 18-under, and ladies’/senior divisions at the Ice for Kids and ’52 Canadians arenas this weekend, with […]
Chuck McPherson was re-elected chief of Couchiching First Nation for a second-straight term in band elections held Thursday. This will be McPherson’s third term as chief, who also served from 1986-88. There had been seven candidates running for chief. Meanwhile, Dick Bird, Dan Mainville, and Lucille Morrisseau were re-elected to […]
