Although I don’t have a great deal of new news items to report on this week, two others well worth mentioning are the slo-pitch fundraiser dance Saturday and the Remembrance Day services being held Sunday. The dance will be held at the Devlin Hall, with the highlight being a live […]
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You’ll have to forgive Muskie senior boys’ volleyball head coach Adrian Chapman for his overuse of sports clichés. After all, the Muskies will host the NorWOSSA playoffs on Friday and all four court teams are aiming for gold medals. “We know we can beat these guys,” Chapman said on his […]
Two students from France may have had to leave their friends at St. Francis School behind as they left town—one on Friday and another on Sunday—but they’ll be taking some good memories along with them. Caroline Sautereau and Geraldine Gorsjean, both 14, came here as part of a student exchange […]
The Tri-Force Drug Unit has nabbed a Fort Frances man in connection with a $2-million drug bust last month, reducing the number of outstanding arrest warrants to three. OPP Det. Sgt. John Horne said Tuesday that Patrick Colfer was arrested and charged last week with conspiracy to import controlled substances […]
A five-day gambling survey by phone being conducted by a University of Manitoba professor ended Tuesday, seeing a good response from women across Northwestern Ontario. “We haven’t sorted the calls by postal code yet but we certainly had some from Fort Frances,” said Prof. Ruth Berry of the Family Studies […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton charged the Conservative government’s economic statement released yesterday is a feeble gesture at a time when Ontario’s economy needs bold and new ideas. “Everybody but the Conservatives realizes the world has changed,” Hampton said. “But they persist with their dead-end policy of tax […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team went winless at the annual Early Bird Scrimmage Fest in Warroad, Mn. last weekend. The black-and-gold fell 3-1 to Roseau, 5-1 to host Warroad, and 4-2 to Thief River Falls. Carrie Johnson led the Muskie scorers with two goals and one assist, with Stephanie Strachan […]
Plenty has changed since Malcolm MacLeod arrived in Canada in 1924. Everything except the fact that every single day, he walks and walks—and walks. MacLeod was among a shipment of about 200 young European men on board a ship that brought them to Canadian shores. They were among hundreds sought […]
They say the focus of any minor hockey association in Canada is to teach the game and stress hard work over wins and losses. But for the long-running and successful Emo/Devlin/Barwick Minor Hockey Association, players and parents are faced with the extra challenge of travelling fair distances just to get […]
Once again this year, Our Lady of the Way School is looking forward to participating in “Operation Christmas Child.” Suggested items to be included in shoe boxes destined for children in the Third World this Christman are school supplies, crayons, colouring books, calculators, and hygiene items. OLW asks that each […]
Hallowe’en has come and gone like a ghost out of the corner of your eye, but the impression remains that local efforts once again were successful to ensure youngsters had a good time. “I talked to a few people [Thursday] and they seemed impressed with the ‘Scott Street Scare,’ and […]
The Borderland Racing Association held its year-end meeting Saturday at the Emo Inn and elected a new executive for 2002—though many of the names remain the same. New to the executive will be Dane Lowey, Jake Hassbargen, and Denny Trimble, who will all join as directors. Hassbargen and Trimble both […]
